In 2012, The Guangzhou Municipal Government determined to build a Cantonese Opera Art Museum to conserve and inherit the endangered Cantonese Opera in Liwan District, known as “Xiguan” the revival area of Cantonese Opera in ancient Guangzhou. Cantonese Opera and Lingnan Gardens were deeply rooted in this district. Traditional landscape was a typical performance place of Cantonese Opera in the past.
In order to investigate the existence of the real “Chinese opera cultural space” in the perspective of GENIUS LOCI, The Art Museum of Cantonese Opera uses the important concept of Chinese traditional art “Rhythmic vitality (QiYun)” as the design spirit. The design proposal borrows the essence of the art of Cantonese opera and Lingnan garden, utilizing it in spiritual meaning and building performance between Cantonese Opera and Lingnan garden, and translating the construction entity into the garden space, achieving a contemporary dialogue across time and space of the two major cultural symbols in Lingnan.
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