{"id":11002,"date":"2025-12-20T13:49:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T13:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rutha.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/20\/kazunari-sakamoto-creates-art-library-in-shanghai-museum-for-chanel\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T13:49:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T13:49:51","slug":"kazunari-sakamoto-creates-art-library-in-shanghai-museum-for-chanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rutha.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/20\/kazunari-sakamoto-creates-art-library-in-shanghai-museum-for-chanel\/","title":{"rendered":"Kazunari Sakamoto creates art library in Shanghai museum for Chanel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Japanese architect Kazunari Sakamoto has renovated<\/a> the third floor of Shanghai<\/a>‘s Power Station of Art museum<\/a>, transforming it into an art library<\/a>\u00a0named Espace Gabrielle Chanel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Espace Gabrielle Chanel is the first public library in China<\/a> dedicated to contemporary art and design.<\/p>\n

It was designed by Sakamoto for a collaboration between fashion house Chanel<\/a> and the Power Station of Art<\/a>, which is located in the former Nanshi Electric Plant.<\/p>\n

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Kazunari Sakamoto has created an art library in Shanghai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sakamoto overhauled the third floor of the museum, upgrading the space with multi-level interiors containing a library, theatre and an exhibition space dedicated to design. The project is named Espace Gabrielle Chanel after Chanel’s founder.<\/p>\n

Timber-lined floors and shelved partition walls divide the library areas, which contain books and audiovisual sources on art, design, architecture and culture.<\/p>\n

There is also a zone on the second level dedicated to Chinese contemporary art.<\/p>\n

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It was created for Chanel and the Power Station of Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The library aims to cultivate an environment for deep reading and reflection, inviting readers to explore freely and embark on a journey of discovery, reinterpretation, and creation,” said the Power Station of Art.<\/p>\n

“Bookshelves are artfully arranged along a gently inclined ramp, creating a meandering, upward path that allows readers to freely explore the diverse collections,” it continued.<\/p>\n

“Through the interplay of slopes and curves, movement and contemplation, body and mind converge into a new sensory experience, activating a dialogue with the self, others, the space, and the era.”<\/p>\n

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Sakamoto divided the interior into multi-level spaces<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As part of the project, Sakamoto created an exhibition space for design objects and a leisure area with views across the Huangpu River, which was left open to the tall ceiling of the industrial building’s third floor.<\/p>\n

The architect also introduced a three-hundred-seat theatre designed for a range of events, including screenings of video art, sound experiments, theatre performances and press conferences.<\/p>\n

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A leisure area overlooks the river<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“While the library invites an immersive wandering, the theatre sparks a burst of energy,” said the Power Station of Art. “It is in the tension between the two that Power Station of Art breathes with the spirit of contemporary culture.”<\/p>\n

It is hoped that Espace Gabrielle Chanel encourages creativity from a range of artistic disciplines in Shanghai.<\/p>\n