民生美術館是基于一個80 年代的工業建筑改造而成。它以開放性、多元性、靈活性，對今天美術館的封閉性、單一性及固定性提出了挑戰，將會成為中國當代藝術的最大的公共平臺。

Minsheng Contemporary Art Museum is a renovation of an old factory from the 1980s. Its openness, diversity, flexibility make it different from typical galleries, which are always monotonous and secluded. It will be the largest public dedicated exhibition space for Chinese contemporary art.

▼美術館外觀，external view

▼入口，entrance

快速的城市化，不僅為我們創造了物質文明的遺產，也為我們身后制造了大量的廢棄物。我們喜新厭舊的心理，讓眾多老建筑遭到遺棄。798 地區的松下顯像管廠已不再有過去近30 年的輝煌，遍體鱗傷，滿目瘡痍，雖然破舊，不美，但卻透出工業建筑的粗獷，質樸與真實。這些特征恰和當代藝術的的態度不謀而合。民生現代美術館的想法正是在這種基礎上誕生，它尊重工業建筑樸素，真實的特質，順勢而為，無用之用，直指當代藝術空間的未來，挑戰傳統美術館的冠冕堂皇。

The rapid urbanization brings us not only material civilization heritage, but also a huge amount of wastes. The propensity of love the new and loathe the old causes many old buildings being abandoned. The Panasonic factory at 798 area is devastated and ruined, but its rough, plain and real industrial building features happen to coincide with the attitude of contemporary art. The concept of Minsheng Contemporary Art Museum derives from the above, it respects the simplicity and reality of industrial buildings, aiming at the future of contemporary art space, challenging the high-sounding traditional art museum.

1. 空間多元，替代“白立方”單一空間模式

與傳統藝術相比，當代藝術的一個顯著特征是其表現形式的多元，為了成就這種特征，民生現代美術館不僅塑造了傳統美術館中5米凈高的經典空間，更有大小不一，尺寸各異，層高顯著不同的空間：大盒子，中盒子，小盒子，經典空間，院落展覽空間，黑盒子（多功能表演，會議，展覽空間）去應對不同藝術形式的需求。它們有機地組織在一個充滿張力的中心空間周圍，結合美術館前裝置公園，屋頂展覽平臺，中心院落等開放式展覽空間，構成一組尺度不同，形態各異的空間組群。

1. diversity of spaces, replacing single space pattern of “white cube”

Comparing to traditional art, a distinguishing feature of contemporary art is the diversity form of representation. In order to facilitate this, Minsheng Contemporary Art Museum not only has the 5 meters clear height space of traditional art museum, but also has spaces of different sizes and dimensions: big box, middle box, small box, classic space, courtyard exhibition space, black box(multi-function performance, convention, exhibition spaces). They are organized organically by the central space full of tension, combining with open exhibition spaces such as installation park in front of the art museum, exhibition platform on the rooftop, and central courtyard, forming a group of spaces with different dimensions and shapes.