红砖美术馆红砖美术馆地处北京市朝阳区东北部一号地国际艺术区，园区占地面积约二万平方米，展馆面积近一万平方米，由收藏家闫士杰和曹梅夫妇创立，于2012年年底开馆试运营。美术馆建筑及园林设计统一由北京大学建筑研究教授董豫赣担纲，采用红色砖块作为基本建筑元素，努力在建造砌筑过程中不切割、尽量保证每一块砖体的完整性从而构成了独特的建筑语言，打造出一座于生长于喧嚣之外、怀拥自然的园林式当代美术馆。红砖美术馆主体建筑分为地上两层及局部地下一层，其中包括9个展览空间、2个公共休闲空间、1个艺术衍生品空间。作为红砖美术馆与其他美术馆在建筑构成上的大不同——一座采用中国传统园林意象精心打造的现代园林，构成了参观体验和建筑结构上的双重延伸，而美术馆的学术报告厅、餐厅、咖啡厅和会员俱乐部等配套设施也正散落于此。未来，红砖美术馆将通过有序且高质量的系列展览，结合收藏、研究、教育、出版和公共活动，推动中国当代艺术的发展、参与国际当代艺术家（项目）交流，展开学术领域突出问题和现象研究，为中国当代民营美术馆的运营及发展模式，提供可行性参考。Red Brick Art MuseumRed Brick Art Museum is located in No.1 International Art District in the northeast of Beijing. As the landmark of this region, the facilities of Red Brick cover a total area of 20,000 square meters, with nearly 10,000 square meters exhibition space. Red Brick Art Museum was founded by the couple YAN Shijie and CAO Mei. It will officially open on May 23rd, 2014. The architectural design of the museum was conducted in person by Professor DONG Yugan of Architecture Research Center of Peking University. Employing red bricks as the basic architectural element, Professor Dong maintained the integrity of each brick, created a suburban-based, garden-owning contemporary art museum.The main building of Red Brick Art Museum includes two full storeys on the ground and a projection room in the basement floor, of which the aboveground part provides with nine exhibition spaces, two public recreational spaces, one lecture hall, one art derivatives space, along with dining room, cafe, club, etc. As part of art museum visiting experience and the extension of the building structure, the landscape courtyard which was designed and built in a way deriving from the Chinese Garden scenic conception is also a highlight feature of Red Brick.In the future, through a series of orderly and high-quality exhibitions along with collections, research, education, publications and public activities, Red Brick Art Museum will dedicate to boost the development of Chinese contemporary art, to participate in the international contemporary artists’ programs communication, and to carry out research about distinctive problems and phenomenon in academic field, offering a feasible reference for the operation and development mode for private museums of Chineses Contemporary Art.
