Hengfu Art Center is located in Building 1, No. 178, Urumqi South Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai. It was built in 1929. It has a double-storey mixed structure house with a construction area of about 1152 square meters. It was originally a house for the "China Meisheng Association". After the establishment of New China, it was used as the auditorium of the Xuhui District Political Consultative Conference. After the overall repair of Xufang Group, it was officially opened to the public in November 2019. Hidden in the green scorpion of the Hengfu Art Center, the eastern facade has Spanish architectural characteristics, using orthodox classical style and proportional design, using Tasgan column and other classical columns, beautifully decorated, proportional coordination. Due to the age of construction, the house has a certain structure aging and damage, this renovation focuses on protecting the facade of the building, and the restored wrought iron railings, arch coupon doors, rooftop flower windows and other building details present a wonderful streamline. The interior floor, wall skirt, ceiling, stairs, wall columns and other characteristic historical objects have also been preserved and restored, with a high architectural artistic value, showing the elegant and heavy taste of the 1930s. This renovation has retained the original spatial pattern of the building, restored the space of the small auditorium on the first floor and the second floor auditorium in the building, improved the architectural function, introduced a variety of cultural types such as culture, art, display, and activation of the public cultural attributes of the building. A window for foreign cultural exchanges in Hengfu style area was built.
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Hengfu Art Center is located in Building 1, No. 178, Urumqi South Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai. It was built in 1929. It has a double-storey mixed structure house with a construction area of about 1152 square meters. It was originally a house for the "China Meisheng Association". After the establishment of New China, it was used as the auditorium of the Xuhui District Political Consultative Conference. After the overall repair of Xufang Group, it was officially opened to the public in November 2019. Hidden in the green scorpion of the Hengfu Art Center, the eastern facade has Spanish architectural characteristics, using orthodox classical style and proportional design, using Tasgan column and other classical columns, beautifully decorated, proportional coordination. Due to the age of construction, the house has a certain structure aging and damage, this renovation focuses on protecting the facade of the building, and the restored wrought iron railings, arch coupon doors, rooftop flower windows and other building details present a wonderful streamline. The interior floor, wall skirt, ceiling, stairs, wall columns and other characteristic historical objects have also been preserved and restored, with a high architectural artistic value, showing the elegant and heavy taste of the 1930s. This renovation has retained the original spatial pattern of the building, restored the space of the small auditorium on the first floor and the second floor auditorium in the building, improved the architectural function, introduced a variety of cultural types such as culture, art, display, and activation of the public cultural attributes of the building. A window for foreign cultural exchanges in Hengfu style area was built.
Some cultural activities organized by the Society Society District, there are many famous sites here, you can make an appointment to visit online, it is free, Xuhui District organization is very good. There are many introductions in the art center.
It seems to belong to an art center under Hengfu Group. Basically, the old buildings around them are managed by them. You can make an appointment to visit various buildings in old Shanghai through the QR code. Still good.
The story of the old Shanghai bungalow, Hengfu Art Center, located in Building 1, No. 178, Urumqi South Road, is free to the outside world. You can make an appointment and show the application code to enter the house. You can visit the former residence of Xia Yan in Building 2 and the Caoying Study Room in Building 3. Hengfu Art Center collects Bakara's crystals, and as soon as you enter the door, there are more than 600,000 crystal lights, Hao is just a word! The wooden structure of the building is very retro and beautiful! The fine product will have a different taste of old Shanghai.
Hengfu Art Center was newly renovated and opened not long after, a European-style western-style building, currently holding the Bakara crystal art exhibition, exhibition of French European crystal art boutique, as the opening exhibition of the art center, tickets 108 yuan, provide an exhibition album, no photos on the spot.