"Drawing Architecture Studio presents The Clock House No.2 at the 7th Shenzhen Bay Public Art Season in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, on view until April 19th, 2026. Commissioned for the public art program, the Beijing-based practice reinterprets the historical automaton clock as architecture, using low-cost industrial components to construct a structure that chimes and glows every fifteen minutes. Where the clocks once gifted to emperors represented technical virtuosity and expensive craftsmanship, this installation adopts a deliberately rough and economical construction."
"By cutting and recombining corrugated sheets in varied configurations, the architects work directly with the inherent texture, color, and visual rhythm of the material. Ventilation fans signal the position of the clock face, lightning rods and bird deterrents operate as ornamental extensions, and LED strips glow from within the structure, visible through openings in the facade. all images by Shangqi Art"
The Clock House No.2 is a public installation in Shenzhen that reimagines the historical automaton clock as functional architecture. The structure is built from low-cost, mass-produced elements — corrugated PVC panels, ventilation fans, lightning rods, wind-driven bird deterrents, plastic insulation anchors, and LED light strips — assembled to chime and glow every fifteen minutes. Corrugated sheets are cut and recombined to emphasize texture, color and visual rhythm while mechanical components mark the clock face and extend ornamentally. The project links contemporary material economy with Guangdong’s historical role in the arrival and exchange of European automaton clocks.
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