Shenzhen is the most interesting metropolis in China in its urban aspect: it has grown in 40 years from village to city from 12.5 million inhabitants (agglomeration - 23 million) as the "socialist" twin of Hong Kong, with which it borders, and continues to develop rapidly. Economic success is clearly embodied not only in skyscrapers, but also in large cultural institutions, so the authorities several years ago conceived 10 such new objects at once. One of them was the Shenzhen Bay Cultural Park, commissioned by the MAD Bureau. It is planned on the shores of the South China Sea in the Houhai area of Nanshan County, the most important financial and technological center in the city.
Park with the "Hall of Creative Design" and the Museum of Science and Technology (
video) will occupy an area of 5.1 hectares, where structures with a total area of 182,000 m2 will appear by 2023. The lower, semi-underground part of the buildings, which the head of MAD Ma Yansun compares with land art objects, is green flowing volumes and recessed courtyards with a traditional program: a lobby, traditional exhibition halls, an educational center, a library, an auditorium, a theater hall, a cafe, etc. etc.
The mirrored pond with gentle banks simultaneously serves as an amphitheater for 10,000 people. The varied terraces are also suitable for performances and exhibitions.
But the main thing is the northern and southern "museums" resembling boulders. Inside there are “special” exhibition halls with 30-meter-high ceilings, a vestibule flooded with light through the windows and the roof, an observation deck where concerts can be held.
