| Sea World Culture and Arts Center | |||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 海上世界文化艺术中心 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 海上世界文化藝術中心 | ||||||||||
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| Established | 2017 |
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| Location | Shekou, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, PRC |
| Coordinates | 22°28′59″N 113°54′43″E / 22.483°N 113.912°E |
| Architect | Fumihiko Maki |
| Website | http://www.designsociety.cn |
Sea World Culture and Arts Center is a waterfront situated multi-use culture and arts center within the greater Sea World development in Shekou, Shenzhen, China. The project is a joint venture between the state owned China Merchants Group and Great Britain's Victoria and Albert Museum.[1] It is designed by the Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki. Completed in 2017 the structure is built in two parts. The first part the "sculptural podium" contains the museum and retail stores and the second made up of "three cantilevered volumes' houses a theater, a restaurant and a "multi purpose hall".[2]
Located in Shekou, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, this is the Pritzker Prize winning architect Maki's first building in the PRC.[3][4][5][1]
The park around the building was also designed by Maki and associates in collaboration with the landscape architecture firm Studio on Site.[3] In front of the building is a statue of Yuan Geng, a foundational figure for Shekou, with a bilingual inscription in Chinese and English.
The total cost was 1.3 billion yuan ($196 million U.S. dollars).[6]
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- ^ "Shenzhen Sea World Culture and Arts Center / Maki and Associates". 20 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Shekou Sea World Culture and Arts Center - Culture/Art Gallery - Shenzhen, Shekou Entertainment, Food and Lodging". www.shenzhenparty.com. 2 December 2017.
- ^ "How the Victoria and Albert Museum in China signals a new design for Shenzhen". WTVA News.
- ^ Fionnuala McHugh, CNN Graphics by Natalie Leung. "How the Victoria and Albert Museum in China signals a new design for Shenzhen". CNN.
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