Sea World Culture and Arts Center

Sea World Culture and Arts Center
Established 2017
Location Shekou, Nanshan District, Shenzen, PRC
Coordinates 22°28′59″N 113°54′43″E / 22.483°N 113.912°E / 22.483; 113.912Coordinates: 22°28′59″N 113°54′43″E / 22.483°N 113.912°E / 22.483; 113.912

Sea World Culture and Arts Center is a waterfront situated multi-use culture and arts center within the greater Sea World development in Shekou, 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, in the PRC"S most prosperous city Shenzen, this is the Pritzker Prize winning architect Maki's first building in the PRC.[3][4][5][6]

The park around the building was also designed by Maki and associates in collaboration with the landscape architecture firm Studio on Site.[3]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/dec/01/shenzhen-china-v-and-a-gallery-sea-world-culture-arts-centre
  2. ↑ "Shenzhen Sea World Culture and Arts Center / Maki and Associates". 20 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Shekou Sea World Culture and Arts Center - Culture/Art Gallery - Shenzhen, Shekou Entertainment, Food and Lodging". www.shenzhenparty.com. 2 December 2017.
  4. ↑ http://www.wtva.com/content/national/470078323.html?ref=323
  5. ↑ https://www.cnn.com/style/article/shenzhen-vna-musuem-osm/index.html
  6. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/dec/01/shenzhen-china-v-and-a-gallery-sea-world-culture-arts-centre
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