Archlay | TheeAe Architects

Today’s Shenzhen is not just a modern city, but the merits of its geological location make it also a cultural melting pot. The new public cultural and art center needs modernism to correspond the pace of Shenzhen’s development, yet practices the significance of cultural inheritance. Hence, the concept of our design is led to explore Chinese traditional pottery art through contemporary methods upon the given site context.

 Chinese pottery has a long history and has been world’s leading for long. The process of pottery shaping becomes a metaphorical mass formation for mixing the three different cultural buildings together. They support each other structurally and aesthetically during development. Our design is not solely providing Shenzhen with a cultural landmark, but together with the adventurous and prospective shape of the design, the public art center will gain reputation around the world and strengthen the cultural influences.