Sea World Culture and Arts Center

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]

Sea World Culture and Arts Center
Simplified Chinese海上世界文化艺术中心
Traditional Chinese海上世界文化藝術中心
Sea World Culture and Arts Center
Established2017
LocationShekou, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, PRC
Coordinates22.483°N 113.912°E / 22.483; 113.912
ArchitectFumihiko Maki
Websitehttp://www.designsociety.cn

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]

The total cost was 1.3 billion yuan ($196 million U.S. dollars).[6]

Museums & Galleries

One museum is the Shekou Museum of Reform and Opening.[7]

Another is the V&A Gallery, managed by Design Society, a group run jointly by the Victoria and Albert Museum and the SWCAC.

Education

The SWCAC hosts educational events for local schools, hosted by Design Society. These include annual events such as the Nanshan School Makerfaire and MakeFashion Edu Runway show, as well as ongoing classes such as Design Thinking classes and student gallery tours.

References

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