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Shenzhen New Cultural Centre

Rubik’s Cube-inspired cultural and sports complex to compete in Shenzhen’s architecture design competition.
External view of the building with the “Dynamic Rubik’s Cube” design

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Location

Futian, Mainland, China

Client

Futian District Bureau of Culture, Sport, Tourism, Radio and Television Shenzhen CAPOL International & Associates Co., Ltd.

Architect

iNgAmE Office

Takuma Frenchman

Cundall was invited by architects iNgAmE and Tekuma Frenchman to participate an international competition to create a cultural and sports complex for Futian District, Shenzhen, China. The goal was to create an international, inclusive, innovative, and future-facing “Dynamic Rubik’s Cube” which portrays Shenzhen’s stylistic spirit. This project is designed to be a stacked public social and sport space for the local residents.

To accommodate the architectural proposal and associated site constraints, our structural design had created a structural system with multi-storey mega trusses and hanging columns in order to achieve a balanced design between architectural programme and engineering efficiency.

Dong Chen, Director, commented, "We are honoured to be teaming up with architects iNgAmE and Tekuma Frenchman to create a distinctive “Dynamic Rubik’s Cube” design for the city’s architecture design competition. Our structure team were key in meeting the engineering challenges of this design.”

Key fact

The design features a “Dynamic Rubik’s Cube” structure.

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Key fact

Light-weight high-capacity structural material was adopted in this design.

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Key fact

The building is designed to be the home of prestigious international professional events.

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Dong Chen in black jumper with office wall background

Dong Chen

Director, Asia Structures

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Working with the architect, we were able to reimagine the cultural and sports centre with an innovative design approach.

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