Civic Center (Shenzhen)

Civic Center or Citizens' Center (Chinese: 市民中心) is a government building in Shenzhen, China. It is located within the Futian Central Business District and was constructed at a cost of CNY 2.172 billion.[3] The civic building was the centerpiece plan for the Shenzhen Futian Central District Master Plan[4] and based in traditional Chinese layout aesthetic of a central axis, which stretched 2km from Lianhua Mountain in the north, through the Civic Center, and to the Exhibition Center in the south.

Civic Center
Civic Center
Chinese市民中心
Interior gardens of Shenzhen Civic Center
Architect John MY Lee of Lee/Timchula Architecture,[1] winners of the multi-national competition to design the civic center and urban planning of the Shenzhen Central District[2]

Development
Civic Center under construction
Detail of one tower of the Civic Center.

The Civic Center building and area master plan[1] was designed by the American firm Lee/Timchula Architects, which won the international design competition in 1996.[4] The roc-wing design of the Civic Center was the first iconic building in the new city center, and the final building was considerably different from the original plans. The long roof truss was built in 1998, but wasn't clad until 2004 due to a lack of funding. The building's roof spans 486 meters and has a width of 154 meters.[5] The building is 84.7 meters tall and 200,000 square metres (2,200,000 sq ft).

City Plan Crystal Palace(not built) Floorplan
Adjacent to Civic Center was a design for a Crystal Palace art and entertainment center.

See also

References
  1. Jiahua, Wu (Jan 1, 2001). "Shenzhen Central District Planning & Construction". World Architecture Review. 2001 Supplementary Edition: 19. ISSN 1000-8373.
  2. "Shenzhen Civic Center Master Plan". Shenzhen Pictorial. 48: 24–29. August 1997. ISSN 1005-247X.
  3. 深圳市市民中心. Archived from the original on 28 December 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  4. Sun, Cong (August 11, 2019). "Shennan Road and the modernization of Shenzhen architecture". Frontiers of Architectural Research. Higher Education Press Limited Company. 10 (2): 437–449. ISSN 2095-2635.
  5. 深圳市行政服务大厅. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
Spaceframe under development.
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