Rendering to Reality: Coop Himmelb(l)au Equips Its New Shenzhen Museum With an Amorphous Silver Cloud


Last week, Coop Himmelb(l)au unveiled its completion of The Museum of Contemporary Art & Planning Exhibition (MOCAPE) in Shenzhen. Tasked with designing two museums — The Museum of Contemporary Design and the Planning Exhibition — as part of a larger masterplan of the Futian Cultural District, Coop Himmelb(l)au created two distinct volumes that are unified by a translucent skin and a series of stone louvers. The twisting, tessellated form is raised above the ground by several meters in order to match the height of the surrounding buildings. The interior reveals a labyrinthine swell of glazed skylights supported by a frame of steel trusses. The glazing encircles a massive silver “cloud,” a centerpiece of the complex’s main entrance area the “plaza,” containing the central stairs. Read more from the team at Coop Himmelb(l)au about this mystifying structure: “The Museum of Contemporary Art & Planning Exhibition (MOCAPE) is part of the master plan for the Futian Cultural District, the new urban center of Shenzhen. The project combines two independent yet structurally unified institutions: The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and the Planning Exhibition (PE) as a cultural meeting point and a venue for architectural exhibitions. The lobby, multifunctional ... , Architizer Editors, read more Architizer http://ift.tt/2djmlpd

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