Wooden and ceramic louvres that reference musical scores will decorate the Shenzhen Conservatory of Music, a group of buildings that Spanish studio EMBT has designed in China.
The 129,700-square-metre complex will be built on the Chinese University of Hong Kong's Shenzhen campus and include a theatre, concert halls and rehearsal spaces.
It was designed to be a landmark for the city and also hoped to become an "international and renowned institution in the teaching of music and art", said EMBT.
Above: EMBT has designed the Shenzhen Conservatory of Music. Top image: it will feature buildings wrapped in decorative louvres
The proposal forms a part of the local government's masterplan named the Shenzhen Ten Cultural Facilities of New Era, for which 10 buildings are being constructed across the city. It will be joined by a science museum by Zaha Hadid Architects, an opera house by Jean Nouvel and a cultural centre by MAD and ECADI, with schemes also proposed by SANAA, Sou Fujimoto and 3XN.
The complex will comprise several matching buildings
The layout of the Shenzhen Conservatory of Music is planned around the 200-seat rehearsal hall, the 500-seat concert hall and the 700-seat theatre, which form the complex's spine.
The size and distribution of the buildings is intended to echo the scale of the rest of the campus' architecture to ensure it is "a positive addition" to the skyline.
The ground floors of the buildings will be opened up
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