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iADC Design Museum in Shenzhen
27 July 2020
iADC Design Museum
Design: Rocco Design Architects Associates
Location: Shapu, Bao?an District, Shenzhen, China

The iADC Design Museum, situated at the heart of Shapu Art Town in Shenzhen’s Bao’an District, is designed as a cultural hub and landmark for a new neighborhood built on a previously undeveloped plot of land. The Museum anchors Art Town?a group of recently built spaces for the arts?linking the cluster of studios, galleries, art schools, and exhibition spaces into a unified cultural district.

By introducing a vibrant mix of uses and fostering community, the Museum and Art Town generate the rich sense of place that typically arises as neighborhoods develop over time. Together, they define the district?which had no history or sense of identity?as a major destination for the arts.
To create a core for the previously disjointed area, the design introduces a network of public gathering places and walkways that organize the surroundings into a cohesive neighborhood centered on the Museum. Lifting the galleries off the ground and suspending them in a floating volume, the design opens up a public plaza that spans the site’s length.

Punctuated by sunken courtyards connected to the Museum’s basement, the plaza creates a new neighborhood center that links Art Town Main Street with the rest of the district and offe...