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Jinghe New City Culture & Art Centre in Xian
21 Jun 2022
Location: Xi?an, Shaanxi province, China
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects

Images: ATCHAIN
Jinghe New City Culture & Art Centre, China
Zaha Hadid Architects has been named winner of the competition to design the Jinghe New City Culture & Art Centre.
Jinghe New City is growing as a science and technology hub north of Xi?an in China’s Shaanxi province. Supported by new scientific research institutes and driven by environmental considerations, the city is becoming a centre for developing industries focussing on new energy and materials, artificial intelligence and aerospace.
Echoing the meandering valleys carved by the Jinghe River through the mountains and landscapes of Shaanxi province, the Jinghe New City Culture & Art Centre is located within the Jinghe Bay Academician Science & Technology Innovation district of the city.
The centre?s design intertwines with the city?s existing urban masterplan to connect the new multimedia library to the north of Jinghe Avenue with the new performing arts theatre, multi-function halls, studios and exhibition galleries to the south via elevated courtyards, gardens and paths that span the avenue?s eight lanes of traffic below.
With gently sloping ramps providing a gateway to the district?s network of elevated public walkways, the centre weaves through the city to l...