In October 2020, Nantong Development Zone Public Culture Center was finally completed and opened after three years of design and construction. The total construction area of the Cultural Center is about 32,000 square meters, of which the ground area is 25,000 square meters. It consists of three functions: library (10,000 square meters), cultural center (10,000 square meters), and archives (5,000 square meters).
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The base is located in the core plot of Nengda Business District of Nantong Development Zone, covering an area of about 35,000 square meters. The north is adjacent to Chengxing Road, an urban arterial road. The east and west are adjacent to the city branch road, Changyuan Road and Long Road, and it connects to Nengda Central Park on the south side. It is the intersection of the central axis of the business district and the ecological landscape axis. Image © Yuan Ma
The lack of historical context and the lack of urban spatial characteristics is often the problem that architects need to face in the new urban district which is built from the flat ground. Therefore, we followed the design principle of mining the gene of the place and merging the regional impressions. Mining the gene of the place: The design was inspired by the egrets that the architects saw on the site and along the riverside during the site survey, which also happened to be the theme of egrets in Central Park.
The cultural center is located on the still water o...