A transparent facade will offer glimpses inside the Shenzhen Reform and Opening-up Exhibition Hall in China, which is being designed by Sou Fujimoto Architects and Donghua Chen Studio.
The 90,000-square-metre proposal was the winning entry of an international competition for an exhibition complex in Shenzhen's Futian District.
It was designed by Japanese studio Sou Fujimoto Architects with Chinese office Donghua Chen Studio to showcase the fact that Shenzhen is open to foreign businesses.
Sou Fujimoto Architects and Donghua Chen Studio have designed an exhibition complex in Shenzhen
"The Shenzhen Reform and Opening-up Exhibition Hall will be built into a world-class, China-leading, and large-scale modernized exhibition complex with Shenzhen's characteristics," explained the studios. "It will become a 'window' displaying and publicizing the achievement of reform and opening-up, a site welcoming significant guests, an institution collecting evidence and research materials, a landmark presenting an innovative and international modernization of the city, and a carrier showcasing the public culture and urban civilization of Shenzhen."
It will have a transparent facade
Externally, the Shenzhen Reform and Opening-up Exhibition Hall will have a layered, transparent facade.
According to the studios, this was designed to establish a relationship between the building and its surroundings and to echo its focus on the opening-up of China to foreign businesses.
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