International Competition of Architectural Scheme Design for Bao’an Public Culture & Art Center (Museum, Gallery, Art Gallery)

Bao’an is the root of culture of Shenzhen. To implement the national, provincial and municipal cultural undertaking development goals, to develop the cultural undertaking and cultural industry bigger and stronger, and to build the national and international first-class public culture service network, in 2016, Bao’an District Commission and District Government have decided to upgrade and reconstruct the old town Mass Culture House, Library & Xin’an Theater determinedly and courageously. Xin’an Theater will be reconstructed into Bao’an Concert Hall, and the construction of Bao’an Museum, Gallery & Art Gallery will be promoted simultaneously. Bao’an will thus fill in the blank of no concert hall and museum, and build the new cultural highland showing the folk art style and the cutting-edge art.

Among them, Bao’an Public Culture and Arts Center (Museum, Gallery, Art Gallery) project is located on the west side of Bao’an District Government in the central area of Bao’an, within the transition zone of three ring layers confirmed by the “Bao’an District Control Detailed Planning of Bao’an Central District (2004) ", close to the central green axis connected with urban green ring. The superior geographical location achieves the positioning of high starting point for the "Bao’an Public Culture & Art Center” project. Its location at the central part on the economic and cultural axis of Hong Kong, Qianhai and Guangzhou makes it an important geographical position, which will have a huge cultural radiation to the surroundings. "Bao’an Public Culture & Arts Center”, together with the high standard planning and construction public cultural constructions (Library, Youth Palace, Performing Arts Center), Coastal Cultural Park, Bay Store of Shenzhen Book City on the green axis in the central district of Bao’an, will become the public cultural landmark building group in the new urban living room of western Shenzhen.

Bao’an Public Culture & Art Center project is the urban development goal for Bao’an District to achieve "coastal Bao’an, industrial city and vigour district", and an important measure to create "international standards, international top-ranking" public cultural facilities, to build influential landmark buildings of urban culture. Bao’an, the city card, has to have the support of culture. Culture is the soul of a city, and whether there is sufficient and quality cultural facilities have a decisive impact on the future of a city. Cultural thickness and temperature will be the most lasting and moving charm of coastal Bao’an. In order to create the urban cultural public spaces, enhance the overall image of Bao’an, plan "Bao’an Public Culture & Arts Center (Museum, Gallery, Art Gallery)" with a high starting point, Bao’an District Government organizes the international competition of Architectural Scheme Design for Bao’an Public Culture & Art Center (Museum, Gallerry, Art Gallerry) to invite the experienced architectural practices and design agencies to participate in.

This competition aims to introduce high level design institutions to develop the scientific architectural schemes of “three venues into one” through in-depth study of Bao’an Public Culture & Art Center project. The participants will have a prospective international vision and innovative design concept and development of ideas to create multi-level, diversified public place of cultural life, enhance and improve the Bao’an overall urban cultural taste and attraction, to build it into a cultural landmark of the west coast line with international influences - a vanguard culture & art complex of three-dimensional space concept.

The design firm or consortium who intent to participate in the competition, please fill in the “Competition Registration Form of Bao’an Public Culture and Art Center (Museum, Gallery, Art Gallery) "(see Appendix 1), and to submit registration information in accordance with the" Working Rules for International Competition of Building Scheme Design of Bao'an Public Culture and Art Center (Museum, Gallery & Art Gallery) "(see Appendix 3) before 17:00 Beijing time August 15, 2016 for registration. And complete the deliverables according to the “Technical Specifications for International Competition of Architectural Scheme Design for Bao'an Public Culture and Art Center (Museum, Gallery & Art Gallery) Project "(see Appendix 4) , and submit the deliverables before 17:00 Beijing time on October 31, 2016. Relevant registration materials and related contest documents, please visit the following website to download and fill in:

Shenzhen City Planning and Land Resources Committee official website (http://www.szpl.gov.cn）

Bao’an District Government official website (http://www.Bao’an.gov.cn）

Shenzhen City Design Promotion Center official website （http://www.szdesigncenter.org）

ABBS Architectural Forum（http://www.abbs.com.cn）

China Bidding （http://www.bidchance.com/）

China Construction Bidding （http://www.jszhaobiao.com/）

We are looking forward to the extensive participation and strong support from the relevant design agencies! Design institutions are encouraged to take part in the competition and select "Bao’an Public Culture and Art Center" and "Bao’an 1990" design at the same time, you are also welcome to choose one of the above projects to design. Those who participate in both designs will have to consider comprehensively the relations and complementary in function. In the assessment, the "Bao’an Public Culture and Art Center" and "Bao’an 1990" will be assessed separately, and the results of their assessment will not affect each other.

Appendix 1: Entry form for International Competition of Architectural Scheme Design for Bao'an Public Culture and Art Center (Museum, Gallery & Art Gallery)

Appendix 2: International Bidding for the Architectural Design of Bao’an District Public Culture and Arts Center Design Consortium Agreement

Appendix 3: Working Rules for International Competition of Building Scheme Design of Bao'an Public Culture and Art Center (Museum, Gallery & Art Gallery) Project

Appendix 4: Technical Specifications for International Competition of Architectural Scheme Design for Bao'an Public Culture and Art Center (Museum, Gallery & Art Gallery) Project

Appendix 5: Related Technical Drawings for International Competition of Architectural Scheme Design for Bao'an Public Culture and Art Center (Museum, Gallery & Art Gallery) Project

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Bao’an District Government, Shenzhen Municipal Government

June 15, 2016