CMAD DESIGN GROUP: Winner of World Design Awards 2024. The project is located in Longhua District, Shenzhen, the “Design Capital”. In recent years, Shenzhen is building a series of world-class cultural buildings to integrate the city with nature and to be seen by the world. Based on the in-depth interpretation of the natural environment, the reorganization of the function of the venue, and the integration and utilization of the ecological landscape, this project creates a comprehensive cultural venue at the intersection of the city and the nature, integrating urban exhibition, art education, recreation and other multi-functional functions, presenting Longhua with a new temple of art, and adding a cultural highland to Shenzhen.

The project base is located in the northwest corner of Baishilong Music Park, Longhua District, Shenzhen，China. The southern is close to Baishilong Music Park, overlooking Niutsui Reservoir, with beautiful scenery surrounded by mountains and water. The site is in an irregular shape.

Based on the rolling ecological terrain of the site, which is high in the south and low in the north, the overall planning of the scheme fully complies with the local environment. The three venues of the maternal and child activity center, animation art museum and music and art center are adapted to the three terraces, presenting a spatial form of existence between architecture and environment.

“Adapt to local conditions, meet and blend” is the planning concept of the three pavilions and the site. The maternal and child activity center has high requirements for crowd accessibility and convenience. We arranged it on the north platform, which is the only one connected to the municipal road, to facilitate the arrival and use of women and children. The central Platform is adjacent to the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway on the east side. The animation gallery with low sensitivity to noise canminimize the noise interference of the site, and at the same time, the central square can construct diversified viewing conditions. The music and art Center is set on the south platform, forming a multi-dimensional linkage with the adjacent music theme park. The planning of the three buildings is smooth in the surrounding environment, relatively independent but closely connected, and the overall formation of orderly, smart and organic architectural community. The functional space of each museum forms a natural transition from public to characteristic, from development to privacy, from communication to learning and education from the bottom up.

In combination with the current situation of the site and the winding mountain path, landscape nodes with three different elements are set up: “Ground: entrance courtyard”, “Valley: central square” and “Cloud: viewing cloud platform”. The north entrance of the project is combined with Baishilong Park to form an open entrance square. The central part is enclosed by three pavilions to form an all-weather open mass art and culture square, which is interconnected with the roof platform of the parking lot of Baishilong Music Park and forms a broad platform for civic activities. The south side is connected with the viewing platform of the Music Park and extends to Zhiyin Square on the south side of the park, forming an active, open and clear sequence of public community sightseeing space.

Based on the spatial attitude of the building community surrounded by the mountain, we spread out the public space of each museum around the southwest landscape, borrowing the scenery into the painting; The exterior of the venue is connected and extended by multiple platforms and ramps to form diversified and interesting viewing paths and scenes.

This is a tour loop connecting the venues with the city, the park, and the mountains. Visitors can follow the terrain walking path between indoor and outdoor places. At the same time, the scheme combines a variety of theme nodes, such as light and shadow walkway, 360-degree viewing platform and rooftop pasture, so that people can feel the dynamics and charm brought by nature in the tour space of appropriate scale.

“When the jade is in the mountains, the wood is smooth; when the jade is in the mountains, the stone is bright.”

The three pavilions are like the splendid jade naturally growing in the ecological mountains. They follow the natural fall of the mountain and form an integrated whole. The architectural language with strong identification effectively and fully shows the high unity of synergy and uniqueness among different venues.

Conclusion
The project presents a new art exhibition area for Longhua and adds a cultural highland to Shenzhen through in-depth interpretation of natural environment, analysis and reorganization of venue functions and integration of ecological landscape. Like the jade growing in the mountains, the wind blows over, the trees sway, the jade incense.

Project Details:-
Firm
CMAD DESIGN GROUP

Architect
CMAD DESIGN GROUP

Project Name
Longhua Musical Center

Project Category
Cultural Concept

Team
General Architects:Zou Xiuhong，Huang Hua Chief Architeces:Chen Muliang Design Team:Chen Xiang,Huang Jiehui,Xie Zongxuan,Zeng Yuwen,Liu Chenyang,Zhang Kai,Luo Weicong,Xiao Tao,Zhang Qilin,Lin Junjie,Zhuang Mei,Sheng Guodong

Project Location
ShenZhen

Country
China

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CMAD DESIGN GROUP

CMAD DESIGN GROUP (CMAD for short) was established in 2015, jointly formed by Shendu Design Group (Grade A Architectural Engineering, Grade A Landscape Architecture, Grade A Municipal Engineering, Grade A Engineering Supervision) Shenzhen Branch and Shenzhen Wanchuang Engineering Design Company Limited (Grade A in Architecture, Grade A in Building Construction Supervision). CMAD upholds professionalism and high dedication to create high-quality design works with international vision and first-class service.

CMAD provides one-stop and refined architectural design services, specialising in education and healthcare, culture and sports, large-scale public buildings, landscape parks, urban micro-renewal, municipal facilities, urban design, etc. CMAD has rich experience in turnkey design, whole-process engineering consultancy, EPC, LDI, covering the whole process and specialties of architecture, interior, landscape, BIM, structure, mechanical and electrical, road and bridge, etc. CMAD has also established a strong reputation for green building technology, ultra-low-energy building, and low energy consumption building, and has a good reputation for its professionalism and dedication. CMAD also has rich experience in green building technology, ultra-low energy building, assembly building and other fields.

CMAD has won numerous awards for its innovative designs, with a large number of its works published in top industry media such as Archiposition, Gooood, Domus, ArchDaily, etc., and has won nearly one hundred design awards such as the AMP Master Architect Award, the MUSE Design Award Gold Medal, the IDA Architectural Design Award, and the Provincial and Municipal Outstanding Engineering Survey and Design Award.

CMAD maintains close and good co-operation with a series of excellent design partners. In recent years, it has cooperated with Aedas,TA Design and other famous domestic and international design companies, and has achieved outstanding results in large-scale international competitions.

CMAD adheres to the basic driving force of creativity, implements a dual-track system of design and research, creates a diversified design culture, cultivates “all-round” technical experts, and has a broad development prospect for its employees, who continue to innovate and grow.

CMAD adheres to the core values of “Creativity praises the city, service empowers the project”, insists on scientific and technological innovation to lead the development, and is committed to developing into a one-stop detailed whole-process design service provider with leading position in the investigation and design industry of the government investment projects in the Greater Bay Area, obvious technological superiority in special fields, and strong comprehensive strength.

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