2024-05-17T14:29:51-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150406528/zaha-hadid-architects-inaugurates-zhuhai-jinwan-civic-art-centre-in-southern-china Josh Niland 2023-12-06T18:53:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a2/a24cefc0daaa2ffa6dc39518d292ec34.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/zaha-hadid" target="_blank">Zaha Hadid Architects</a> has shared photos of its newly inaugurated Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre in southern China.&nbsp;</p> <p>The project integrates three separate facilities for art, scientific education, and culture into one coherent design with a 1,200-seat grand theater, 500-seat Black Box theater, science center, and art museum arranged symmetrically on a central axis.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ca/cafb27b403a89d1524a2f35f9c36cf2f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ca/cafb27b403a89d1524a2f35f9c36cf2f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>&copy; Yipeng Lyu</figcaption></figure><p>A central plaza area bifurcates the larger and smaller venues of the design while serving as the connective foyer of all three new spaces. All five buildings at the site are supported by just 22 columns that were fabricated off-site in two varieties.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/30/3012d5d718d1a1104164423a9fcb7268.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/30/3012d5d718d1a1104164423a9fcb7268.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>&copy; CAT-OPTOGRAM STUDIO</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a0/a0923ed55d6c2fff2ece4d6f8e646403.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a0/a0923ed55d6c2fff2ece4d6f8e646403.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>&copy; CAT-OPTOGRAM STUDIO</figcaption></figure><p>The separate functions of the center are further woven together via the network of reticulated shells forming the roof structure, which also evokes the chevron form of migratory bird patterns in the region while covering the complex's four wings. Additional public spaces were also created at the site thanks to the careful...</p>