Culture and Art Center Changsha

Changsha, China, 2011

Coop Himmelb(l)au
Program: Grand theater, culture and art center, hotel, offices, shopping mall, apartment

Competition: 2011

Gross floor area: 416 500m

Client:
Changsha Meixihu Industrial Co., Ltd.

Structure:
B+G Ingenieure / Bollinger und Grohmann GmbH
Prof. Klaus Bollinger
Acoustics:
M BBM
MEP:
Buro Happold Ltd, Bath,UK Steve Mace

3k
0 75 150 225ft
1 | 3000
0 15 30 45 60 75m

COOP HIMMELB(L)AU Wolf D. Prix & Partner ZT GmbH CULTURE AND ART CENTER CHANGSHA
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The new Grand Theater and the International Culture
& Art Center are located in the Daheexi District on the
northeastern side of the new Changsha Meixi Lake,
opposite to Yuelu hill/mountain.
The beautiful landscape scenery of the Meixi Lake
drives the overall concept of the project by arranging
the architectural parts like precious objects into an ur-
ban Chinese garden. COOP HIMMELB(L)AUs proposal
consequently thickens up the ground surface and
transforms it into a flexible and lively landscape inte-
grating all the service and leisure facilities to provide
an attractive and continuously active support for this
dedicated cultural site. The naturally shaped waves
of the garden also provide sports and recreation con-
veniences that also include refreshing water surfaces
and allow a controlled passing-through of light and
air. The distribution of architectural volumes at the
Meixi Lake Culture & Art Center follows the idea of tra-
ditional Chinese Gardens transforming the elements
of water, stones, hills, bridges and flowers into signifi-
cant urban shapes animating and vitalizing the daily
life of the entire Daheexi District.
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU Wolf D. Prix & Partner ZT GmbH CULTURE AND ART CENTER CHANGSHA
Directly on the ground and on the landscaped roof
surfaces a pedestrian walkway system interweaves
the important infrastructural hubs like the subway
station of the line 2 at the north-west corner of the
new development with the garden landscape and
the individual building parts: Open Air Stage, Grand
Theater, Art Center, as well as an optional Office and
Apartment Extensions and a 5-star Highrise Hotel.
The walkway extends to the East over the garden
landscape to link the lecture halls, exhibition spaces
& the art training center. The waterfront promenade
closes the loop between the west and east end of the
development opening with a generous plaza in front
of the Grand Theater.
The Grand Foyer reflects and highlights all of the
advanced aspects of an Opera House with bridges,
stairs and platforms already performing as a 3-dimen-
sional pre-stage to the Grand Hall. The state-of-the-art
equipped Opera Hall provides a multifunctional lay-
out to easily switch between eastern and western as
well as traditional and modern stage designs.
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+150.80m

+55.00m

+42.20m

OPTIONAL RENTABLE SPACE +28.80m

+24.00m ADMINISTRATION/ DINING ROOM

+18.50m ADMINISTRATION

LOUNGE +14.20m

+08.20m

+04.20m MAKE UP ROOMS

+00.00m +01.00m MAIN STAGE/ BACK STAGE

MAIN ENTRANCE

-05.00m STORAGE / MECHANICAL / ORCHESTRA

-14.00m

-20.00m

Section 0 50 100 150ft

1 | 2000
0 10 20 30 40 50m
0 20 40 60 80 100m
Section B-B | 1:1000

COOP HIMMELB(L)AU Wolf D. Prix & Partner ZT GmbH CULTURE AND ART CENTER CHANGSHA
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COOP HIMMELB(L)AU Wolf D. Prix & Partner ZT GmbH CULTURE AND ART CENTER CHANGSHA