Exhibition Hall, Shenzhen
First Prize

Exhibition Hall, Shenzhen

First Prize


The Japanese practice of Sou Fujimoto, in collaboration with the Chinese firm Donghua Chen Studio, has won the international competition for the Shenzhen Reform and Opening-up Exhibition Hall. Encompassing 90,000 square meters, the building will rise in the Shenzhen’s Futian District, on the north side of Shennan Avenue. The design seeks to strike up a dialogue between the landscape and its surrounding context while sending foreign companies – through a flat roof and facades displaying transparencies in their fretwork fabric – a picture of renewal and opening-up. The multilayered facade system presents a variety of spatial expressions, depending on the changing conditions that the intake of natural light gives rise to. Inside, the different spaces are connected by footbridges that intertwine over a huge foyer. This foyer is inhabited by trees, so is a ‘garden within a box.’


Obra Work
Exhibition Hall, Shenzhen (China)

Cliente Client
Engineering Design Management Center of Bureau of Public Works of Shenzhen Municipality

Arquitectos Architects
Sou Fujimoto & Donghua Chen Studio

Créditos de visualizaciones Visualizations credits
Shenzhen Reform and Opening-up Exhibition Hall_credit_Sou Fujimoto Architects&Donghua Chen Studio