Culture and Art Center Changsha

Coop Himmelb(l)au

Changsha, China, 2011

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.

75

150

225ft
1 | 3000

15

30

45

60

75m

3k

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

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

Culture and Art Center Changsha

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 urban Chinese garden. COOP HIMMELB(L)AUs proposal
consequently thickens up the ground surface and
transforms it into a flexible and lively landscape integrating 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 conveniences 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 traditional Chinese Gardens transforming the elements
of water, stones, hills, bridges and flowers into significant urban shapes animating and vitalizing the daily
life of the entire Daheexi District.

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-dimensional pre-stage to the Grand Hall. The state-of-the-art
equipped Opera Hall provides a multifunctional layout to easily switch between eastern and western as
well as traditional and modern stage designs.

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

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+150.80m

+55.00m

+42.20m

OPTIONAL RENTABLE SPACE

+28.80m

LOUNGE

+14.20m

MAIN ENTRANCE

+00.00m

+24.00m

ADMINISTRATION/ DINING ROOM

+18.50m

ADMINISTRATION

+08.20m
+04.20m

MAKE UP ROOMS

+01.00m

MAIN STAGE/ BACK STAGE

-05.00m

STORAGE / MECHANICAL / ORCHESTRA

-14.00m

-20.00m

Section

50

100

150ft
1 | 2000

10

20

30

20

40

40

50m

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