International Design Competition, About 90 teams worldwide submitted for the first stage
prequalification and 5 teams were selected to enter the second stage design submission.
The design proposal by Pei Partnership Architects, LLP in collaboration with Guangzhou
HSArchitects was selected to be the winner of the project.
The Nanhai Cultural Center total project size is 130,000m², with 90,000m² above grade and
40,000m² below grade. The program for this cultural complex consists of Library, Arts Exhibition,
Science Exhibition, Urban Development, Sports Facilities, Performance Halls, Juvenile
Activities, Elder Activities, Comprehensive Cultural Activities, etc.
The project site is north-south 400m long, east-west 150m wide, facing the 2.2 km Qiandeng
Lake Park scenery. Bounded by heavy traffic roads and subways and bus station transit
hubs, the design challenge is not merely the architectural building design, but also the urban
fabric planning.
