Changzhou Culture Center, Changzhou China

Bird's eye view

The architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) have been awarded first prize in the international competition to build the Culture Center in the newly created Changzhou city center - competing against KSP - Jürgen Engel Architects, Arata Isozaki and other leading practices.

With a total floor area of 365,000 square metres, the building in this city of three million, between Wuxi and Nanjing, is six times the size of the Louvre in Paris. The new building complex includes a number of museums such as an arts museum, a science and technology museum and a library, together with service facilities supporting the center for culture in the Xinbei district of the city.

Architect:

gmp Architekten - von Gerkan, Marg und Partner
Elbchaussee 139 • 22763 Hamburg/Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 40 - 88 15 1-0 • Fax: +49 (0) 40 - 88 15 1-17 7
eMail: hamburg-e@gmp-architekten.de
web: www.gmp-architekten.de

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