Bao'an Cultural Complex Library

Rocco Design Architects' library on Shenzhen's Bao'an central axis (c. 2019), one of three buildings echoing over the bay.

Core Features

• Library of about 48,000 m² within a 110,000 m² cultural complex with a Youth Palace and a theatre.
• Won an invited international competition; facades take organic forms from southern Chinese carving traditions.
• On Bao'an's central green axis, mediating between the Qianhai Bay waterfront and the inland commercial districts.

Architectural Connections

• Institutional: civic library complex.
• Curtain Wall: sculptural facades.
• Chinese: Shenzhen's new axial cityscape.

Related Elements & Sites

Facade (element), Public Space (element), Urban Design (technique)