City selection

Architecture in Shenzhen, China

Compare a science museum and a cultural landscape within Shenzhen’s changing public realm.

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Zaha Hadid Architects’ science museum and MAD Architects’ culture square both engage spaces outside their main enclosures. Compare the museum’s stepped public edges with the planted routes between the culture square’s rounded volumes.

The two projects occupy distinct sites and serve different programmes. Their shared city provides context for comparison, not evidence of a shared specification or operating model.

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