Sea World Culture And Arts Center
Located in Shekou, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, this is the Pritzker Prize winning architect Maki's first building in the PRC.
The park around the building was also designed by Maki and associates in collaboration with the landscape architecture firm Studio on Site. In front of the building is a statue of Yuan Geng, a foundational figure for Shekou, with a bilingual inscription in Chinese and English.
The total cost was 1.3 billion yuan ($196 million U.S. dollars).
Museums & Galleries
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One museum is the Shekou Museum of Reform and Opening Up, on the center's third floor.
Another is the V&A Gallery, managed by Design Society, a group run jointly by the Victoria and Albert Museum and the SWCAC.
Education
The SWCAC hosts educational events for local schools, hosted by Design Society. These include annual events such as the Nanshan School Makerfaire and MakeFashion Edu Runway show, as well as ongoing classes such as Design Thinking classes and student gallery tours.