SWCAC Description

Covering a footprint of 26,000m2 with 71,000m2 of floor space over six floors, Sea World Culture and Arts Center houses exhibition spaces at the Main Gallery, V&A Gallery, Park View Gallery and Shenzhen UCCN Gallery; multipurpose event spaces as the Mountain View Theater and Horizon Hall; educational institutes like Xiaoyan|NEXT and the Art Education Center of the National Ballet of China; established art and design retail brands such as RITZ and Ligne Roset; and F&B outlets including ATTRACT, Chunmanyuan and The Purple.

Designed by Fumihiko Maki as his first building in China, Design Society is strongly rooted in a philosophy of designing encounters as the essence of place making. Its collection of galleries, shops, workspaces and restaurants, as well as its generous public space, provides an eco-system in which mutuality will thrive and where visitors may become consumers, participants, makers and creators.