In 2014, the V&A began a partnership with China Merchants Shekou to help them in their ambition to establish the first major museum in China devoted to design. Located in Shekou, at the western edge of Shenzhen, Design Society is a cultural hub taking its name from the fact that design is both a noun and a verb, and has the ambition to become a place that inspires action, stimulating the growing design scene in Southern China.
Sea World Culture and Arts Center is a waterfront situated multi-use culture and arts center within the greater Sea World development in Shekou, China. The project is a joint venture between the state owned China Merchants Group and Great Britain's Victoria and Albert Museum. Completed in 2017 the structure is built in two parts. The first part the "sculptural podium" contains the museum and retail stores and the second made up of "three cantilevered volumes" houses a theater, a restaurant and a "multi purpose hall".
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| Shenzhen Shekou Sea World Culture and Arts Center |
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| Shenzhen Shekou Sea World Culture and Arts Center 1 |
