Exploring The Enigmatic Beauty of Zhuhai City, Guangdong, China | 2024 China Walking Tour

The first stop of Walk East in 2024 is Zhuhai, Guangdong. This is one of Max’s favorite cities. In the cold winter in China, you can wear short-sleeved shirts and take a leisurely stroll on the beach in Zhuhai, or you can have fun eating, drinking and having fun here. This video specifically introduces the Jinwan Civic Art Center in Zhuhai. It’s so beautiful here! -------------------⭐⭐ Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Center / Zaha Hadid Architects -------------------⭐⭐ Designed as a hub of contemporary creativity within one of the world’s most dynamic regions, the Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre is at the heart of Aviation New City, an urbanization with a built area of million sq. m housing 100,000 residents and incorporating new civic, cultural, academic and commercial infrastructure within Zhuhai’s Jinwan district. The Zhuhai Airport Railway, an extension of the Guangzhou-Zhuhai Intercity Railway, provides direct connections with Zhuhai’s city center and its airport, while the new Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge enables those in Shenzhen and Hong Kong to reach Zhuhai in less than an hour. Integrating three distinct cultural institutions for the city (a Performing Arts Centre with a 1200-seat Grand Theatre and a 500-retractable-seat multifunctional Black Box theatre; an interactive Science Centre; and an Art Museum) each venue within the Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Arts Centre incorporates unique characteristics that create differing visitor experiences, yet all are united by a coherent formal and structural logic that spans 170 meters wide from east to west and 270 meters long from north to south. Arranged symmetrically on a central axis, the two larger and two smaller venues are connected by a central plaza that serves as a shared external foyer for all of the cultural institutions. Glazed walls facing this courtyard enable visitors to determine the individuality and character of each venue. The Grand Theatre and Art Museum are finished in a light palate of materials, while the multifunctional Black Box Theatre and Science Centre are composed of darker materials. Echoing the chevron patterns of migratory birds flying in formation over southern China, the latticed steel canopies sheltering each venue are configured through repetition, symmetry, and scale variation; resulting in a composition of related elements that respond to the different functional requirements of each building. This repetition of the self-supporting and self-stabilizing roof modules optimized pre-fabrication, pre-assembly, and the use of modular construction. The distinctive roof structure unites the different venues under a network of reticulated shells that envelop the four wings of the center. Interconnecting bridges and voids create a multi-layered public plaza at the heart of the center with views to the interiors as well as to the surrounding promenades with their cafés, restaurants, and educational facilities. The design optimizes intuitive navigation with natural light in all public areas to enhance connectivity; creating engaging civic spaces for locals to enjoy throughout the day and evening. The Art Museum adapts the chevron geometries of the roof to frame the main atrium which provides natural light to the museum while at the same time creating a continuous vertical surface to display artworks. An internal gallery, storage, and administrative spaces are located behind this vertical division. Merging architecture with an exhibition experience, a continuous white ‘ribbon’ of the museum’s vertical circulation and exhibition route is its’ defining feature. Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre’s podium defines an island within ZhongXin Lake. Constructed in concrete, the center consists of five structurally separate buildings, each with its own self-supporting external steel canopy. Supported by only 22 columns and spanning a total of 270m x 170m, these free-formed steel roof canopies are composed of symmetrical geometries to enable their modular, repetitive structures to be fabricated off-site and assembled from only two different column types. -------------------⭐⭐ 0:00 Intro 1:33 Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Center / Zaha Hadid Architects 54:05 Zhuhai Huanyu City Mall 1:18:26 Zhuhai Planning Exhibition Hall and Zhuhai Museum 1:45:46 Zhuhai Coastal Park 2:18:30 Around Zhuhai Grand Theater 2:36:43 Zhuhai Historical Blocks 2:55:48 Zhuhai Fuhuali Shopping Area 3:31:54 Zhuhai Lijunpangdu Shopping Area 3:42:36 The night fountain Show -------------------⭐⭐ Other Walk East’s Cool Playlists: Night Walking Tour In China’s Metropolitan Cities: China’s Stunning Old Towns: Shanghai City Classic Scenes: 4K⁶⁰ Driving In China: -------------------⭐⭐ #Zhuhai #China