Time: 2006    Location: Shenzhen   Size:2600 sqm

Vanke Experimental Center (VEC) is located in the east exhibition hall of Vanke Architecture Research center, Futian, Shenzhen. The project was asked to create a three-floor exhibition space which to incorporate the latest impressive and innovated product designs from the research group, as well as to provide a place to communicate and share the products with their clients. Vanke groups wanted something encouraging, inspiring and more motivating for the space in question. As a point of departure for the design, we considered that Vanke is a real-estate group but to study and exhibit architecture; their research center needed to be visualized as a place full of live and exciting activities. The challenge was to introduce a concept that can soften the toughness and heaviness of the existing structure. We agreed the new design should be more organic, self- structured single element and the existing left untouched. Keen to leave the existing interior still as an airy open feel, we inserted a fluent three dimension cocoon overwhelmed by aluminates sheets playing off raw concrete trusses and beams to reflect our design philosophy.