DISSOLVING BOUNDARIES: INSPIRATIONAL ART CENTER

by Xiaolan Lu

Located in the cultural district of Qianhai bay, the Inspirational Art center functions as a openning platform to boost creativity and encourage the idea exchange between different groups of people including professional and non-professionals. It also provides art programmes to Shenzhen citizens as after-school or after-work recreation. Once the “factory of the world”, Shenzhen is now a metropolis with thousands of manufacturers and design companies that share the ambition of moving from a “made in China” phase to the so-called “created in China”. There is a strong ambition at city level to make Shenzhen a global player in the field of design. The concept of dissolving boundaries will be embodied in every detail of the design as the strategic caralyst of the production of creativity, which enables the project to become a new force in Shenzhen’s creative cultural industry.