Mangrove Wetland Museum

Articulating a direct response to the “Mountain to Sea Corridor,” this proposal aims to connect and integrate landscape and architecture, infrastructure and nature, mountain and sea, into one urban ensemble that is both legible and accessible to the people of Shenzhen and an exemplar paradigm for the world at large to appreciate.

Our project aims to stitch together a series of adjacent but disconnected sites, generating as a result an urban ensemble that is larger than the sum of its parts, comprising a network of promenades, parks, elevated green platforms and a unique architecture for the Mangrove Wetland Museum. Our concept positions the existing elevated platform as the natural heart and epicenter of the project: a large artificial pond populated with mangrove-inspired islands becomes the natural place to meet as well as a clear facilitator of pedestrian movement and activity from in and around the site.

The Museum’s architecture as well as its landscape allow for an easy, smart, environmentally conscious experience that is spatially and aesthetically engaging. The building is distinct yet part of the collective urban ensemble, a multipart and even playful architectural puzzle. Richly integrated within the proposed urban network of platforms and spaces, the project aims to enhance and transform the lives of its inhabitants and the character of the existing context.