Changsha Meixihu International Culture and Art Centre, China

Designed with Zaha Hadid Architects, this arts centre is constructed as an 1800 seat theatre, a contemporary art museum, and a multipurpose 500 seat hall. Completed in 2019, the 1.24 million sq ft (115,000 sq m) cultural complex is located beside the Meixihu Lake in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province. The design comprises ribbons of glazing, balconies and white GFRC panels which create mix of wall roof and projecting canopies.

Newtecnic were appointed directly to the building owner, the local government of Changsha, for full service multi-disciplinary engineering design work and engineering design for the external envelope engineering. Newtecnic have produced the detailed design for the facade engineering.