ARCHITECTURAL FOCUS
SHENZHEN GUANGMING INTERNATIONAL EQUESTRIAN CENTER
TANGHUA ARCHITECTS
In the past, sports and cultural facilities in China were often designed with iconic, exaggerated forms. However, recent trends have shifted towards focusing on the experience of the site and its connection to the surrounding urban environment. The Shekou Cultural and Sports Park proposal responds to this human-centered era, emphasizing public engagement, accessibility, and a blend of indoor and outdoor spaces, while maintaining a strong sense of place.
Guangming International Equestrian Center, located in Guangming Subdistrict, Guangming District, Shenzhen, serves as the main venue for dressage and show jumping events of the 15th National Games. The project occupies a site area of 50,018 m ², with a total floor area of 44,600 m ². Its functions include the main arena, indoor and outdoor training grounds, competition facilities, and equine housing, accommodating up to 120 horses.
The site slopes significantly from the urban road on the west to the natural mountain on the east. The design leverages these conditions by placing a stilted parking garage along the road and elevating the main activity spaces to minimize excavation and preserve the mountain landscape.
The main arena’ s design concept,“ A New Realm of Timber, Shared Eaves, Shared Views”, adopts a full glulam( glued laminated timber) structure. Its form draws from the traditional Chinese sloped roof typology— retaining the archetypal timber frame
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