Museum of Contemporary Art and Planning Exhibition (MoCAPE) by Coop Himmelb(l)au






Project: Museum of Contemporary Art and Planning Exhibition (MoCAPE)


Designed by Coop Himmelb(l)au


Client: Shenzhen Municipal Culture Bureau


Site Area: 21 688 m2


Gross Floor Area: 80 000 m2


Number of Stories: 7 


Location: Shenzhen, China 




The prolific Coop Himmelb(l)au practice wins the first prize for the Museum of Contemporary Art and Planning Exhibition (MoCAPE)design competition. The massive 80,000 square meter building is shaped for a location in the growing Chinese city Shenzhen.














Project Partner: Markus Prossnigg Project Architects: Angus Schoenberger, Reinhard Platzl






Design Architects: Quirin Krumbholz, Jörg Hugo, Mona Bayr 


Project Coordinator: Veronika Janovska Project Team: Thomas Margaretha, Jutta Schädler, Chen Yue, Alexander Karaivanov, Jonathan Asher, Matt Kirkham, Jasmin Dieterle, Ivo de Noojier, Ivana Jug, Vincenzo Possenti, Luis Ferreira, Dimitar Ivanov, Megan Lepp, Günther Weber, Hui-Cheng Jessie Chen, Zhu Yuang Kang, Pete Rose, Jessie Castro Vélez, Feng Lei, Peter Grell, Anja Sorger, Jutta Schädler






Local Architect: HSArchitects, Shenzhen, China






Structural Engineering: B+G Ingenieure, Bollinger und Grohmann GmbH, Frankurt, Germany 


MM & Engineering: Reinhold Bacher, Vienna, Austria Lighting Design: AG Licht, Bonn, Germany Cost 


Management: Davis Langdon & Seah, Hong Kong, China