Futian International Sports & Cultural Exchange Centre

Cundall was invited by architects iNgAmE and Tekuma Frenchman to participate an international competition to create a cultural and sports complex for Futian District, Shenzhen, China. The goal was to create an international, inclusive, innovative, and future-facing “Dynamic Rubik’s Cube” which portrays Shenzhen’s stylistic spirit. This project is designed to be a stacked public social and sport space for the local residents.

To accommodate the architectural proposal and associated site constraints, our structural design had created a structural system with multi-storey mega trusses and hanging columns in order to achieve a balanced design between architectural programme and engineering efficiency.

Dong Chen, Director, commented, "We are honoured to be teaming up with architects iNgAmE and Tekuma Frenchman to create a distinctive “Dynamic Rubik’s Cube” design for the city’s architecture design competition. Our structure team were key in meeting the engineering challenges of this design.”