Mecanoo & Meng Architects and LOLA Landscape win a competition to design the Guangming Scientist Valley

Shenzhen Guangming Scientist Valley is located in the middle of Lian Tang Reservoir and Luo Village Reservoir and the valley space between them.

Surrounded by mountains, forests and water bodies,

the location provides an ecological advantage for the Innovation Centre.

Where the competition highlighted the potential of the region through the concept of “scientific forest”,

What encouraged the teams to consider all elements of nature as part of development.

Design features

The winning proposal is centered around the concept of “Coexistence Valley”.

The guiding principle is the principle of “temporal restoration and selective construction”

and an understanding of the lasting effects of the intervention on its surroundings.

The plan thus includes a varied general program with three independent components:

Public loop, research center and natural oceanic layer.

The goal of the strategy, known as “1001 Forest Gardens”,

It is to promote cooperation between scientists and the general

public while encouraging balanced coexistence within the valley.

The development site is also important from the point of view of international cooperation,

Shenzhen Guangming Scientist Valley,

To become an internationally recognized science and technology innovation center for Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and beyond regions.

On a similar note, LOLA Landscape Architects also collaborated

with MVRDV to design the Innovation Campus for Artificial Intelligence in Heilbronn, Germany.

It is a development that aims to become a leading global site for the development of artificial intelligence technologies.

Recently, Mecanoo released the Amstel Design District design,

It is a mixed-use development that includes housing, mid-rent housing,

private homes and communal facilities in Amsterdam.

The Dutch architecture firm also revealed plans to redevelop the Doris Duke Theater in Hawaii.

In collaboration with Marvel’s US office, after the original structure was severely damaged in a fire in 2020.