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URBANUS 都市实践

Based in Shenzhen, URBANUS 都市实践 structures academic institutes, design studios, and public cultural spaces around multi-level ground planes, carving out submerged courtyards and stacking vibrant, saturated volumes against cool orthogonal grids. This work serves as a strong reference when integrating active programmatic spaces onto roofs and below grade, or when breaking monolithic urban facades with high-contrast chromatic insertions.

Aerial view of urban museum compound and public park with faceted white massing by URBANUS in Shenzhen.

罗湖美术馆改造扩建

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An aerial precedent by URBANUS showcasing an urban museum compound that combines faceted architectural massing with accessible green roofs, sunken courtyards, and a public park.

What we like about this project
A large portion of the cultural program appears submerged into sunken courtyards alongside an expansive planted green roof.

Materials

  • white-metal-panel
  • glass
  • concrete
  • paving-stone
  • planted-roof

Visual identifiers

  • faceted-volume
  • elevated-mass
  • sunken-courtyard
  • urban-plaza
  • rooftop-pv

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • civic
  • urban-contextual

Visual tags

  • urban-infill
  • civic
  • public-realm
  • adaptive-reuse
  • landscape-integration
Geometry
High-angle bird's-eye view looking down on a dense urban block, centered on a faceted, multi-sided elevated building volume and an adjacent landscaped public plaza with sunken courtyards.
Facade system
Punched panel facade on the primary raised volume; extensive glazing at ground level.
Structural guess
Steel truss or concrete transfer slab supporting the elevated primary volume over open ground.
Spatial scale
Large civic scale encompassing a multi-building urban block, civic pavilion, and public park system.
Lighting
Direct overhead daylight casting crisp, short shadows across roofs and plaza hardscape.
Atmosphere
Bustling yet ordered urban oasis combining high-density towers with open, green civic space.
Environmental context
Dense high-rise urban context with surrounding multi-story residential and commercial towers, gridded streets, and mature street trees.
Spatial experience
The complex acts as a porous urban island, balancing tall enclosing towers with an open public ground plane and sunken garden spaces.
Composition rhythm
Asymmetrical central massing balanced by linear tree grids and stepped subterranean courtyards.
Style reading
Contemporary civic megastructure with urban integration
Program
Museum and public cultural center
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
architecture
Materials
white-metal-panel, glass, concrete, paving-stone, planted-roof
Visual identifiers
faceted-volume, elevated-mass, sunken-courtyard, urban-plaza, rooftop-pv
Style tags
contemporary, civic, urban-contextual
Visual tags
urban-infill, civic, public-realm, adaptive-reuse, landscape-integration
Geometry
High-angle bird's-eye view looking down on a dense urban block, centered on a faceted, multi-sided elevated building volume and an adjacent landscaped public plaza with sunken courtyards.
Facade system
Punched panel facade on the primary raised volume; extensive glazing at ground level.
Structural guess
Steel truss or concrete transfer slab supporting the elevated primary volume over open ground.
Spatial scale
Large civic scale encompassing a multi-building urban block, civic pavilion, and public park system.
Lighting
Direct overhead daylight casting crisp, short shadows across roofs and plaza hardscape.
Atmosphere
Bustling yet ordered urban oasis combining high-density towers with open, green civic space.
Environmental context
Dense high-rise urban context with surrounding multi-story residential and commercial towers, gridded streets, and mature street trees.
Spatial experience
The complex acts as a porous urban island, balancing tall enclosing towers with an open public ground plane and sunken garden spaces.
Composition rhythm
Asymmetrical central massing balanced by linear tree grids and stepped subterranean courtyards.
Style reading
Contemporary civic megastructure with urban integration
Program
Museum and public cultural center
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
architecture

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Aerial view of urban museum compound and public park with faceted white massing by URBANUS in Shenzhen.

罗湖美术馆改造扩建

深圳

An aerial precedent by URBANUS showcasing an urban museum compound that combines faceted architectural massing with accessible green roofs, sunken courtyards, and a public park.

What we like about this project
A large portion of the cultural program appears submerged into sunken courtyards alongside an expansive planted green roof.

Materials

  • white-metal-panel
  • glass
  • concrete
  • paving-stone
  • planted-roof

Visual identifiers

  • faceted-volume
  • elevated-mass
  • sunken-courtyard
  • urban-plaza
  • rooftop-pv

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • civic
  • urban-contextual

Visual tags

  • urban-infill
  • civic
  • public-realm
  • adaptive-reuse
  • landscape-integration
Geometry
High-angle bird's-eye view looking down on a dense urban block, centered on a faceted, multi-sided elevated building volume and an adjacent landscaped public plaza with sunken courtyards.
Facade system
Punched panel facade on the primary raised volume; extensive glazing at ground level.
Structural guess
Steel truss or concrete transfer slab supporting the elevated primary volume over open ground.
Spatial scale
Large civic scale encompassing a multi-building urban block, civic pavilion, and public park system.
Lighting
Direct overhead daylight casting crisp, short shadows across roofs and plaza hardscape.
Atmosphere
Bustling yet ordered urban oasis combining high-density towers with open, green civic space.
Environmental context
Dense high-rise urban context with surrounding multi-story residential and commercial towers, gridded streets, and mature street trees.
Spatial experience
The complex acts as a porous urban island, balancing tall enclosing towers with an open public ground plane and sunken garden spaces.
Composition rhythm
Asymmetrical central massing balanced by linear tree grids and stepped subterranean courtyards.
Style reading
Contemporary civic megastructure with urban integration
Program
Museum and public cultural center
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
architecture
Materials
white-metal-panel, glass, concrete, paving-stone, planted-roof
Visual identifiers
faceted-volume, elevated-mass, sunken-courtyard, urban-plaza, rooftop-pv
Style tags
contemporary, civic, urban-contextual
Visual tags
urban-infill, civic, public-realm, adaptive-reuse, landscape-integration
Geometry
High-angle bird's-eye view looking down on a dense urban block, centered on a faceted, multi-sided elevated building volume and an adjacent landscaped public plaza with sunken courtyards.
Facade system
Punched panel facade on the primary raised volume; extensive glazing at ground level.
Structural guess
Steel truss or concrete transfer slab supporting the elevated primary volume over open ground.
Spatial scale
Large civic scale encompassing a multi-building urban block, civic pavilion, and public park system.
Lighting
Direct overhead daylight casting crisp, short shadows across roofs and plaza hardscape.
Atmosphere
Bustling yet ordered urban oasis combining high-density towers with open, green civic space.
Environmental context
Dense high-rise urban context with surrounding multi-story residential and commercial towers, gridded streets, and mature street trees.
Spatial experience
The complex acts as a porous urban island, balancing tall enclosing towers with an open public ground plane and sunken garden spaces.
Composition rhythm
Asymmetrical central massing balanced by linear tree grids and stepped subterranean courtyards.
Style reading
Contemporary civic megastructure with urban integration
Program
Museum and public cultural center
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
architecture

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