Büro Ole Scheeren wraps Shenzhen art museum in glass tubes

Büro Ole Scheeren has unveiled the design for the Róng Museum of Art, a new cultural institution currently under construction in Shenzhen’s Nanshan District. The museum will focus on the visual culture of the 20th and 21st centuries, encompassing art, design, architecture, and film. 

The design of the museum is defined by a series of elevated gallery volumes supported by five slender structural cores. The approach lifts the main exhibition spaces above ground level, creating a shaded public plaza beneath. Designed as a 24-hour “art forum,” the open ground plane will accommodate public circulation, events, and installations.

The building’s facade features layered, conical forms wrapped in ...