China's DRONE ONLY City of the Future - $5 Billion Megaproject

Scandinavian firm Henning Larsen is collaborating with two Chinese consortiums to design a two-square-mile business district for Shenzhen, known as Shenzhen Bay Downtown.

Henning Larsen will create the city centre with Chinese consortiums Shenzhen Cube Architecture and Swooding Architects, plus the Urban Planning & Design Institute of Shenzhen and Why Art Projects SL, after the three teams were named winners of a design competition.

Named Shenzhen Bay Headquarters City, the masterplan aims to create a new district on the waterfront that would become the new centre of the city in southeast China.
The district, which will contain offices and three signature towers, is being created to attract companies to move their headquarters to the city. The architects will now collaborate with the government to refine the proposal.

"Our design aims to make Shenzhen the waterfront city it should always have been," said Claude Godefroy, design director of Henning Larsen's Hong Kong office.

Alongside offices, the development will contain conference facilities and cultural venues, the largest of which will be located on the waterfront.

"To create an attractive waterfront we brought commercial and cultural facilities meters away from the seashore, so citizens will finally be able to enjoy the atmosphere of Shenzhen Bay in an activated urban environment, like in Sydney, Singapore or Copenhagen."

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