Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s Beijing Art Centre evokes the site's granary history

Danish architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen has completed a multi-functional art centre in Beijing, referencing the shape of a granary that once occupied the site.
Located in the Tongzhou district in east Beijing, China, the centre sits near the starting point of the over 2,500-year-old Grand Canal and comprises an opera house, a theatre and a concert hall.
"We always think of this project as a 'container of culture'," said Chris Hardie, design director of Schmidt Hammer Lassen (SHL's) Shanghai office and the lead architect of the project.
"This used to be the Tongzhou granary that stored food for the capital," he added. "Now we want to create a 'cultural granary' that carries local and global culture, creating an important hub for promoting art and culture in Beijing."
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