Binhai Cultural Center blends art into life

Binhai Cultural Center, a 312,000-square-meter landmark located in Tianjin Binhai New Area, instantly went viral online since its establishment on October 1, 2017.

The Binhai Cultural Center has five venues and one gallery. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The Cultural Gallery, in the middle of the Binhai Cultural Center, is composed of 28 umbrella-shaped columns and glass. It provides sufficient space for organizing large-scale public events. Underneath it lies the culture block, gathering brands like Tianjin Clay Figurine Zhang to become a traditional culture inheriting platform for craftsmen.

Cultural Gallery is said to be the soul of the center. Through it, five venues are interconnected. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

On both sides of the Gallery is a library, arts center and civic center. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

With the theme of "the eye of Binhai", Binhai Library uses transverse metal grids as the external facade to block the direct rays of the sun on books. In the library, the public reading space named "Mountain of the Books" not only links various functional blocks, but also satisfies the reading functions of different readers. At present, the library has shipped 180,000 books, with the subsequent collection of books reaching 1.3 million.

The eyeball of “the eye of Binhai” is actually a spherical multi-function hall, which can hold nearly 100 people. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

In addition to regular exhibitions, Binhai Museum also has independent spaces for auction and handicraft trading. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Based on Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone, Binhai Museum will become an art financial trading platform realizing functions such as art ware storage and logistics, exhibition, negotiation and transaction, evaluation services, and financial services.

Located on the southwest side of the Binhai Cultural Center, the Civic Center is the only seven-story building in it. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Positioned as the innovative performing arts center, Binhai Performing Arts Center has a 1,400-seat opera house, a 400-seat multifunctional experimental theatre and artistic creation areas. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Being one of the top 10 projects for people's livelihood of Binhai New Area, Binhai Culture Center is designed to blend art into people's life, allowing them to not just read books, watch exhibitions and performances, but also enjoy services such as education and training, dining and entertainment, and health and fitness.