MOCAPE Museum in Shenzhen, China

The long-standing Dlubal customer Huana Engineering Consulting (Beijing) Co., Ltd. was responsible for the structural analysis. The structural calculations were performed using RSTAB.

Structure The exterior of the building is characterized by various concepts of the surface structure as well as sections, splits, and cavities. The structure is complex, absolutely extraordinary, and impresses with its futuristic appearance and its extremely strong visual impact. The clear and openly designed interior, in combination with the play of light and shadow, is a perfect motif for artistic photos.

The Urban Planning Museum, located to the north, uses a variety of new technologies and advanced facilities to showcase the achievements in urban planning and the city development of Shenzhen. The Museum of Contemporary Art is located on the south side.

The entire museum is a 50 m high building with two underground floors and five above-ground stories, with a total floor area of 87,869 m². Both museums float above the massive podium structure and are surrounded by a spacious building envelope. The total cost of the structure is approximately 222 million euros.

Structure Below the first floor, the project is a frame-shear wall construction made of reinforced concrete; above, the structure is divided into two large structures – the steel structure of the building envelope and the main structure of the area around the tower. The steel structure of the outer skin is a single-story beam-column complex based on a shell with a multi-surface network; the floor structure is mainly a combination of steel truss girders and reinforced concrete slabs, and in some places also beam-slab connections made of reinforced concrete.