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The underground space of China Millennium Monument, (known as Parts B & C) covers some 8000M2, with two live-scene studios of 1000M2 inside. It has been rented to CCTV for their TV programmes.
The Gehua Culture Centre, the owner of the China Millennium Monument, wants to re-design and re-construct the underground space ( Parts B & C
) of the China Millennium Monument to form a China Contemporary Art Centre with theatres, exhibition rooms, meeting rooms, dressing rooms, class rooms, gift shops, restaurant and bars etc.
In recent years, China has claimed a provocative identity within in the world-wide Contemporary art circle. Beijing has an active community of important artists and, according to Gehua, the city has a palpable need for a contemporary art centre to show new art, especially the performing arts. So it would be a very important contemporary art centre within the city.
Therefore, they are now looking for an intellectual architect who is experienced and interested in modern theatre architecture, with related facilities.
Quality required
1
Specific details of requirements
Timetable for the project:
1. June, 2008---December, 2008, Searching for an architect; confirm the design and the budget.
2. November, 2008-----December, 2009, Construction period
3. Jan.,2010 Open with first performing season
Language to respond in
English
Background Information on Company/Purchasing Organisation
Years established
> 3 years
Already Importing?
Unknown
Details about the Buyer/Market
Beijing Gehua Culture Development Group is state-owned and is the largest cultural corporation with government background in Beijing. The Group has three parts: Gehua Cultural Centre, Gehua Media Centre and Gehua Science & Technology Centre. These three centres together serve as the cultural recreation industry part of the Group, sharing resources, implementing advantages and supporting each other.
Based in the China Millennium Monument, Gehua Culture Centre is engaged in live entertainment and performing arts, cultural exhibitions, visual arts, family entertainment, large-scale public events, construction and management of cultural facilities. It is committed to domestic and international arts and entertainment products, to allowing the cultural market to prosper and to improving the spiritual and cultural life of the people. Meanwhile, it has established a development platform for the cultural industry, focusing on industrialization and marketable operations around cultural resources development.
Gehua Cultural Centre claims to take responsibility for inheriting culture, continuous active research and innovation, based on excellent hardware facilities and a people-oriented concept of management. They aim to promote international cultural exchange in a sustainable way and to show national cultural heritage around the world.
The China Millennium Monument, a symbolic and commemorative building in Beijing, stands along a north-south axis between the Military Museum and the Central Television Complex. The scenic Yuyuantan Park is to the north and the West Beijing Railway Terminus to the south, and the Monument occupies an area of 4.5 hectares and a total floor space of about 42,000 square meters.
The Monument is described as a grand structure, ingeniously combining the spirit of traditional Chinese culture with modern architectural art, and integrating architecture, landscaping, sculpture, mural painting, and various other art forms. It will be not only a symbol of the turn of the millennium, but also serve as a centre for cultural, artistic, and scientific exhibitions both at home and abroad, as well as an inspiration for patriotism.
Inside the southern entrance to the Monument is the Plaza of Holy Fire, one metre below ground and 960 square metres in area, standing for China' s vast territory of 9,600,000 square kilometres. With the gentle centripetal rise of the ground suggesting the rise of the Chinese nation, the Holy Fire of China is located right in the middle of the Plaza. The fire originated at the site of Peking man at Zhoukoudian, Beijing, and is fed on natural gas. The forever-burning flames, rising some 45 centimetres high, are said to be a token of the unceasing creativity of Chinese civilization.
Along both the eastern and western side of the plaza, there is a steady current of water cascading down the steps, reminding the visitor of the mother rivers of the Chinese nation: the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers.
Overseas Company Contact Details
Ms Liu Yang
Beijing Gehua Culture Development Group
Room C-202, China Millennium Monument
No.9A Fuxing Road, Haidian District
Beijing
China
100038
Telephone: 8610-5980-2057
Fax: 8610-5980-2000
Email: yangliudxx@yahoo.com.cn
Website: http://www.gehua.com/intro/index.shtml
UK Trade & Investment Contact: yan.zhang@fco.gov.uk
Source UKTI
