Shenzhen is China's first Special Economic Zone（SEZ), serving as a window for China's Reform and Opening-up and an emerging immigrant city. It has evolved into an influential, modern, and international metropolis, creating the world-renowned "Shenzhen Speed" and earning the reputation of the "City of Design." Architectural design stands as the most intuitive expression of Shenzhen's spirit of integration and innovation.
Antony Gormley’s sculptures often geometric and massed from block-like volumes, trace the human figure within architectural constraints, suggesting a reciprocal influence between physical form and structural order.
The Nakagin Capsule Tower, constructed in 1972 and dismantled in 2022, represents a radical urban living experiment as part of the Metabolist movement, emphasizing adaptable architecture.