“Coop Himmelblau, also rendered Coop Himmelb(l)au, [is an] avant-garde architecture firm that rose to prominence in the 1980s and ’90s. The two central members were Wolf D. Prix (b. December 13, 1942, Vienna, Austria) and Helmut Swiczinsky (b. January 13, 1944, Poznań, Poland).” Founded in 1968, “the firm’s name—German for “Blue-Sky Cooperative”—was a wordplay describing their efforts to “make architecture light and fluctuating like clouds.”

(Zuckowsky, 2013). 

MOCAPE, is a museum of contemporary art & planning exhibition located in Shenzhen, China. “The building combines two independent institutions — the museum of contemporary art (MOCA) and the planning exhibition (PE) — as a cultural meeting point and a venue for architectural exhibitions. the development includes a shared lobby, multifunctional exhibition halls, auditorium, conference rooms and service areas, to be used by both institutions.”

I love art and how inventive spaces like this emphasize the creative nature of exhibit exploration. This building reminds me both of a large spider web due to the outer crosshatch design and also of an alien spaceship. If you have ever seen Superman, the ship that Clark arrives to Earth in looks very much like this building. It is also interesting how “from an environmental standpoint, pollution free systems and facilities use renewable energy sources through solar and geothermal energy (with a ground water cooling system). meanwhile, the roof of the museum filters daylight for exhibition rooms, reducing the need for artificial lighting. MOCAPE is scheduled to complete later in 2016.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Coop-Himmelblau

MOCAPE museum by coop himmelb(l)au nears completion in shenzhen