![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0c3b4b6a7884f382a864b43f530125f/787ecdb7-afd1-4938-80bd-a1ec96049adb_rw_1920.jpg?h=83abe341a5b8b0af2c34bf4e73a64181)
The Xili Sports and Cultural Centre is an experience centre for sports, well- being, leisure and culture that seeks to achieve profound connections between nature, sports and culture, thus serving wide-ranging age groups and interests.
MVRDV together with Zhubo Architecture Design won the architectural competition for the Xili Sports and Cultural centre, a project seeking to transform the lives of the different generations of people living nearby, through offering a more humanistic model for sports and culture.
This new 105,000m2 centre consists of a 20,000m2 theatre-amphitheatre, 15,000m2 Basketball-Badminton arena, 10,000m2 multifunctional arena and 6,000m2 swimming pool, presenting a dynamic public space with multiple layers.
Chris was invited to advise the MVRDV design team upon the integration of sports technical requirements for a range of indoor and outdoor sports whilst maintaining and enhancing the ethos of the initial design concept.
Role: Sports Technical Design Integration Adviser
Client: Shenzhen Nanshan Government
Collaboration: MVRDV & Zhubo Architecture Design
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0c3b4b6a7884f382a864b43f530125f/987bebc6-20b0-4689-a4f4-472eb81fe943_rw_1920.jpg?h=f9e092a1005a2ec0fc5b6247fc3d6ddd)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0c3b4b6a7884f382a864b43f530125f/cb1afc86-01d2-439e-945f-42553f11cc34_rw_1920.jpg?h=4a55b29a728b25cd2aa6393f3ef563a4)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0c3b4b6a7884f382a864b43f530125f/4ed1ae93-0926-4da1-9cd1-b6583feeb0ae_rw_1920.jpg?h=c3b72e2ce686e950bb15977fc799c84b)
Images © MVRDV