Unique Cylindrical Registry Office in Shenzhen that Looks Like it has been Showered with Confetti

Jun 29

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The architects from Shenzhen-based practice Urbanus wanted to create a more romantic environment for marriage registration, which they claim has lost its sense of ceremony due to the setting of most registry offices in China. Wedding parties at the Nanshan Marriage Registration Centre arrive and depart ceremoniously across long narrow bridges, which oversail a pool of water in front of the building. Small square panels speckle the building’s gridded aluminium skin to create the confetti-like exterior. Inside the building, all the partitioning walls are curved and the metal facade is visible behind a glazed curtain wall.