The project is located in the public centre and landscape centre of Feidong’s eastern new town, on the south of Yaogang Road and on the west of Shenxiu Road.

The design takes inspiration from the ‘Yunmen Dajuan’ dance, bearing the meaning of Chinese auspicious clouds and blessings, was performed for the veneration of the sky, and in honour of all creatures, people and virtue.The elevation design is developed from the idea of the cloud gate, with the square, clean, simple form of a ‘gate’ and the impression of the rhythm of the ‘clouds’. The formal elements are a representation of stage curtains, slowly folding and curling inward to reveal a semi open space under the roof between two building volumes.

Further interpreting the idea of the Yunmen Dajuan dance, the design draws idea from the dance’s choreography and develops a clustered layout with central connections. The multi-storey public hall at the centre of the building is shared by programmes of both the east and south sections, which form the theatre and the cultural centre are respectively. The layout provides independence while ensuring synergy.