Zhuhai Central Book City and a likely AlphaLand animation-themed amusement park came under construction Dec 28 west of the Zhuhai Press Building on Yinhua Road in New Xiangzhou. The site is also near the Zhuhai Library and southwest of the Gu Yuan Museum (Zhuhai Museum of Art).

The largest bookstore in the city, it will contain more than 300,000 volumes in various categories on floor area of 10,000 sqm (2 acres). Zhuhai Media Group says its Cultural Complex will have total floorage of 90,000 sqm (22 acres) on a plot of 25,800 sqm (6 acres). Planned are 23 aboveground and two underground floors for cultural-creative activities, cultural education and training, cultural exhibitions and exchanges, offices, and support facilities.

Guangdong Xinhua Issuing Group will bring in the Zhuhai Central Book City and provide interactive parent-children courses on creative design.

Artist's rendering of the Cultural Complex [Photo by Zhong Fan & Ye Qiuming / WeChat account: zhtqb12345]

A city cultural-creative parlor, the new landmark will house studios for designers and artists, while hosting exhibitions and activities for sharing and exchanges. The four-story Podium Building is designed as an indoor-themed block to foster cultural-creative use. 

Carlos Marreiros, founder of Macao MAA Marreiros Architectural Atelier, highlights the concept of "integration" of the complex with nature and the surrounding environment. Marreiros plans 67 green technologies under seven technical systems in line with the American Well Building Standard. Aerial gardens will run through the complex like a green ribbon to limit noise and thermal radiation and collect rainwater for recycling under the Sponge City concept.

Curtain walls will have ventilation systems for air purification and the design additionally calls for natural light, avoidance of light pollution, and no external heat.

AlphaLand amusement park of Alpha Group has announced preliminary intention to settle. It would offer immersive experiences pertaining to domestic animation IPs such as Pleasant Goat & Big Big Wolf, Super Wings, Armor Hero, and Balala, Little Magic Fairy.

Construction is undertaken by Zhuhai Gree Construction & Investment with funding by Zhuhai Media Industrial Investment.