OCAT Shenzhen - Urban ChangeUrban Change

OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, OCAT in short, is based in an old industrial area in the Nanshan district in Shenzhen. Warehouses and factory buildings have been preserved to house creative companies, restaurants, galleries, bars and exhibition spaces, as well as a lecture room. Among others, the famous Chinese architecture firm Urbanus has an office here. The complex provides a pleasant small-scale oasis in the middle of new high-rise neigborhoods. The OCT (Overseas Chinese Town) is also well-known for it´s theme parks, such as ‘Window of the World’, ‘Splendid China’, and ‘Happy Valley’.