The design of the theater is unique and eye-catching. It is obviously inspired by incredible Asian nature. Numerous angled columns surround the circular building and imitate the Sea of Bamboo – a national park near the city that boasts one of the biggest bamboo forests in the country.

London-based Steven Chilton Architects has a plan to arrange the "bamboo" columns in various ways to create a natural effect of plants steaming from the ground and frame the theatre's entryways. The celling will be made of a canopy of gold anodized aluminium louvres placed in random formations to form a ring above the field of columns like the leaves at the top of a bamboo grove.

Aluminium leaf-like parts are beautiful on their own. And they also can play an unusual light-shade game. Sunlight glancing through the angled geometry of the louvres will create a shifting pattern of light throughout the day, providing a dynamic experience for visitors and shading the main glazed envelope from the sun.

These parts have a practical meaning too. Each latticed bays of louvres will brace the tops of the slender columns to transfer the weight to the main building structure.

The theatre itself will situate in a round building hidden in the column forest and covered in curtain wall glazing fretted with white and gold stripes that mirror the surrounding white struts.

At night lights will illuminate the theatre from below, glancing off the columns and sparkling roof to turn the cultural center into a glowing masterpiece.

The theater will open the doors in December 2019. It will be able to hold up to 2 000 visitors and will become a permanent home for Belgian theatre director Franco Dragone's show, the House of Dancing Water.

The natural world has become a true inspiration for recent theatre design in China. For example, in Shanghai, a theatre designed by Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio features a rippling wall of bronze tubes ridged like bamboo stems.

Neri&Hu covered the interior of another Shanghai theatre with wooden struts and sandstone slabs to create the impression of tree branches and natural rock formations.