Yilong Futuristic City International Design Competition

The competition is focusing on the new relationship between the local typical Chinese landscape and the development required for the future city, the connection between the nostalgia of traditional landscape vs modern way of living, with the foresight of globalization in local regional development.

Category Idea Competition / Open to Students
Type International, Idea, Open, Single-Stage, Anonymous
Genre Sustainability, Urban
Country Guizhou, China
RegDeadline 20 October 2017 GoogleCal iCal
15 November 2017 (via Online) GoogleCal
Eligibility All

Description
Theme: Oriental Landscape and Futuristic City
In the era of globalization, small-mid size cities are the engine of local development, and the potential core habitat residence. The urbanization of Chinese Midwest cities are crucial to the development of a balanced city network of China. In such scenario, we are confronted with many emerging challenges such as climate change, population migration, energy crisis, inheriting regional characters, etc., which demands development of new innovative and adaptive urban approach and more complex urban morphology. Thus, this competition is intended to initiate a conversation on the modern city life founded on nature, involving topics such as local vs global, tradition vs future, Eastern vs Western, landscape vs city, nature vs living habitat, preservation vs development, intention vs reality. The unique mountainous landscape of Guizhou has its own regionalism characters, that inspired many poets to write down grandeur and sensational lines. The competition is focusing on the new relationship between the local typical Chinese landscape and the development required for the future city, the connection between the nostalgia of traditional landscape vs modern way of living, with the foresight of globalization in local regional development.

Jury
Peter G. Rowe, Raymond Garbe Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
HUANG Jingtao, President of Tianjin Urban Planning and Design Institute, Deputy Chief Planner of the Tianjin Municipal Planning Bureaus
Vicente Guallart, Former chief architect of the city of Barcelona, founder of Guallart Architects
Kim, Young Joon, City planner of Seoul, principal of yo2 Architects
YU Kongjian, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, dean, professor and doctoral supervisor of the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture of Peking University
KONG Yuhang, Deputy dean, professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Architecture, Tianjin University
LI Xiangning, Deputy dean of College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, doctoral supervisor of architectural history and theory, architectural critic, curator
PENG Lixiao, Guest professor of the School of Architecture, Tianjin University, chief editor of Urban Environment Design (UED) Magazine, director of China Building Centre, founder of Guizhou Louna Architects Commune Cultural Development Co. Ltd

Prize
1st Prize (1 team): Certificate and 200,000 RMB (approx.30, 000 USD) (tax included)
2nd Prize (3 teams): Certificate and 100,000 RMB (approx.14,000 USD) (tax included)
3rd Prize (8 teams): Certificate and 10,000 RMB (approx. 1,400 USD) (tax included)
Honorable Mentions: Certificate and free UED magazine

Entry Fee
None

Timetable
Prize winning projects will be officially announced by December 2017.

Organizer
Yilong District Management Committee, CBC (China Building Centre)

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