International Competition for Conceptual Planning and Urban Design of Jiangxi Xinfeng High-Speed Rail New Town

The goal is to make full use of the policies for the revitalization of Central Revolutionary Base Area, and become one of the cities with the best business environment merging into the Greater Bay Area in the central and western regions of China.

Category Project Competition
Type International, Project, RfQ, Restricted, Two-Stage
Genre Urban
Country Xinfeng, China
RegDeadline 16 June 2022 GoogleCal iCal
16 June 2022 (Must be Received and via Online)
Eligibility Foreign enterprises or institutions that do not have branches or staff in China must form a consortium with domestic design institutions to participate in the international competition.

Description
1.Take the demonstration area of industry-city integration in the Greater Bay Area as a development goal, and create a new engine to integrate into the Greater Bay Area as well as an innovative highland: The planning should consider the superior ecological environment of Gushan Mountain and Taojiang River. High-Speed Rail New Town needs to improve the industrial structure, public services and commercial facilities. It also plans to develop modern business, headquarters economy, talent cultivation, creative entrepreneurship and ecological tourism. In concert with the planning of the Greater Bay Area, High-Speed Rail New Town will construct a high-tech innovation zone and an area gathering high-end elements. Furthermore, it will also build a waterfront ecological zone with "one river and two banks", and a leisure and recreation zone in Gushan Mountain. It will finally become a preferred place for industrial transfer from the Greater Bay Area.
2.Construct a landscape belt with the characteristic of "one river and two banks" as well as a beautiful and ecological city with mountains and rivers: Promote the comprehensive development of tourism and explore the landscape and cultural resources on both sides of Taojiang River. Taking Taojiang River as the central axis, designers need to create a landscape belt with the characteristic of "a river and two banks" and finally form a tourism axis. The goal is to plan a modern ecological High-Speed Rail New Town and to create a high-quality urban environment close to the nature in order to introduce industries and talents.
3.Improve the future integration of industry and city, and construct High-Speed Rail New Town as a new model of transit-oriented city: The planning needs to consider the connection with the current urban space, industry as well as the long-term development space. High-Speed Rail New Town shall be planned by means of regional integration, river-city integration and transit-oriented development.

Jury
Not yet announced

Prize
1 First Prize, award of RMB 3,600,000 (tax inclusive), including 300,000 for the service fee which shall be paid by the winner to the co-organizer (tax inclusive)
1 Second Prize, award of RMB 2,300,000 (tax inclusive)
1 Third Prize, award of RMB 1,800,000 (tax inclusive)3 Excellence Awards, each award of RMB 1,300,000 (tax inclusive)

Entry Fee
None

Timetable
Announcement of the Pre-qualification Results: Late June 2022
Shortlisted teams submit confirmation letter: Late June 2022
Deadline for the shortlisted applicants to submit the deliverables of the design competition phase: Late August 2022
Announcement of the review results: Late August 2022

Organizer
Xinfeng County Natural Resources Bureau
Co-organizer: Shenzhen Position Spatial Culture Development Co., Ltd.

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