The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Shenzhen campus (CUHK/SZ) is set up to become a world-class research institute that nurtures innovative talents. Its total number of students will ultimately reach 11000. Based on Shenzhen’s vision of becoming a modern and international city, the design of CUHK/SZ campus will learn from top educational institutes worldwide as well as reflect the educational philosophy and architectural style of CUHK. The constructed campus should show CUHK's unique characters, achieve high quality of construction and become a symbolic architecture for Shenzhen.

Located to the west-south of Universiade Park in Long-gang District, north of Long Xiang Avenue, the campus of CUHK/SZ will have a total area of around 100 hectares, with around 50 hectares as buildable area. The rest is public green space that is under the management of CUHK/SZ. The total floor area is around 450,000 square meters. The construction of the campus is divided into two phases: the 1st phase will host 7000 students, with a total floor area  of 300,000 square meters. The total construction estimate is around 1.5 billion RMB. Main functions include classroom, laboratory, library, gym, administration and academic offices, lecture hall, cafeteria, dormitory, housing for teachers and staffs, service and additional facilities. 

The contracting authority for this competition is Bureau of Public Works of Shenzhen Municipality, who will use the bidding platform of the Urban Planning, Land Resources Commission of Shenzhen Municipality. This competition is for the master planning of the entire campus and its 1st phase architectural design. The official announcement is to be released in late February, 2012.

We sincerely invite design firms worldwide to participate in this competition. Design teams composed of several design firms (including landscape architects) are encouraged and welcomed. The competition contains two phases with the first phase being open enrollment and qualification review. The contracting authority will organize a jury of professionals to review the applicants’ qualification based on their performance, team composition, and a conceptual interpretation for CUHK/SZ campus design (with no specific requirements as how detailed the design should be). The jury will select six eligible design firms/teams to proceed to the second phase, which is the schematic design competition phase. (No other design firms are allowed to participate in the second phase except the selected six design firms/teams.) 

This announcement intends to encourage interested design firms to get prepared as soon as possible. All information is subject to change. Please refer to the official announcement for the final details. Please refer to the Chinese pre-announcement should any conflict between the Chinese and English versions arises.

Bureau of Public Works of Shenzhen Municipality

Urban Planning, Land Resources Commission of Shenzhen Municipality

February 14, 2012