1. Project Overview

1.1 Project Name： Competition for the Conceptual Design of Danaoke Mountain

1.2 Clients： Government of Longhua District Urban Planning, Land & Resources Commission of Shenzhen Municipality

Organizers： Longhua Office of Urban Planning, Land and Resources Commission of Shenzhen Municipality Bureau of Longhua Urban Management

1.3 Project Background

Danaoke Mountain, the highest peak of Meilin Mountain, is located in the north division of Meilin Mountain Country Park and between Futian central area and Longhua North Station Business Center. It is the core landscape node of the north central axis of Shenzhen. Historically, Tanglang Mountain - Meilin Mountain -Yinhu Mountain was the original natural barrier for the special administrative region. As part of it, Danaoke Mountain was located at the urban fringe and was equipped with a large number of inactive facilities and function at the foot of it. After the integration of the special administrative region, Tanglang Mountain - Meilin Mountain -Yinhu Mountain jointly composed the central green core of Shenzhen, while Danaoke Mountain, being transformed from the urban marginal mountain into the core ecological resources, became the South Gate of Longhua District connecting Futian and Longhua, and became the green pearl on the urban central axis of Shenzhen. In order to build a high quality country (sightseeing) park in accordance with the spirit of Shenzhen government，Longhua Office of Urban Planning, Land and Resources Commission of Shenzhen Municipality organizes this international competition for conceptual design of Danaoke Mountain to invite the outstanding and experienced architects from domestic and overseas to propose the design schemes with international vision, innovativeness and feasibility， to create a beautiful new business card of Shenzhen with high standards.

1.4 Competition Contents

1）Master plan of Danaoke Mountain; 2）Design of the major facilities, includes mountaineering path (adventure path, mountaineering stairs, gentle slope mountaineering path and leisure path), sightseeing stand and ecological corridor; 3）Conceptual design of Waterfront Ecological Park and Culture and Sports Park; 4) Design of small landscape facilities and park identification system. Please check PART 2 Design Brief for the detailed requirements of the design contents mentioned above.

1.5 Design Depth

The design depth of the competition is conceptual design. And the 1st prize winner will be responsible for the integration of all the deliverables and scheme develop of the conceptual design. Since the detailed design of the culture and sports park should include the link with Minle car park and the condition of the car park is uncertain, thus the scheme develop scope excludes the culture and sports park. The conceptual design of other competition contents should be developed in principle. The integration and scheme develop results will be forwarded to the Urban Management Bureau of Longhua District and they will be responsible for the follow-ups.

2. Competition Rules

The competition will be undertaken by 2 stages: Stage 1 Application &Prequalification, Stage 2 Scheme Design& Review.

2.1 Stage 1 Application &Prequalification

2.1.1  Application

1）The competition will be open to the public and those independent registered companies who have relevant design experiences can register for it. Joint design participation is allowed. No individual application or individual combination is accepted. 2）Applicants that have similar design experience will be given certain priority. 3）Designers participating in this competition must be registered personnel of the firm. The chief designer must be those who have presided over several similar projects, and must be involved in the entire design. In order to make sure that the project designers have a correct understanding of the background of China and relevant requirements, it should also involve at least 1 teammate with proficient Chinese language skills. 4）The applicants should submit the prequalification documents in accordance with the competition file.

2.1.2  Prequalification Review Principles/Rules

The organizer will set up the prequalification review jury accordingly and the jury will review on the applicants' company qualifications, achievements, design team, work program and etc. And they will select 5 namelisted competitors for Stage 2 and 2 alternatives in order who will enter the competition by order if any of the 5 competitors quit.

2.1.2.1 The organizers will set up the prequalification jury accordingly. It will be made up by 5 well-known experts, major in architecture or landscape design.

2.1.2.2 The chairman of the jury will chair the review and share the same right as the other jurors. Detailed review rules will be decided by the jurors.

2.1.2.3 Prequalification Review Principles

The prequalification will be reviewed by the following principles:

Review Terms	Review Principles
Achievements	The company that has the similar achievements below will be given certain priority: 1、Design of country park; 2、Design of large footbridge; 3、Design of small structure; 4、Design of waterfront park; 5、Design of culture and sports park
Achievements and experience of the chief designer	The chief designer that has the similar achievements below will be given certain priority: 1、Design of country park; 2、Design of large footbridge; 3、Design of small structure;; 4、Design of waterfront park; 5、Design of culture and sports park
Design team	The design team will take the following factors into account: 1、Whether has structure team members to support the scheme develop of the landscape bridges and hiking trails; 2、Whether the team division is clear and reasonable; 3、whether the composition of the joint design group complements each other

2.1.2.4  Prequalification Review Method Use open votes to select 5 competitors to enter STAGE 2 as well as 2 alternatives who will enter the competition by order if any of the 5 competitors quit.

2.1.3  
The 5 competitors will submit the Participation Confirmation Letter on time. Other qualified applicants could still participate in the competition by submitting the Participation Confirmation Letter 3 days after the notice of the prequalification result and they will be treated the same in the scheme review.

2.1.4  After submitting the Participation Confirmation Letter, if any competitor has withdrawn eventually due to non-force majeure, the organizers have the right to refuse their participation in any other project.

2.2  Stage 2 Scheme Design& Review All the competitors should submit the deliverables according to the design brief. And the scheme review jury will select the top 2 winners and provide advice for optimization. Then the organizer decides the ranking order of these 2 winners in accordance with the jury's opinion.  

2.2.1 Scheme Review Principles/Rules

2.2.1.1 The organizer will set up the scheme review jury accordingly. It will be made up by 7 well-known experts home and abroad, major in architecture or landscape design. And the chairman of the jury will chair the review and share the same right as the other jurors. Detailed review rules will be decided by the jurors.

2.2.1.2 All the competitors will give a presentation on their schemes and answer questions of the jurors. Any problems and disputes arising during the review will be discussed by the jury and verdict by the chairman.

2.2.1.3 Scheme review method： Scheme review jurors will fully discuss all the deliverables and select the top 2 winners through open vote and provide advice for optimization. Then the organizer decides the ranking order of these 2 winners in accordance with the jury's opinion.

2.2.2 Review Result  The 1st prize winner will complete the integration work of gathering all the good points of each deliverable and scheme develop work through more than 2 workshop meetings. And the final design scheme should be approved by all related parties. The 2nd prize winner should coordinate with the 1st prize winner to complete the integration and scheme develop work and the chief designer should participate in at least 2 workshop meetings held by the 1st prize winner.

2.2.3 Deliverables

2.2.3.1 The deliverable must meet the requirements of the urban planning and urban design regulations and regulatory documents of the People's Republic of China, Guangdong Province and Shenzhen City as well as the competition file. The content must be complete, clear and accurate.

2.2.3.2 The deliverable should be officially signed and stamped on the bottom right corner on the back of the booklet.

2.2.3.3  Each competitor can submit one scheme only.

2.2.3.4 The required deliverable should be submitted in one time and the organizer will issue a receipt.

2.2.3.5 The deliverables should be due on time and the specific place will be noted ahead.

3. Prequalification Requirements

3.1 Prequalification Document：

1）Application Form 2）Company profile 3）Business license (Duplicate; affixed with company seal); 4）Qualification certifications or professional awards (Duplicate; affixed with company seal); 5）Information on similar projects (no more than 5) of the company and the chief designer shall include: a)   Photocopy of the Bid Winning Notification Letter or the stamped page of the design contract b)   As-built photos of the completed projects and renderings of the projects under construction c)   Valid contact of the project clients 6）Provide a profile of the design team and chief designer for the project. Provide necessary qualification documents of each team member 7）Work program: provide a team member list, team cooperation model and design period and other work arrangements if winning the competition ; 8）Certification of legal representative, and power of attorney from legal representative(Original; affixed with company seal), and ID card of the authorized person (Duplicate; affixed with company seal); 9）Joint design group should submit the Joint Design Agreement jointly signed by all the members, and specify the leading party (Original; affixed with company seal); 10）Other information that is deemed helpful by the design firms.

☆For the joint design group, members should submit the above information separately. All the information should be signed and stamped.

3.2 Edition of Prequalification Documents

1) All the contents mentioned above should be bound with a catalog, A4 size, 5 copies with official stamp on.

2) All the contents mentioned should burned into a memory stick and submitted with the booklets, and sent to competition@ehow.net.cn.

3）The deliverable should follow the principle of environmental protection and avoid excessive packaging, no more than 50 pages. The applicants should submit the above material to : Longhua Office of Urban Planning, Land and Resources Commission of Shenzhen Municipality，contact person：Daisy， Tel: 13760133656 The overdue deliverables will be returned.

4. Competition Agenda

Time		Terms
STAGE 1 Application &Prequalification	2017.06.16	Notice of the competition and application
	2017.06.30(before 15:00)	Deadline of application
	2017.07.10	Prequalification meeting
	2017.07.11	Notice of the prequalification result
STAGE 2 Scheme Design &Review	2017.07.26-07.27	Site visit, Q&A meeting
	2017.07.28-09.01	Q&A through email
	2017.09.14(before 15:00)	Deadline for deliverables
	2017.09.15	Scheme review
	2017.09.25	Notice of the result

☆   All the time mentioned is Beijing time. The organizer preserves the right to adjust the schedule.

5. Bonus & Compensation

NO.	Terms	Amount		Notes
1	Bonus	1st prize	RMB3,000,000	The fee covers the integration work of all the deliverables and scheme develop and 2 workshop meetings.
		2nd prize	RMB1,000,000	The fee covers the coordination with the 1st prize winner to complete the integration work and scheme develop through at least 2 workshop meetings.
2	Compensation	Each of the 5 namelisted competitors get RMB500,000		Those voluntary participants won't get any compensation and they will get certain bonus if they enter top 2.

5.1 Bonus

The top 2 competitors will get certain bonus: The 1st prize winner will get RMB3,000,000 as bonus. The 1st prize winner will complete the integration work of gathering all the good points of each deliverable and scheme develop work through more than 2 workshop meetings. And the final design scheme should be approved by all related parties. The 2nd prize winner will get RMB1,000,000 as bonus. The 2nd prize winner should coordinate with the 1st prize winner to complete the integration and scheme develop work and the chief designer should participate in at least 2 workshop meetings held by the 1st prize winner.

5.2  Compensation

After submitting the qualified deliverables, the 5 competitors each will get RMB500,000. Those voluntary participants won't get any compensation and they will get certain bonus if they enter top 2.

5.3 Payment

Bonus and compensation start to be paid by RMB after the notice of the winner. The fee include taxes and the competitors should provide China's duty-paid invoice. Foreign firms can authorize a local independent legal entity to receive the payments on their behalf if they cannot receive RMB on their corporate account. Therefore, the correlative tax shall be responsible by the foreign firms themselves.

5.4  Others

All related expenses such as the travelling expense will be covered by the participants themselves. If the jury considers that the deliverables submitted don't meet the depth and requirements of the competition file, the clients or organizers won't pay any compensation fee.

6. Inquiry of Information ：

Please visit the following website for more information on the competition: www.szlhxq.gov.cn www.szpl.gov.cn http://lh.szpl.gov.cn/ www.szdesigncenter.org www.abbs.com.cn www.jszhaobiao.cn Please download detailed the competition file from this website：www.szdesigncenter.org

7. Contacts

Contact： Daisy

Tel：86-13760133656

Email：competition@ehow.net.cn

Documents of competition; Attachment of documents of competition