1. Project Overview

1.1 Project Name: Competition for the Urban Design of Shenzhen North Station CBD & Architecture Conceptual Design of Landmark Building(s)

1.2 Clients：

Government of Longhua District

Urban Planning, Land & Resources Commission of Shenzhen Municipality

Organizer：

The Planning and Construction Bureau of Shenzhen North Station CBD

Longhua Office of Urban Planning, Land and Resources Commission of Shenzhen Municipality

1.3 Project Background

Located in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong development axis，Shenzhen North Station Business Center is Shenzhen's new central area, as well as one of the key development area that will be responsible for the economic restructure and promotion of urban functions and social level. In the future, it will gather world-class enterprises attracting global talents, and strive to build an international quality environment and image of the city.  Close to the North Station East Plaza, Block 16 is the supercity gateway of the North Station Business Center, so high-standard planning and construction is very significant for the benchmark image of a new world -class business center , as well as for the orderly development of the North Station Business Center.

Therefore，it is necessary to organize the Competition for the Urban Design of Shenzhen North Station CBD & Architecture Conceptual Design of Landmark Building(s), inviting the experienced architects to mastermind the area's construction and make use of the experience of advanced design from domestic and overseas. It will be a public competition to gather the world's most creative architectural design, to design and construct North Station Business Center with high standards, in order to create an iconic commercial center for Shenzhen North Station.

1.4 Competition Purpose

Based on the integration of the existing urban design, the competition is to collect urban and architectural designs that match the image of North Station CBD, as well as to provide a scientific and rational basis for the land leasing and architectural design.

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

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 with no more than 3 group members. No individual application or individual combination is accepted.

2）Applicants with similar experiences in urban design for central district or high-rise building design will be given 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

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.

2.1.3 
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

2.2.1  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.

2.2.2  The 1st prize winner should complete the urban design integration work, gathering all the good points of each deliverable through more than 3 workshop meetings. And the final design scheme should be approved by all related parties and becomes urban design guidelines for the land development. The 2nd prize winner should coordinate with the 1st prize winner to complete the urban design integration work and the chief designer should participate in at least 3 workshop meetings held by the 1st prize winner.

2.2.3  Each competitor can submit one scheme only.

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 : The Planning and Construction Bureau of Shenzhen North Station CBD， receiver： Daisy， tel：13760133656.

The overdue deliverables will be returned.

4. Competition Agenda

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

5. Prequalification Review Principles/Rules

5.1 The organizers will set up the prequalification jury accordingly. It will be made up by 4 well-known experts and 1client representative.

5.2 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.

5.3 Prequalification Review Principles

The prequalification will be reviewed by the following principles:

5.4 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.

6. Scheme Review Principles/Rules

6.1 The organizers will set up the scheme review jury accordingly. It will be made up by 5 well-known experts and 2 client representatives. 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.

6.2 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.

6.3 Deliverables

6.3.1 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.

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

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

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

6.4 Scheme review method： Scheme review jurors will fully discuss all the deliverables and decide the top 2 winners through open vote.

7. Bonus & Compensation

7.1 Bonus

The top 2 competitors will get certain bonus:

The 1st prize winner will get RMB1,500,000 as bonus. And the fee includes the urban design integration work. Integration should gather all the good points of each deliverable through more than 3 workshop meetings. And the final design scheme should be approved by all related parties and becomes urban design guidelines for future land development. The result should meet the depth requirements of the design guidelines and approved by the clients and the organizers.

The 2nd prize winner will get RMB500,000 as bonus. And the fee includes the coordination with the 1st prize winner to complete the urban design integration work. The chief designer should participate in at least 3 workshop meetings held by the 1st prize winner.

7.2  Compensation

After submitting the qualified deliverables, the 5 competitors each will get RMB400,000. Those voluntary participants won't get any compensation and they will get certain bonus if they enter top 2.

7.3 Payment

Bonus and compensation start to be paid by RMB after the notice of the winner. The fee includes 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。

7.4  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.

八、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

Download:

Annex 1 Competition File

Annex 2 Application Form & Joint Design Agreement

9. Contacts

Contact： Daisy

Tel：86-13760133656

Email：competition@ehow.net.cn