I. Project Description

1.1 Project name: International Consulting on the Urban Design for the Dynamic Development Belt of Shenzhen Longgang River

1.2 Host: Shenzhen Longgang District People’s Government

Organizer: Longgang Office of Urban Planning, Land and Resources Commission of Shenzhen Municipality

Technical service and organization unit: Urban Planning & Design Institute of Shenzhen

1.3 Project background

As the mother river of Longgang District, Longgang River rises in Wutong Mountain, with the main stream within Longgang of about 20km long, flowing through the 6 sub-districts in eastern Longgang, and connecting the key areas in the Eastern Center such as Universiade New Town, Apollo Future Industry City, Baolong Technology City, Longgang Central City, Longgang Laoxu Town, and International Low Carbon City. It is the river with the largest drainage area and the only river flowing from south to north and west to east in Shenzhen City, and marks a core potential area in the Eastern Center.

Longgang River possesses good ecological background resources and big redevelopment potential of land along the river, with the watercourse comprehensive renovation advanced steadily and culture, technology and innovation resource elements, etc. gathering. However, Longgang River also has problems such as fragmented space, weak ties between riverside open space and urban functions, low ecological quality, lack of unified design of river shoreline, failure to highlight ecological functions and landscape features, insufficient waterfront vitality, lack of organic integration of mountain, river, city, and culture resources, etc., single area functions, lagging cultural features, mixed construction along the river at present, and failure to reflect Hakka cultural characteristics.

In order to bring into full play the strategic value of Longgang River, enhance the architectural style of Longgang River, highlight the charm of Hakka culture and provide citizens of Longgang District with quality urban public space for getting close to nature and recreation, this international consulting is hosted by Shenzhen Longgang District People’s Government to conduct high-level planning and design of overall development, space reshaping, cultural rebuilding, and industrial agglomeration, etc. on both sides of Longgang River, and build international waterfront space and “dynamic development belt of Eastern Center” that integrate technology, innovation, culture and ecology, to shape Longgang River with stories and soul.

1.4 Consulting purpose

This international consulting aims to introduce domestic and foreign high-level design teams to propose urban development ideas and land development models for the line along Longgang River by using innovative design philosophies, provide the optimal design scheme for the urban landscape space of Longgang River, continuously guide future urban development, improve land utilization efficiency along the line, accelerate urban renewal pace and excavate historical and cultural resources along the line, and improve space quality and environmental quality, to build a quality, diversified, and sustainable dynamic waterfront development belt in eastern Shenzhen.

1.5 Consulting scope

The consulting contents mainly include 2 parts:

Firstly, the overall conceptual urban design, with the scope including the about 1km range (with a total area of about 46km²) on both sides of the about 20km-long main stream of Longgang River;

Secondly, detailed urban design of key section: to prepare the detailed design for the selected 1 key section (1 core plot of about 50ha and the reach of 1km long where the plot is located) by integrating the existing planning along Longgang River and in combination with the overall conceptual urban design and existing conditions of Longgang River.

Fig. 1 Scope of the International Consulting on the Urban Design

II. Way of Consulting and Rule

This consulting will be divided into three stages: 1^st stage: Prequalification + conceptual proposal; 2^nd stage: Overall conceptual urban design; 3^rd stage: Detailed urban design of key section.

2.1 1^st stage: Prequalification + conceptual proposal

This consulting is open to the world and requires Chinese and overseas corporations to participate as joint groups. A joint group shall consist of no more than 3 members, and each member of the group shall not further apply alone or repeatedly participate by joining another group with other design institutions. Applications from individuals or teams of individuals will not be accepted.

The design institutions that apply should provide prequalification, conceptual proposal and other materials as required by the Consulting Document. And the host will set up a prequalification committee which will select 4 design institutions to enter the 2^nd stage: Overall conceptual urban design according to achievements and experiences of principal designers, team members to input for the project and experience thereof, corporation qualifications, industrial reputation, and conceptual proposal and other documents for prequalification of the applicants and select 2 standby design institutions (sequenced). If any of the 4 exits, a standby design institution will be selected as per sequence.

2.2 2^nd stage: Overall conceptual urban design

The 4 selected design institutions shall submit deliverables as required by the Design Brief. The review committee will review the overall conceptual urban design schemes submitted to select the 2 winners and sequence the other two. It shall give review opinions of the 2 winners and recommend them to the host which will then determine the sequence of the 2 winners upon study fully respecting the review opinions. The 2 winners will enter the 3^rd stage: detailed urban design of key section

2.3 3^rd stage: detailed urban design of key section

The 2 selected design institutions shall submit deliverables as required by the Design Brief. The review committee will review the detailed urban design schemes for key section submitted, give the review opinions, and give the recommended sequence. The host will then determine the sequence of the 2 design institutions upon study fully respecting the review opinions. The one sequenced first will be the winner that will take charge of cooperating with the scheme deepening of the technical service and organization unit and conducting two workshops.

Ⅲ. Schedule (Tentative)

Stage	Time	Matter
1st stage: Prequalification + conceptual proposal	July 5, 2018	Releasing official notice and accepting applications
	July 20, 2018	Q&A meeting. Those who have interest shall send the list of attendees to longgangghk@szpl.gov.cn，competition@ehow.net.cn before 17:00, July 16 and the detailed place and agenda will be replied soon.
	By 15:00, August 10, 2018	End of submission of documents for prequalification
	August 17, 2018	Prequalification meeting
	August 20, 2018	Announcing results of prequalification
2nd stage: Overall conceptual urban design	August 27, 2018	Survey and Q&A session; selected design institutions to submit the Participation Confirmation Letter
	August 28-September 8, 2018	Written Q&A (via mail or fax)
	September 17, 2018	Mid-term presentation
	By 15:00, October 15, 2018	Submission of deliverables of overall conceptual urban design
	October 16, 2018	Review meeting of deliverables of overall conceptual urban design
	October 19, 2018	Announcing review results of overall conceptual urban design, with the 2 winners to enter the 3rd stage: Detailed urban design of key section
3rd stage: Detailed urban design of key section	October 19-December 10, 2018	Written Q&A (via mail or fax)
	November 16, 2018	Mid-term presentation
	By 15:00, December 17, 2018	Submission of deliverables of detailed urban design of key section
	December 18, 2018	Review meeting of deliverables of detailed urban design of key section
	December 25, 2018	Announcing review results of detailed urban design of key section

☆     All dates and time are Beijing time. The host reserves the right to adjust the schedule.

Ⅳ. Bonuses and Relevant Expenses

4.1 The 4 design institutions selected to the 2^nd stage will obtain the corresponding bonuses according to the following sequence after review of the 2^nd stage if their design deliverables meet requirements of the Consulting Document:

First place: RMB 2.60 million

Second place: RMB 1.80 million

Third place: RMB 1.10 million

Fourth place: RMB 0.90 million

4.2 The 2 winners will obtain the corresponding bonuses according to the following sequence after review of the 3^rd stage if their design deliverables meet requirements of the Consulting Document:

First place: RMB 2.30 million which includes expenses for cooperating with the scheme deepening

Second place: RMB 1.00 million

4.3 Payment of bonuses and relevant expenses

Bonuses in this consulting will be paid in RMB, any tax arising from the bonus and design compensation, etc. shall be borne by design institutions themselves, and the tax payment invoices used in China shall be provided as required by the host. Relevant expenses will start to be paid after end of publication of the final consulting results.

Ⅴ. Data Access

Consulting activity information website：

http://www.lg.gov.cn/

http://www.szpl.gov.cn/

http://www.szdesigncenter.org/

WeChat account: Longgang Release（Path to reach：Longgang Release-My Longgang-Urban Design of Longgang River）

ABBS website（http://www.abbs.com.cn/）and WeChat account