This request for international consulting is open to design firms worldwide and future-oriented. With a vision to create a masterpiece of world-class urban cluster in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, it requests design firms to refine and detail the original planning deliverables and achieve the goal of developing Shenzhen Bay into an intensive, efficient, ecological and people-oriented "future city". Systematic design of the layout structure, development strength, functional composition, public space, underground space, architectural style, ecological landscape, urban skyline, integrated transportation, smart city etc. is required to strengthen delicacy planning control of spatial form and guide effective, scientific and orderly planning, construction and operation management of the area.

Work Arrangements

The Open Call will include three phases, namely prequalification, proposal evaluation and proposal consolidation.

The Open Call invites the participation of all design firms worldwide. The Prequalification Committee will assess the registered design firms and shortlist 15 to proceed with the schematic design in the next phase. The jury will evaluate the design proposals submitted by these firms and select three non-ranking winning proposals. Shenzhen Bay Super Base Construction Headquarters will review the three winning proposals and finalize the winner of the first place. The first place winner and the Technical Support will jointly detail and refine the urban design proposal of Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base in consideration of the three recently on going specialized planning and study projects for this area, i.e., comprehensive traffic improvement plan and detailed traffic plan, smart city study, coordinated development and operation. In particular, the proposal needs to be synergetic and coordinated with the comprehensive traffic improvement plan and detailed traffic plan of this area. The final optimization submissions will be presented to Shenzhen Bay Super Base Construction Headquarters for approval. The Organizer will organize three to four workshops afterwards, and the three winning design firms should assign their chief designers to participate in the workshops.

The winners of the first three places will have prioritized opportunities to participate in the design workshops subsequently held by the Organizer.

Time Schedule:

Notes: All the time and dates are shown in Beijing Time. The Organizer reserves the right to adjust the schedule.

This request for international consulting is open to all international and local design firms or consortiums. Individual participation is not acceptable.

The rewards of this task are as follows:

First place (1): ¥4 million (including schematic design, deliverables detailing and refinement, workshop related expenses);

Second place (2): ¥3 million each (including schematic design and workshop related expenses);

Other finalists (12): ¥800,000 each (schematic design fees).