his international consultation consists of two levels: coordination area and core area.

The coordination area covers 2.75 square kilometers with limits to Meiguan Expressway in the east, west park of North Railway Station in the west, Minfeng Road - Nanyuan Road - Minkang Road in the south, and Baisong 1st Road - Mintang Road in the north.

The core area includes the East Square of North Railway Station (including the section of the Intercity Station), Station Park in East Square, and the adjacent construction land on the north and south sides of the Station Park, totaling 29ha.

Fig.1 Scope of International Consultation on Urban Design

(1) Urban design of the coordination area: make study on city-station relationship, functional composition, spatial organization and form, spatial place and environment design, inter-modal transport connection design and streamline organization, urban staging and implementation guidance, etc., and prepare an urban design scheme.

(2) Detailed design of the core area: make detailed design of the city-station layout, functional modalities and facilities planning, public space and environment design, urban form design, traffic organization and three-dimensional space connection in the core area.

There are no restrictions on the qualification of applicant. Any design agency at home and abroad can sign up for this international consultation. Design agencies in different professional fields are encouraged to form a consortium, and at least one member of the consortium shall have experience in integrated transport planning.

We will give priority to the design agencies that have the following project experience:

(1) Rich experience and successful cases in urban design of integrated transport hub area;

(2) Experience in research and design of key areas in a city;

(3) Experience and successful cases in architectural design of large-scale integrated transport hub;

(4) Rich experience and successful cases in integrated transport planning.

This consultation does not accept individual application. The project team should be composed of professionals in urban planning, urban design, architectural design and transport planning.

For open application, the performance, team composition and conceptual ideas of design agencies (consortium) shall be provided. Any design agency that has an interest is welcome to carry out related preparations in advance. Pre-application is allowed. Please download the Attachment 1 "Pre-application Table - International Consultation on Urban Design of Shenzhen North Railway Station Hub Area", fill it out and send it to the lhgzjbz@126.com. The specific requirements of this international consultation shall be subject to the official consultation documents published in the near future.

To obtain the subsequent information and documents, please access www.szdesigncenter.org, www.archdaily.com, or follow the ABBS official account, or send an e-mail to lhgzjbz@126.com.

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The International Consultation on Urban Design of Shenzhen North Railway Station Hub Area will be co-sponsored by Shenzhen Longhua District People's Government, Planning and Natural Resources Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality, Transport Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality and Office of Shenzhen Rail Transit Construction Headquarters, and undertaken by the Longhua Administration of Planning and Natural Resources Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality. After full preparations, the consultation will be officially announced in mid November.

This consultation will be divided into two phases. In the first phase, 6 design agencies (consortium) will be shortlisted to enter the subsequent phase of scheme consultation by means of “invitation + open application”. The organizer will form a qualification review team of experts from relevant disciplines. The qualification review team will determine the design agencies (consortium) in the next phase.

The second phase is scheme preparation and review. The 6 design agencies (consortium) will obtain the corresponding design compensation after submitting their deliverables that meet the design requirements. After review, the experts will select 3 design agencies (consortium) and recommend them to the organizer. The organizer will submit the schemes and expert comments to the competent authorities to determine the final winner.