The gross floor area of the Opera House plot (south zone) is 170,000 m² , which includes the Opera House and an urban art parlor. Of which:The floor area of the Opera House is 167,000 m² .

Considering the suitability to peripheral environment, it is suggested to control its above-grade floor area or floor area above the foundation at around 80,000 m² .The above-grade floor area of the urban art parlor is 3,000 m².

The gross floor area of the supporting functions plot (north zone) is 52,000 m² , including 11,000 m² of stage design and production center, 20,000 m² of actor apartment, 6,000m² of office facilities, 4,000m² of MEP rooms, and 11,000 m² of garage.

Participation via Invitation and Open Call.

Invitation: The eight invited design practices in the order of their initials are:

• Ateliers Jean Nouvel

• Santiago Calatrava LLC

• Diller Scofidio + Renfro

• Herzog & de Meuron World Ltd.+ CCDI consortia

• Snøhetta

• Steven Holl Architects

• Renzo Piano Building Workshop

• China Architecture Design & Research Group

Open call: the Competition Annoucement will be released after the press conference to accept registration, Registration as follows

(1) The competition registration is open to all design practices at home and abroad.

(2) Applicants shall provide business registration certificate, design license or equivalent documents.

(3) Applicants with the same legal representative or direct holding relations shall not register for the competition at the same time.

(4) The Project accepts registration in the form of consortium (either at home or abroad), but not individuals or teams of individuals.

(5) Members of consortium shall meet the following requirements:

a. There shall be no more than 2 members specialized in architecture; the member of a consortium is not allowed to sign up again for the competition in its own name or by joining another consortium in another name.

b. Members of a consortium shall sign a legally binding Consortium Agreement to specify the leading party, the division of work by design stage, and the shares and way of distribution of the design fee for each member, etc.

(6) The chief designer directing the project shall attend the milestone presentation meetings. Should the chief designer present during the competition be inconsistent with the one specified in registration documents, the Organizers have the right to disqualify the team from the shortlist and competition.

The competition has four stages: Invitation for expression of interest, open call, concept design, and concept development.

Timetable

Note: The above timetable adopts Beijing time and is subject to adjustment by the Organizers.

Eight invited design practices (consortia) will each receive a honorarium of RMB 1 million.

Twelve design practices (consortia) shortlisted through the open call will each receive a honorarium of RMB 0.6 million.

Among the six design practices (consortia) shortlisted for concept development, the first-prize winner will be paid an additional RMB 3 million, each of the second-prize winners 1.8 million and each of the third-place winners 0.9 million.

Others

Please see the attachment about the revision of Manual for Preparation of Application Documents 202001201613312_参赛文件制作指引手册_Manual_for_Preparation_of_Application_Documents__0120.pdf