Three. The Work Contents for the Present Competition

The present international competition consists of two levels, namely the scope of urban design and the scope of conceptual architecture design. The former covers an occupation of approximately 325 hectares, including the range of Donghuan First Road, Longhua Avenue, Industry Road, Longsheng Road and Park Road (refer to the white scope line on map below). Among those, there are three key projects for conceptual architecture designs, namely the project of Longhua Business Center, the project of Longhua Third Industrial Zone as well as the intended shanty-area renovation project of the Core Zone.

The present international competition aims at recruiting creative plans for sectional major landmark building complex with business and office functions under the general framework of the urban design of the Renmin Road Business Center. It is required that the participating entities should make a proposal of the orientation of the industries and functions for future development, based upon the comprehensive analyses of the sectional development whilst pushing forward the concept of urban design and performing the work of design in terms of functional layout, traffic, public space, key architecture formats etc.

Sketch Map of the Site ©LAY-OUT

1. Urban Design

In accordance with the structural framework of Longhua International Business District, composition of functions as well as future-oriented spatial structure concepts and measures are required to be proposed. For the completion of the comprehensive conceptual urban design, focus shall be placed upon the design administration and control, the aboveground and underground space shaping and traffic organization of the four important axis lines of "the two- horizontal and the two -longitudinal" (namely Longhua Renmin Road, Longhua Heping Road, Industrial Road and Jinglong Construction Road), as well as the relationship between the district and different public open spaces, like the Guanlan River, etc.

Comprehensive Design and Comprehensive Approach shall be adopted to make a proposal of spatial solutions for building a systemic and integral international business district, with the areas of high-strength inventory development, multiple implementation entities, and the interweaved new and established sections as the context.

The Two-horizontal and the Two-longitudinal ©LAY-OUT

2. Conceptual Architecture Design

The project implementation shall be on key focus. With the requirements raised by the host combined, the local policies and standards as well as the operability and economic costs of the project construction shall be taken into sufficient consideration. In the meanwhile, the plans for the three key projects (with a site occupation of about 76 hectares and a total floorage of about 3.71 million m²), namely of the Longhua Business Center, Longhua Third Industrial Zone and the intended shanty-area renovation project of the Core Zone, are requested to reach the depth of conceptual architecture design.

Sketch Map of Scope of Longhua Business Center ©LAY-OUT

Sketch Map of Scope of Longhua Third Industrial Zone ©LAY-OUT

Sketch Map of the Scope of intended shanty-area renovation project of the Core Zone ©LAY-OUT

Site Panorama

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Four. Application Requirements

1. Invited Entities

The host will invite six design institutions (consortium) which possess relevant experience in urban design of commercial centers as well as practical and successful experience in urban design of key areas domestically and internationally to attend the present international competition. Two excellent invited design institutions (consortium) shall be well-selected through proper evaluation.

2. Open Application

·  The applicants shall be either enterprises with an independent legal person or institutions registered either in China or abroad. Foreign companies shall submit entries jointly with domestic enterprises with an independent legal person. No qualifications are required for the present competition.

·  Consortium shall be accepted for the participation with no limitation in member numbers. No consortium members shall have the right to participate in the competition again alone or with another consortium by another name. The consortium members shall be requested to sign a Consortium Agreement with force of law whilst specifying the leading entity and individual labor division.

·  No individual participant or individually-combined group will be accepted for the sign-up.

·  It is encouraged that the design team shall consist of professionals from multiple fields, including urban planning and design, architecture design, transportation planning and industrial planning etc.

·  The participating designers for the present international competition shall be the registered personnel of the participating institution. The designer-in-chief shall have the skill of presiding over several projects of the same category as well as past relevant experience for at least 5 years. In addition, the designer-in-chief shall be directly involved with the whole designing process, including the site survey, reviewing and Q&A as well as the final presentation. It is required that at least one of the participating designers shall have the knowledge of the Chinese language, so the designers shall be ensured to have an accurate understanding of the regional background of China and relevant requirements.

·  Design institutions (or consortium) with following project experience shall be given the prioritized consideration for further qualification: Practical and successful experience of key projects of urban design domestically or internationally; Experience of business center planning and architecture design; Rich experience in urban design of comprehensive transportation hub areas.

Five. Competition Rules

The mode of "open entry submission + invitation" is adopted for the present international competition, which consists of three phases, namely the pre-qualification, the urban design and conceptual architecture design, as well as the integration and further development of the accomplishments.

The Phase of Pre-qualification: The pre-qualification consists of two rounds. The host shall send out letters of invitation to the invited entities and select two shortlisted teams. Invited entities that are not selected will automatically be included in the list of openly registered design entities to participate in the second round of prequalification and will not be allowed to change the consortium. The other four shortlisted teams shall be well selected from the design entities (or consortium) registered through public entries. In the meanwhile, there shall be two alternative teams selected based on the order.

The Phase of Urban Design and Conceptual Architecture Design: After six design institutions (or consortium) submit valid documents of accomplishments, the host shall establish a judge panel in accordance with laws and conduct the evaluation of participating plans.

The Phase of Integration and Further Development of the Accomplishments: The winning designing institution (or consortium) of the first prize shall be allowed to carry out the integration of the urban design plans and the deepening of architecture design, and their plan shall be put into implementation for the present project. Normally, the winner(s) shall be able to complete the further development work of the prized plan. If the winner(s) shall abandon the integration work of the deliverables, the conduct shall be considered as a breach of the contract, and only the compensation fee of 1.2 million CNY shall be able to be paid out. The host shall have the right to entrust other design teams to take over the follow-up work. If necessary, the integration unit needs to connect with the design plan of the main plot that has been determined within the design scope.

Six. Competition Bonus

The time is subject to Beijing time. The host shall reserve the right to adjust the schedule. In case of adjustment, the hosts shall notify the design institutions (consortium) by e-mail.

Seven. Competition Bonus

The bonus for this competition is paid in RMB. Any taxes and dues generated by the bonus shall be in charge of the design institutions (consortium). themselves

The hosts shall confirm the rank of top three winning design institutions (consortium). Design institutions (consortium) that cater to the design requirements shall get the following awards in accordance with the ranking order.

（1）The first prize winner (1) shall be awarded with 3 million CNY as well as 4.57 million CNY for deliverable deepening work.

（2）The second prize winners (1) shall be awarded with 2 million CNY;

（3）The third prize winners (1) shall be awarded with 1.6 million CNY;

（4）The other 3 shortlisted design institutions (consortium) shall be rewarded with 1.2 million CNY respectively.

If design institutions participate in the present competition by the name of consortium, the hosts shall only build the connection with the leading party of the consortium and settle accounts with them. If foreign design institutions are unable to accept RMB, they may authorize the independent legal persons within the border of China for the money collection.

If the judge panel affirm that the deliverables submitted by design institutions (consortium) do not cater to the depth and requirements of the present designing competition, the host shall have the right of not paying out the bonuses for the design.

Eight. Document Acquisition

Please visit the official website shown as below to acquire the relevant documents, including Working Rules, Design Brief and other relevant attachments.

Official Website of Longhua District Government：http://www.szlhq.gov.cn/ 

Shenzhen Design Center：http://www.szdesigncenter.org/

Architecture ABBS：www.abbs.com.cn

Archrace：www.archrace.com

Nine. Pre-qualification Documents

The applicants shall submit a full package of Pre-qualification Document, which consists of two the Application Document and Concept Proposal. Please refer to the International Competition on Urban Design of Longhua International Business District on Renmin Road – Working Rules and Design Brief for detailed documents.