The scope of this international consultation includes three levels, namely the scope of planning research, the scope of urban design and the scope of conceptual architectural design of the hub core area.

The scope of planning research extends to Yinhu Mountain in the east, Yulong Road in the west, Da'naoke Mountain - Yinhu Mountain in the south and Minle Road in the north, with a total area of 3.78km² and consider the overall relationship with surrounding areas, such as Minle Village, Huanan International Logistics Center and Shenzhen North Railway Station.

The scope of urban design covers the core area of Meilinguan Area, extending to the boundary of Xinghedandi and Fengze Villa in the east, Niuzui Reservoir in the west, Nanping Expressway in the south and Longhua Boulevard - New District Boulevard - Jinlong Road in the north, covering an area of 1.10km².

The conceptual architectural design scope of the hub core area shall be delineated by the participating institutions according to their respective urban design plans, and the requirements shall be no less than 20 hectares and include an interchange hub with four rail lines.

The international consultation includes three parts: planning research, urban design and conceptual design (detailed design) of the building in the hub core area.

1.This international consultation adopts the method of global public registration without qualification requirements.

2.Any team familiar with China’s national conditions and similar design experience will be given priority about the following aspects:

a) Have rich experience in urban and architectural design projects in large urban hub areas;

b) Have research ability and experience of solving complex urban traffic problems;

c) Have the experience in environmental creation and public space design.

3.The consortium is allowed to participate in the competition and the number of members of the consortium shall not exceed three.

4.If a consortium participates in the competition, its members shall not form a consortium with other participating units alone or in other names to participate in the application. Each member of the consortium shall sign the Consortium Agreement with legal effect and clarify the lead unit and the division of work of all parties.

5.Individuals and individual combinations are not accepted in registration.

The international consultation is divided into three working stages: "registration and prequalification", "scheme design" and "achievement review".

Registration and prequalification stage: The sponsor shall establish a pre-qualification committee according to law, comprehensively consider the company’s creditworthiness, relevant performance of the company, team strength, etc., and select 6 shortlisted units in pre-qualification stage (without ranking) and 2 candidate units (with ranking) to enter the scheme design stage. 

Scheme design stage: the six shortlisted institutions complete the scheme design according to the requirements of the international consultation assignment and submit the complete achievements of urban design scheme to the sponsor.

Achievement review stage: the sponsor will conduct scheme review through expert review and other methods, select one winning scheme, two preferred schemes, and the other three shortlisted excellent schemes, and award corresponding amount of bonus respectively.

Pre-registration
The official announcement of this international consultation will be released soon. Interested teams are welcome to pre-register. Please scan the QR code below or visit the link below to fill in the pre-registration information:

Reminder

The pre-registration form does not serve as a formal registration submission or a basis for formal registration. All the contents involved in the pre-announcement of the International Consultation will be subject to the official announcement.