The content of this competition is the site-level urban design study and architectural scheme design for the Shenzhen Houhai Central District Project K. If adopted as the implementation scheme, the scope of design service of the winner includes: Architectural Scheme Design and Architectural, Curtain Wall, Landscape, Flood Lighting Design shall develop to the preliminary design depth(including plans, elevations, sections, technical details, etc)， which must compliance with the requirements of specialized design teams and the construction application for the government to ensure feasibility. Additionally, coordination with civil construction drawing design, construction process, provision of technical disclosure, and collaboration with other specialized design works (including but not limited to: landscape design, lighting design, signage system design, curtain wall design, interior renovation design, etc.) and other work contents stipulated in the Design Brief (including the design contract, hereinafter the same) are required.

（1）The competition will adopt an open application method with pre-qualification. Design agencies that have similar and relevant project experience are eligible to apply. Independently registered design agencies with legal entity status and relevant design experience, both domestic and international, are eligible to apply. No qualification restrictions apply during the application stage. Individuals or individual combinations are not accepted；

（2）Consortiums are accepted in this competition. A consortium shall comprise no more than two members;

（3）Contestants must have at least 1 headquarters building design project of similar scale and complexity completed or ongoing within the past 5 years (calculated from the tender announcement date, based on contract signing dates);

（4）All participating designers must be registered personnel of the competing design agencies. The chief designer shall have led multiple projects of the same type and must oversee the entire design process of the competition. The chief designer is also required to make scheme presentation as per review requirements. To ensure accurate understanding of regional context and requirements in China, at least one team member must be proficient in Chinese;

（5）Applied design agencies shall submit pre-qualification application documents and a conceptual proposal as specified in the competition documents (see Section VI: Requirements for Pre-Qualification Application Documents).

This competition is divided into three stages: 1st stage is Application and Pre-qualification Stage; 2nd Stage is Design Competition Stage; 3rd stage is Winning Award Stage.

1st Stage - Application and Pre-qualification Stage：The Pre-Qualification Committee shall evaluate the applied design agencies based on their core project experience, proposed project team, and conceptual proposal. Using roll-call voting and round-by-round elimination, the committee shall select the top 5 shortlisted contestants to advance to Stage II. Additionally, 2 alternate contestants (ranked in order) shall be selected. If any of the 5 shortlisted contestants withdraw from Stage II, the alternate contestants shall replace them sequentially.

2nd Stage - Design Competition Stage: Shortlisted contestants shall submit deliverables that comply with the requirements in the Design Brief. The scheme review committee will review  the submitted deliverables, using roll-call voting and round-by-round elimination to rank the top 3 winning candidates to advance to 3rd stage (ranking required). The committee shall provide evaluation and optimization suggestions for the top 3 schemes.

3rd Stage - Winning Award Stage: Based on the full respect on the professional review result of the review committee, the Host will determine the winner of the competition among the winning candidates by comprehensively considering factors such as ranking of the scheme review, the commercial quotation document, cost, duration, and technique.

 Competition Schedule

☆ All the time mentioned is Beijing time. The Host reserves the right to adjust the schedule. Any change will be notified three days in advance.

Three shortlisted candidate schemes shall be selected through this competition. Every shortlisted candidates shall each receive the bonus of 1 million RMB. The two shortlisted contestants that fail to rank top 3, whose submissions comply with the competition documentation requirements, will also receive corresponding design compensation fees of 800,000 RMB. The payment procedure of the design compensation will start after the announcement of the winner.

The winning scheme if adopted as the implementation scheme, the competition winner will sign Architectural Design Contract with the Host. If the winner gives up the award qualification, fails to reach agreement with the Host during the commercial negotiation and is unable to sign the contract , or doesn't conform to the winning award conditions due to such situations as being unable to fulfill the contract due to non-force majeure and having violations that affects the winning award result, the Host may negotiate with the other two winning candidates to finalize and sign the design contract. For the winning contestant that sign the contract, bonus is not applicable.

Shortlisted contestants shall submit quotations based on the architectural scheme and competition document, including: Architectural Scheme Design and Architectural, Curtain Wall, Landscape, Flood Lighting Design shall develop to the preliminary design depth(including plans, elevations, sections, technical details, etc)，which must compliance with the requirements of specialized design teams and the construction application for the government to ensure feasibility. Additionally, coordination with civil construction drawing design, construction process, provision of technical disclosure, and collaboration with other specialized design works (including but not limited to: landscape design, lighting design, signage system design, curtain wall design, interior renovation design, etc.) and other work contents stipulated in the Design Brief (including the design contract, hereinafter the same) are required.

Inquiry of Information

1、Website for competition consultation information inquiry：https://www.szdesigncenter.com/design_competitions/6395?tab=official_announcement&cama_set_language=en&locale=en

2、WeChat official accounts:深圳市城市设计促进中心、一和研发

3、Acquisition for documents

Competition applicants should send the pre-qualification application Form to the designated email address: competition@ehow.net.cn. The competition consultant will reply and send the Design Brief and related design materials within one working day after receiving and reviewing the application form.