URBAN DESIGN COMPETITION FOR THE YUJIAPU DISTRICT, IN THE TIANJIN BINHAI NEW AREA. CHINA

UIA Communiqué:

11 APRIL 2008 

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Following an international call for candidatures, eight architectural teams were selected to

participate in an international ideas competition for the urban design of the Yujiapu district

in Tianjin. The programme called for the conception of a masterplan for an area of

3, 44 Km2 and the urban design of a business centre of 500 000 m2.



The international jury met on 25 March 2008. It was composed of: Simon Allford, architect,

United Kingdom, representing the UIA; Stig L. Andersson, architect, Denmark; Bruno

Fortier, architect, town planner, France; Michael Sorkin, architect, USA; Deci Zou, town

planner, China; Kai Cui, architect, China, Zhengshan Wang, representing the Tanggu local

authorities, China.

The following 3 teams were selected as prize-winners by the jury:

1. HHDesign: Huang Vanliang, Zhou Kai, (China)

2. i3 Consultores S.A.: Eduardo Leira, Raimundo Argüeso, Susana Jelen (Spain)

3. Henning Larsen Architects: Louis Becker, Jacob Kurek, David Garcia (Denmark)

The results were proclaimed in Tianjin, on 10 April, at an official ceremony in the presence

of the authorities of the Municipality of Tanggu District and of Gaëtan Siew, UIA President.

It was also be the occasion of an international conference on the theme: “Innovation: the

third pole”.

 

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