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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