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Xuanxi North Hutong Regeneration, Beijing |
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Type:
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International open
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Registration Deadline:
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15/6/2016
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Submission Deadline:
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15/6/2016
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Open to:
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All
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Entry Fee:
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Free |
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1st Prize - RMB 75,000 2nd Prize [3 spots] - RMB 30,000 3rd Prize [5 spots]- RMB 15,000
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Jury:
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AKIACT United Building Science and Technology Co., Ltd
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1. Current situation
The Xuanxi North project is located in central Beijing, within the second ring-road. The project falls within the Beijing Historic Character Harmonization Area. The area has within it 5 conservation sites [Yang Jiaoshan Memorial Hall, Former Residence of Shen Jiaben, Former Residence of Gong Zizhen, Taiyuan Guildhall and Dongguan Guildhall], 4 Social Housing Blocks, and the rest being a warren of residential properties.
2. History and culture
The Xuanwumen Outer area in which the project is located is an important part of the historic “Xuannan” area where literati gathered and culture flourished. This literati culture area was first taken shape in the Ming dynasty and reached its peak during the Qing dynasty with a history spanning over 600 years. It was the place where famous scholars gathered from all over China, and it played an important part in the advancement of learning during the Qing dynasty, and particularly in the blossoming of sinology. Within this area a great number of important sites and buildings have survived to the present.
3.1 Objectives of the competition
This competition, with its sights set on the conservation and regeneration of the overall project area, is open to international designers in different fields. We are looking for talented individuals and firms from diverse backgrounds and wish to give them the opportunity not only to showcase their creativity, but also to put it into practice.
Designers need to take an original and forward-looking view of the conservation of traditional Beijing Hutong, provides exciting and feasible remodeling schemes to the selected buildings, which would inject diversity, openness and activities into this currently run-down area.
After the competition, we will contact all the award winning teams and negotiate the design contract to take the conceptual schemes into DD and construction stage. Shortlisted candidates will be added to our design resource pool which might lead to future project opportunities.
3.2 Design tasks
3.2.1 We hope the designers to provide conceptual conservation and regeneration ideas for the overall project area from an urban design perspective, which would provide a general framework to support their remodeling schemes for individual building blocks.
3.2.2 Designers should select at least one and no more than two from the 10 building sites and produce remodeling schemes at a conceptual level.
Competition website: http://www.akiact.com/index.php/en/contest/show/1039
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