PRESS RELEASE

Paris, 31 August 2007

International Call for Candidature
Urban design competition for the Yujiapu District, in Tianjin Binhai New Area, China

The people’s government of Tanggu District announces an international call for
candidatures. From among these candidatures,
eight architectural teams will be chosen to participate in the international ideas competition for the urban design of Yujiapu District, in Tianjin. The International Union of Architects has approved this international ideas competition, by invitation and in one stage that adheres to the UIA-UNESCO regulations on international competitions.

The people’s government of Tanggu District, Tianjin municipality, is organising the competition. The urban planning programme includes the general layout of a 3.44 km2 area and the design of a 500 000 m2 financial and commercial city centre.

The international jury is composed as follows:
Simon Allford, architect, United Kingdom, UIA representative
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, Local Government representative, China

Architects worldwide are invited to submit their candidatures until
15 October 2007. Documents and registration forms may be downloaded on the competition ftp server, at the following address:

ftp://60.28.79.254
ftp://221.239.95.89

Contact:
Mrs. Maxia
tjcncompetition@vip.163.com

COMPETITION OFFICE:
B2-403, 27TH the Second Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin, China 300457
Telephone: +86 22 6621 9343
Fax: +86 22 6621 9343


11/07/07 Eight teams have will participate in the competition:
  1. i3 Consultores, S.A. (Spain)
  2. HHDesign (China)
  3. Brook McIlroy Inc./Pace Architects (BMI|Pace) Planning, Urban Design,Architecture & Landscape Architecure (Canada)
  4. SBA GmbH SHANGHAI REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE (Germany)
  5. Henning Larsen Architects (Denmark)
  6. Patrick Céleste architecte (France)
  7. LUCA SCACCHETTI architect and planner (Italy)
  8. Gensler architect consultant Company (China)


Update: 11/9/07
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