Urban Design Competition for the Yujiapu district, in the Tianjin Binhai new area. China

Urban Design Competition for the Yujiapu district, in the Tianjin Binhai new area. China

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 centreof 500 000 m2. The international jurymet 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) Click to enlarge 2. i3 Consultores S.A.: Eduardo Leira, Raimundo Argüeso, Susana Jelen (Spain) Click to enlarge 3. Henning Larsen Architects: Louis Becker, Jacob Kurek, David Garcia (Denmark) Click to enlarge The results will be 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 will also be the occasion of an international conference on the theme: “Innovation: the third pole”.