L&A Design Star Contest for College Students 2014

Description

Introduction

"L&A Design Star Contest for College Students" is cooperated by L&A and well-know universities around the world. It's a longtime plan we devoted to training a design master in China or even the whole world. Meanwhile, it's provide a exchange platform to connect school education and focus of trades. So we can promote the development of the industry. After "Concept Garden" in 2011, "Dream campus" in 2013 and "Dream Old Town" in 2013, in 2014 L&A DESIGN STAR Contest, we make "Dream Old City---Urban Regeneration Plan for Fengxianguan Granary Neighborhood, Jiyuan City" as the topic, focus on urban renewal and industrial upgrading plan, negotiate the new development thought and model for old cities in China. So we can contribute to old city's healthy and sustainable development.

Background

After thirty years Reform and Opening-up, a large number of city historic district and the early industrial city are facing to be reconstructed or even demolished. Old city reconstruction is a hard and complicated business. How to recognize the historical resources effectively, or find the culture value to provide the commercial potential, or to coordinate the public relationship, and finally developed sustainably for both commerce and society. That is a challenge for each participant.

L&A DESIGN STAR Contest for College Students made FengXianGuan granary district in JiYuan HeNan, which is typical industrial city as the topic. JiYuan is a well-known industrial city in China, with excellent economic and history background, it's a sign of post-industrial city in transformation, that's the reason why the result of this completion is a reference resourcefor the society.