The Second “Natian” Cup International Design
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"Urban Environment · Design" magazine (UED) is the first fashionable, cross-border professional magazine in China's construction industry. It is an important journal in the field of architecture for domestic and international public offering. It is based on the local, the world, insight into contemporary architecture at home and abroad, analyze the profound relationship between architecture and the city, the environment, pay attention to the excellent architects' creation and experience, and lead the new ideas, fashion, professional, fashion and forward.
Description
The rapid development of technology and popularized digitalization is imperceptibly influencing the evolution of cities.As a new trend and an inevitable choice of this era, the “Intelligent Revolution” led by technology and innovation is sweeping all over the world and transforming looks of and life in the city. Urban public environment, as the ‘common home’ of city dwellers, needs to be built by a collective effort. Public facilities are significant to secure the comfort and safety of people's daily life. The topic of the competition is “A New-tech Led Intelligent Urban Life”, with a focus on how new technology will improve urban life by taking public facilities as the object of design, aiming at soliciting creative design proposals all over the world.The Second “Natian” Cup International Design Competition is sponsored by Suqian Municipal People’s Government, organized by Suqian Urban Planning Bureau, CBC (China Building Centre) and Urban Environment Design (UED) Magazine. This competition is open to professional designers and college students from the fields of urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, art design and relevant disciplines at home and abroad, besides, interdisciplinary practitioners, new-tech and new energy research institutes are also welcomed to participate.
Participants are encouraged to select the site and do researches on their own will within the city of Suqian. However, the design should be adhere to the current development of the local area. The subject and topic can be self-determined, but the feasibility of the design should be justified. After jury review, winning entries have the possibility to be implemented in compliance with municipal standards.
THEME OF THE YEAR: A New-tech Led Intelligent Urban Life
The competition aims to discuss the merging point between various new technologies, city infrastructure and citizens’ daily life, with the trans-boundary model of “New-tech +”to stimulate more practicable and unique designs. Public spaces, facilities and citizens’ daily life will be the main focus of this competition. Through the transformation of the mundane object in daily life, it is to effectively improve the convenience and safety of the city, enhance people’s sense of identity and reduce the cost of city’s operation and maintenance. The ultimate goal of this competition is to offer citizens with a better living environment and artistic experience.
Rewards
First Prize
$57 328+ Honor certificate
(3) Second Prize
$14 332+ Honor certificate
(5) Third Prize
$5 733+ Honor certificate
One or more prize-winning projects might be implemented on site and local government has the final say. The fee of design development and construction are not included in the award
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