In the era of globalization, small-mid size cities are the engine of local development, and the potential core habitat residence. The urbanization of Chinese Midwest cities are crucial to the development of a balanced city network of China. In such scenario, we are confronted with many emerging challenges such as climate change, population migration, energy crisis, inheriting regional characters, etc., which demands development of new innovative and adaptive urban approach and more complex urban morphology.

Thus, this competition is intended to initiate a conversation on the modern city life founded on nature, involving topics such as local vs global, tradition vs future, Eastern vs Western, landscape vs city, nature vs living habitat, preservation vs development, intention vs reality. The unique mountainous landscape of Guizhou has its own regionalism characters, that inspired many poets to write down grandeur and sensational lines.

The competition is focusing on the new relationship between the local typical Chinese landscape and the development required for the future city, the connection between the nostalgia of traditional landscape vs modern way of living, with the foresight of globalization in local regional development.

Mr. Peter Rowe is the jury chairman of Yilong Cup competition. And the awards are as below.

1st Prize (1 team), Certificate and 200,000 RMB (approx.30, 000 USD) (tax included);
2nd Prize (3 teams), Certificate and 100,000 RMB (approx.14,000 USD) (tax included);
3rd Prize (8 teams), Certificate and 10,000 RMB (approx. 1,400 USD) (tax included);
Honorable Mentions, Certificate and free UED magazine;

Participation in the competition is free of charge. Competition is open for:

· Architects, designers, civil engineers, landscape architects, structural engineers, urban planners, students
· a groups, no more than 5 participants

Contact info:

[email protected]

Competition website and registration:

http://futuristiccity.uedmagazine.net/en_index.html

Download the information related to this competition here.

  • Title

    Yilong Futuristic City International Design Competition

  • Type

    Competition Announcement (Ideas)

  • Organizers

    Urban Environment Design (UED) Magazine

  • Registration Deadline

    21/10/2017 00:00

  • Submission Deadline

    16/11/2017 00:00

  • Venue

    Qiushui Lake, Yilong District

  • Price

    Free