International Competition for Implementation-Oriented Urban Design and Conceptual Architectural Design of the Riverfront Area of Hangzhou Jiangnan City of Science

International Competition for Implementation-Oriented Urban Design and Conceptual Architectural Design of the Riverfront Area of Hangzhou Jiangnan City of Science is now officially open for application.

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Competition Background

Riverfront New Pattern · Jiangnan City of Science

In the context of taking part in the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta and fostering new quality productive forces, the new round of development of Hangzhou metropolitan area will take science and technology innovation as the core driving force. Hangzhou proposed to build a new pattern of innovative development through the linkage of "Hangzhou Jiangnan City of Science + West Science and Technology Innovation Corridor + East Intelligent Manufacturing Corridor". Jiangnan City of Science has been listed as one of the key development sectors of Hangzhou city. As Hangzhou is striving to build a comprehensive national science center, taking the landing of the major national science and technology infrastructure "Ultra-Sensitive Extremely-Weak Magnetic Field and Inertial Measurement Device" as an opportunity, Hangzhou High-Tech Zone (Binjiang) is now planning the Hangzhou Jiangnan City of Science from a high starting point, to build a primary innovative cradle and lead the high-quality development of the area.

Jiangnan City of Science is located on the south bank of the Qiantang River. It is connected to the East Intelligent Manufacturing Corridor in the east, and is jointly developing with the Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City in the north. Jiangnan City of Science is the key hub to complete the innovative development pattern in Hangzhou; it also has the spatial resources and ecological advantages for constructing the whole chain of "Science-Technology-Industry" innovative ecosystem.

Empowered by Science and Technology · Drive the Future

Under the high-quality ecological foundation of intertwined river networks, mountains, and shallow hills, the Riverfront Area of Jiangnan City of Science embraces a first line river view urban interface; it is also an important anchor point for extending the high-quality urban space along the Qiantang River to the south-west. The Riverfront Area has the potential to become the CBD of Jiangnan City of Science in the future, optimizing the technology finance, high-end business, and high quality commercial functions in the area. The area aims to attract the headquarters of science and technology enterprises, enhance the level of urban-science integration and the city image, and create a smart vitality belt on the bank of the Qiantang River.

In order to build "the Silicon Valley in Hangzhou" at a high level, accelerate the construction of Hangzhou High-Tech Zone (Binjiang) into a world-leading high-tech zone, and form the riverfront gateway of Jiangnan City of Science, the International Competition for Implementation-Oriented Urban Design and Conceptual Architectural Design of the Riverfront Area of Hangzhou Jiangnan City of Science is now officially open for application.

Design Scope

1. Implementation-Oriented Urban Design and Conceptual Architectural Design Scope

The total site area is about 87.22 hectares, the GFA is about 1.66 million square meters, including the north area and the south area. The north area covers a site area of approximately 27.34 hectares. The south area covers a site area of approximately 59.88 hectares.

2. Detailed Design Scope for Core Plots

The total site area of core plots in the north area is approximately 19.68 hectares, with a GFA of approximately 395,000 square meters. The core plots will focus on shaping the gateway image facing Zhijiang Bridge and along the Qiantang River. The total site area of core plots in the south area is approximately 37.94 hectares, with a GFA of approximately 767,000 square meters. The core plots will focus on shaping iconic building clusters and urban spaces that can represent the image of Jiangnan City of Science.

Application Procedures

Applicants must complete the (1) official registration (email registration) and (2) application document submission before the corresponding deadline. Any failure in official registration (email registration) or application document submission will be regarded as an invalid application. Please refer to the Pre-qualification Document for submission details.

 

Step 1: Official Registration (Email Registration)

The applicant must send a scanned copy of the Application Letter (PDF) with the company stamp and signature, as well as the Applicant Information Form (Excel) to [email protected] before 17:00 (UTC+8) on July 12 (Friday), 2024. Please refer to the Pre-qualification Document for details.

 

Step 2: Application Document Submission

The complete application document should be submitted to the designated address before the corresponding deadline. The application document can be submitted on site or by mail.

 

Application Document Submission Time:

9:00-17:00 (UTC+8), July 18-19, 2024

 

Application Document Submission Deadline:

17:00 (UTC+8), July 19, 2024

 

Submission Address: Binjiang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. The detailed address will be noticed by email.

Competition Rules

This competition adopts the form of "open procedure", which is conducted in 3 phases: pre-qualification, design competition, and design development.

Competition Prizes

The shortlisted applicants, whose design scheme submissions meet the competition requirements determined by the Design Evaluation Panel, will receive corresponding prize money. The total prize money and follow-up design fee is RMB 17.4 million (tax inclusive). The prize and prize money are set as follows:

Application Requirements

1. There is no design qualification requirement.

2. A company could apply alone as an applicant, or form a consortium applicant (hereinafter referred to as consortium) with another company.

3. The domestic applicant should be an independent legal entity (except for a design studio legally established according to The Partnership Enterprise Law of the People's Republic of China) with a valid business license. The overseas (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) applicant should be a legal company or institution with a valid business registration certificate. Application from an individual or a group of individuals is not accepted.

4. Two or more legal entities with the same legal representative (business partner), a parent company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and companies that have a holding or management relationship are not allowed to apply as different applicants at the same time.

5. The applicant must designate 2 chief designers. The chief designers must take full responsibility for the project, and lead the entire competition process and the follow-up design work. The chief designer is required to attend the site visit and technical briefing session (at least 1 chief designer), mid-term presentation (at least 1 chief designer), design evaluation meeting (2 chief designers). The chief designer should deliver the presentation speech.

6. The consortium should meet the following requirements:

1) One consortium consists of no more than 2 members (including the leading member). Each member of the consortium should not apply alone or participate in another consortium;

2) The consortium members should sign a legal Consortium Agreement, to specify the leading member, work distribution in each design phase, equity share, etc;

3) Each member of the consortium should appoint 1 chief designer. Overseas design companies must ensure that their overseas chief designers actually attend the mid-term and design evaluation meetings and deliver the presentation speech.

7. Applicants with one or more of the following project experiences are preferred:

1) Experience in urban design of domestic and overseas science cities;

2) Experience in urban design of core areas in first-tier cities in China or internationally renowned metropolises;

3) Experience in urban design of waterfront areas in important cities;

4) Experience in architectural design for science and technology innovation industries in first-tier cities in China or internationally renowned metropolises;

5) Experience in architectural design of high-rise buildings of 200 meters or more in first-tier cities in China or internationally renowned metropolises.

8. The applicants are encouraged to build up teams of professionals in urban design, architectural design, landscape design, industry planning, traffic planning, etc.

Schedule

The schedule is based on Beijing time (UTC+8). Changes (if any) will be announced.

Organizer

Hangzhou Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources Binjiang Branch

 

Co-organizer

Shenzhen Position Architecture Co., Ltd.

 

Project Homepage

cityofscience.archiposition.com

 

Inquiry Email

[email protected]

 

Inquiry Phone / WeChat

Ms. Wei, +86-18902835047

Ms. Chen, +86-19129915597

* Inquiry Hours: 9:00-12:00, 13:30-18:30 on Workdays (UTC+8)