Expo 2010 Competition & Workshop
WHAT?
Call for projects of ideas to facilitate the porosity of a business district under construction.The goal is not to transform the masterplan in its main lines, but to propose new itineraries within the site and its environment. The prize winning projets will be finalized during a workshop with the stakeholders, in preparation of an executive phasis.
WHERE?
East part of the Universal Exhibition “Better city, better life”, now converted into a business center.
IN WHICH LANGUAGES?
English and Chinese
WHO?
Open, public and international, the competition is directed at young professional and interdisciplinary teams (composed of architects, urban-planners, landscapers, experts, researchers, artists..) working in the architectural and urban domain under 40 years of age and with a degree, or working.
HOW AND WHEN?
FAQ and sending of entries of the projects (6 pages, A3 file) are made online on the Chinese website of the competition.
The competition is a procedure in 2 steps:
Phase 1: 1 November – 31 December 2014: reception of candidacies – 15 January 2015: announcement of the 8 teams that will take part to the workshop
Phase 2: 13 – 19 March 2015: worshop in Shanghai with the 8 selected teams, concluding with a prize awards ceremony and a public presentation/debate about the projects
20 April 2015: the 8 teams send the final version of their work
End April 2015: exhibition and public event with the prize-winning teams
EVALUATION?
The projects are evaluated by an international jury composed of 4 international members and 3 Chinese members.
HOW MUCH?
The 8 selected teams receive a prize of 7000 Euros (including the workshop’s expenses), plus an extra premium for the prize-winning teams awarded at the end of the worskshop.
THE JURY
WU Jiang, Vice-president of the Tongji university; ZHENG Shilin, professor, Tongji University ;XU Yisong, deputy-director of the urban planning office in Shanghai ; YU Kongjian, architect and landscaper (CN);Kristian Koreman, architect and landscaper, ZUS (NL) ;Marcel Smets, architect, Scientific Director of the programme IVM Passages ; Didier Rebois, architect, expert of the programme IVM Passages