Sinocities Award 2007: New Public Space
Open, international, 1-stage, anonymous, ideas
Shanghai, China
15 Jun 2007 - Registration Deadline
05 Jul 2007 - Submission Deadline
SPONSOR:
maxit Group
TYPE:
Open, international, 1-stage, anonymous, ideas
LOCATION:
Shanghai, China
LANGUAGES:
Chinese, English
TIMETABLE:
15 Jun 2007 - Registration Deadline
05 Jul 2007 – Submission Deadline (16:00 Shanghai)
14 Jul 2007 - Jury Evaluations
17 Jul 2007 - Winners Announced
Aug 2007 - Exhibition
ELIGIBILITY:
architects, urban planners as well as students of architecture, urban planning and related fields
JURY:
James Brearley (BAU International); Xiaocun Zhu (Tongji university); Paul Chen (HPA Haipo Architects); Defne Ayas (New York University); Su Yunsheng (Urban China Magazine); Two more TBA
AWARDS:
1st Prize - RMB 25,000 plus travel expenses
Two 2nd Prizes - RMB 5,000 each
Additionally, one first prize winner will be invited to the award ceremony in Shanghai, China, including a travel expense allowance to be determined by FAR.
FEE:
RMB 400 (euro 40); mainland Chinese students RMB 200
THE COMPETITION:
As Chinese cities change, public space is being redefined. The segregation of the urban population, the explosion of urban areas, the rapid increase in building height and floor area, the introduction of massive individual transport and new forms of virtual communication and socialization all distort existing spaces. What used to be vibrant street space is now becoming vast areas populated only by a new street class of security guards, taxi drivers, traffic police and migrant workers, while at the same time formerly pure commercial spaces take over public functions. Other public activities shift to virtual spaces and are no longer embedded in the footprint of the city. In the same time, city development outside the large metropolises too often denies any spatial context or community qualities, drawing its set of rules solely from the market of detached floor plans and their relation to the rays of the sun. Sinocity, a fictitious city in an imaginary Chinese province, reflects more reality of mid-sized Chinese cities than many will admit. The Sinocities Awards seeks to explore new ways of dealing with this status quo of the near future.
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