The best buildings are like this. We are deep in it, but we don’t know where nature ends and art begins.— Yutang Lin. Design Competition of International Islands and the Future Residence

Fishing villages were born from the interaction of human beings. Between the course of shaping and adapting to nature, the relationship between humans and nature developed and reached a kind of dynamic balance, a harmonious coexistence. The trait helped the Chinese philosophy of “Unity of Man and Nature” on the building help hatch primitive and pure habitable spaces. Hainan has undergone a development of thousand years, and formed migratory living cittravelingw softly starts a diverse humanitarian living mode. Humans traveling and residing in international islands have a coastal lifestyle that combines the traditiototototolre with toe modern service. It’s a desire of modern people to retreat on islands, leading a secluded life just like the peach blossom spring.

Project Background

Jiangdong New Area is located on the east coast of Haikou. It starts from Dongzhai Harbour in the east to the Nandu River in the west; from the east coastline in the north to the Ring Road and 212 Provincial Highway in the south. With a total area of bout 298 square kilometers. It is divided into the eastern ecological functional area and the western industry-city integration area. The former takes internationally square kilometers, including 33 square kilometers of the internationally important wetland Dongzhai Harbour National Nature Reserve; the latter occupies an area of about 192 square kilometers, with an overall structure planning of “one port double heart convergence of four groups” including the airport economic zone with focus on Meilan International Airport, coastal ecological headquarters gathering center, coastal vitality center, cultural exchange cluster, comprehensive service cluster, offshore innovation and entrepreneurship cluster, higher education and scientific research cluster.

To further enhance the regional residential supporting facilities in Jiangdong Newand and Area, to improve the regional service level and functional quality, and to avoid happenings of the pendulum clan flow and the periodic deserted city circumstance, it is hereby to launch the construction of the market-centered commercial housing project in Jiangdong New Area. Meanwhile, to improve the environment of Jiangdong New Area and shape better human habitat, the Design Competition of International Islands and the Future Residence is formally released, and we sincerely invite all global excellent design teams to join in!

Project Overview

The market-centered commercial housing project, plot code JDGJ-03-D05, is located in Jiangdong New Area, Haikou City, bordering Zhenhai Four Heng Road on the west and Haikou Yanlord Gardens on the south. Additionally, the site area of the plot is about 15939.9㎡. Customers pay more attention to the regional future development, education-supporting facilities, living environment as well as indoor spaces of the residence.

Design Content

1. The project is located in the higher education and scientific research cluster of Jiangdong New Area, the mangrove forests section, neighboring Dongzhai Harbour Mangrove Forests Wetland Park, East Coastline, and ZZhenjiangRiver, with abundant natural resources. Surrounded by high-end education institutions and international communities that include Harrow School, Huandao Senior High School, Haikou Yanlord Gardens, and Wide Horizon Luxeisland, it formed an international high-quality residential section in Jiangdong New Area. The surrounding transportation network of the plot is very convenient.
The project has a small plot area and an irregular land shape as well as a large area for supporting facilities. And thus, it is suggested to combine the existing plot conditions with the overall planning and design for the project. The design shall create a sense of high efficiency in the residential community, realizing premium products with a high-efficiency rate and large free area.
2. The supporting facilities of the project: a 12 classes kindergarten with a land area of not less than 4,680㎡ and a flooring area of not less than 3,182㎡; a community service center, including a community service station, with a flooring area of not less than 1,000㎡; a cultural activity station with a flooring area of not less than 1,000㎡; an elderly daycare center with a flooring area of not less than 500㎡.
3. The build the ing alignment rate of newly, constructed buildings on the plot along the eastern side, northern side, and western side roads shall not be less than 70%. And that along southern side roads, not less than 50%. When the building street wall is pasted with the red line of the building setback and the fire fighting site. It can be included in the calculation of the building alignment rate.

Eligibility

1. This competition is open to all design agencies with related design practices domestically and worldwide. Individuals or groups of individuals are not accepted for registration.
2. Registration by a consortium is accepted in the competition. The member quantity of the consortium (including the leading member) shall not exceed 3. Each party consortium shouldn’t participate in this competition in its own name or form another consortium with other design agencies. Moreover, the leading member of the consortium shall be an architectural design team.
3. A multi-disciplinary team is encouraged in the competition including majors in architectural design, urban design, landscape design, interior design, etc.
4. Participants shall submit only one scheme within the stipulated time. And the scheme shall meet the related index requirements. Moreover, the champion of the competition shall complete the detailed schematic design according to the requirements and submit the contents of the design that reach the design result for application of construction approval.
5. Each participant must register on the website of designers for the data support of the competition and complete group-joining action.

Awards

Champion (1 winner): A prize of RMB 500,000 (pre-tax) + Certificate of Honour
The Second Prize (2 groups): A prize of RMB 150,000 (pre-tax) + Certificate of Honour
The Third Prize (2 groups): A prize of RMB 100,000 (pre-tax) + Certificate of Honour
Top 20 (15 winners): Certificate of Top 20 Honour
Shortlist: Honourable Shortlist Certificate
The detailed schematic design cooperation unit will be further selected from the award winners and shortlists of the competition. For the detailed schematic design phase, the contract design fee is RMB 700,000 (pre-tax).

Moreover, the final award setting is subject to the designer’s official website. All the prizes are by Haikou Jiangdong New Area City Investment Co., Ltd., the project investor. Additionally, after the public release of the winning result of the competition. The project investor will sign the agreement with the winners and pay the prizes directly to the winners. Moreover, the project investor will directly sign the detailed schematic design contract with the detailed cooperation unit as well.

Furthermore, the project investor signing the agreement with the winner means that the intellectual property rights for the entry work have been transferred to the project investor except for the right of authorship. Moreover, the project investor owns the copyright of the entry work of the winner and has the rights to adapt, compile and apply the entry works. The winner retains the right of authorship and shall not use the work on his/her own or commission any third party to do so.

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