OPENED: THE INTERNATIONAL URBAN DESIGN COMPETITION OF GUANGDONG-HONG KONG-MACAO INNOVATION COOPERATION DEMONSTRATION ZONE

 

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 (Bernama) -- The International Urban Design Competition of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Innovation Cooperation Demonstration Zone was recently announced by Guangzhou Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Bureau and Nansha District People's Government of Guangzhou City.

The competition is aimed at collecting forward-looking, innovative urban designs worldwide, and establishing the city image of Nansha as the southernmost sea-land portal of Guangzhou.

The registration time of the competition is from July 13 to Aug 3, according to a statement.

The design area of the competition, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Innovation Cooperation Demonstration Zone, is the intersection of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong and Guangzhou-Zhuhai-Macao Science and Technology Innovation Corridors.

It is also the strategic hinge connecting the inner circle development belt around the Greater Bay Area in the southern expansion urban spatial development strategy of Guangzhou.

The scope of the competition is divided into two levels: overall conceptual design and detailed design. The scope of the overall conceptual design covers an area of about 71 square kilometres, while the scope of the detailed design covers an area of about eight square kilometres.

The competition will finally select the first six design institutions as the participating institutions and vote the three winning schemes from them. One participating institution will be determined to win the right of integrating and optimising the competition results.

-- BERNAMA