Introduction: Q-City International Young Designer Competition (Yulin, China) “Urban Aesthetics Recreation” as the theme and lets Yulin Acropolis, the fresh national historical and cultural city, as the base, which aims to lead people to find an urban aesthetic carrier of harmony in diversity, establish an exclusive aesthetic system of Yulin Ancient City, and create a beautiful urban life benefiting to both residents and tourists.
Summary: This competition is open to all the students and young designers, and it is free to register, no registration fee is needed. Please find the poster and detailed assignment via the google drive link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1D-Tojz9hf1r1wWaRr-sXmVjxbkyszVWu?usp=sharing
The following are the highlights of the competition:
Competition Theme
Urban Aesthetics Recreation
Registration Deadline
24:00 (GMT +8), APRIL 30TH, 2022
Submission Deadline
18:00 (GMT +8), MAY 5TH, 2022
Registration: log in to the competition website: http://qcityyulin.cbcuri.com/?langd=en, click “registration” to register and fill in the information;
Submission: submit the digital edition of drawings and other documents to qcitycompetition@cbcuri.com
Awards
Best Creativity ( 5 teams) -Bonus 30,000 RMB(before tax, around 4,700 USD)+Certificate
Honorable Mentions (12 teams)-Bonus 10,000 RMB(before tax, around 1,600 USD)+Certificate
Finalists (20 teams)-Bonus 5,000 RMB(before tax, around 800 USD)+Certificate
The prize-winning projects might be implemented on-site and the organizing committee has the final say.
Interpretation of Theme
“Urban Aesthetics Recreation”
Q-City International Young Designer Competition (Yulin, China) “Urban Aesthetics Recreation” as the theme and lets Yulin Acropolis, the fresh national historical and cultural city, as the base, which aims to lead people to find an urban aesthetic carrier of harmony in diversity, establish an exclusive aesthetic system of Yulin Ancient City, and create a beautiful urban life benefiting to both residents and tourists.
Urban aesthetics is a significant part of urban renewal, which is not only connected to the public’s aesthetics of the city but also related to the creation of urban vitality. It involves all aspects of urban life, which is not only reflected in landscape art and public facilities but also in the enduring urban spirit, the air filled with the breath of life and the humanistic atmosphere of various places. Therefore, the construction of an urban aesthetic system needs to be rooted in the exploration and understanding of local people’s livelihood, industrial economy, cultural genes, environmental elements, urban administration and operation, use of systematic and comprehensive thinking, get rid of the development mode of large-scale demolition and construction, repairing the old as the old and industrialized production, and adopt the concept of acupuncture transformation to refine and create works with condensed wisdom, so as to activate the urban business form and respond to the core theme of urban renewal: high-quality urban development.
Taking the diversified forms of urban furniture, landscape& floral art, public art and visual system as the carrier, this international competition invites young designers as well as college teachers and students, from home and abroad, in architecture, landscape, environmental art, digital media, public art and visual design to participate in the research on reconstruction of urban aesthetic system, and solicits new urban functions, new forms and new modules with both urban functions and ancient city style. The competition hopes that the participants will break the professional boundary, think about current public life and activities of “new residents” in the ancient city in the future, stimulate the regeneration of urban vitality, form the unique character and cultural tone of the ancient city, and finally jointly create a dynamic historical and cultural city with tastes of both contemporary life and aesthetics.
The competition is chaired by Mr. Zeng Hui, who is a famous design scholar and art curator in China. Mr. ZengHui is the planning director of Beijing International Design Week, the master of Baihuazhou Traditional Handcraft Workshop, the deputy secretary-general of Architecture and Culture Society of China, the president of the Hostel Industry Branch and the CBC chief expert on urban aesthetics.
Contact
Mr.Liu +86 18511537506
Competition Email: qcitycompetition@cbcuri.com
Competition Website: http://qcityyulin.cbcuri.com/?langd=en
Organization
Sponsor: CBC (China Building Centre)(Urban Regeneration (Beijing) Holding Group Co., Ltd.)
Organizer: CBC Urban Regeneration Research Institute