MAJOR NEW COMPETITION ANNOUNCED! $85 MILLION PROJECT
LandscapeArchitecture.org is proud to announce a major new design project competition taking place in Taiwan for a new urban development on 254 hectares. Taichung Gateway Park International Competition has just been launched to create a visionary, innovative and international urban environment and livable metropolis.
Taichung City Government has been actively pursuing the planning work for Taichung Gateway City in response to globalization trends, anticipated growth of Taiwan-China trade, Central Taiwan development objectives as well as Taichung’s own vision to become a livable international metropolis. The goal is to create a visionary, innovative and international urban environment while at the same time establishing close links between Central Taiwan and the rest of the world.
Taichung Gateway City covers an approximately 254-hectare area that includes the former Taichung (Shuinan) Airport and its vicinities. According to Taichung’s municipal urban plan, at the center of Taichung Gateway City will be an expansive green space—Taichung Gateway Park—that meanders from the north to the south of the entire development area with approximately 68-hectare. Areas surrounding the park will be divided into four districts according to their features: Eco Residential District, Gateway District, Cultural Business District, and Innovation R&D District. In addition, Taichung Dome, Taichung Convention and Exhibition Center, and Taiwan Tower and Taichung City Cultural Center will all be integrated into Taichung Gateway Park. Therefore, the development of the park will become the most significant milestone for Taichung Gateway City. Besides offering extensive and winding green open space, Taichung Gateway Park will be developed as an eco-park. Utilizing renewable energies and an intelligent park management system, Taichung Gateway Park will play a pivotal role toward a successful the overall development of Taichung Gateway City. To this end, an international competition is being held to solicit visionary and innovative planning and landscaping proposals from the best design firms home and abroad.The Taichung City Government cordially invites outstanding local and international landscape design firms to propose your vision and participate in this competition!
Construction budget: $85 million Service fee: $8.5 million
Sponsor: Wien 3420 Aspern Development AG Type: Expression of interest Location: Vienna, Austria Language: English, German Fee: None Eligibility: Open to qualified professional groups in landscape design. See competition brief for details Timetable: 25 October 2010 - application deadline Award: First - 21,500 Euros Second - 17,200 Euros Third - 12,900 Euros 3 Honorable mentions - 6,450 Euros each
Design Challenge: Entrants are challenged to produce a design concept for the modular open space system of the Aspern Lakeside Park, to be composed of a Central Park, West Park and East Park as well as a Lakeside Promenade for Aspern Vienna's Urban Lakeside. The Lakeside Park is to cover a total area of approx. 9.7 hectares and will form the central element of the newly emerging city quarter Aspern Urban Lakeside in the north-eastern part of Vienna. It is envisaged to implement the landscape design project in two construction stages until 2020. The amount of Euro 5 million has been set aside as net production costs for the first construction stage. On the basis of the applications for participation, the jury intends to select 16 landscape architects, 4 of which are to be classified as "young studios/offices."
