"Quality City" is an attempt to explore ways to transform urban space. The theme "Quality City" intends to further improve the taste and connotation of the city and unlock its potential at a deeper level. It is expected that the integration of the spirit and culture of the city into its construction and development will reflect the personality and characteristics of the city, hence more appealing buildings, more convenient public services and more pleasant living environment.
The Quality-City International Young Designer Competition (China Tangshan) is based on the actual environment of Tangshan, a city boasting both industrial heritage and heroic culture, and focuses on public space. It requests innovative proposals for the renewal of micro urban space from domestic and overseas college students and teachers in the fields of urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, artistic design, etc. The design content may include, but is not limited to, repair of urban functions, sports facilities, smart city furniture, public art furnishing, and other buildings (structures) that may revitalize the city and improve the quality of space. It is expected that the design may provide new perspectives, new stages and new focuses to look at the abundant and diverse daily life. The Competition also intends to collect workable cases for the overall transformation and development of Tangshan. Excellent works selected may be used in relevant plans and implemented as part of the projects under construction subject to the decisions of the local government.

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1.Design Principles
Original: The design must be highly original, creating diverse places for citizens and tourists;
Forward-looking: The design should be authentic, pioneering and creative, able to foresee and lead future development;
Regional: The design should highlight regional characteristics of Tangshan based on its history, culture, natural environment, etc.;
Feasible: The design should ensure the workability of building materials and forms in combination with planning;
Complex: The design should take into account various factors such as the nature of the soil, surrounding places, water systems and landscape;
Sustainable: The design should consider the sustainability of materials and operation;
People-oriented: The design should consider the needs of different groups of people to create a people-oriented urban space.

2.Design Content and Scope
（1）Design Content
The design content may include, but is not limited to, repair of urban functions, sports facilities, smart city furniture, public art furnishing, and other buildings (structures) that may revitalize the city and improve the quality of space. It is expected that the design may provide new perspectives, new stages and new focuses to look at the abundant and diverse daily life.
（2）Design Scope
The scope of site in the Competition is the main urban area of Tangshan. Participants may select any site for design. The 20 locations in 7 categories are provided by the Organizing Committee for reference only：industrial space, street corner space, green space, square space, waterfront space, residential space and market space.（detailed information please see the Competition Design Assignment）

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1.Registration
1)The competition is open to young designers, artists, teams of teachers and students worldwide in the fields of planning, architecture, landscape, art and intelligent design. Meanwhile, interdisciplinary professionals and practitioners are also encouraged to participate. Individual or team competitors are both acceptable. A team leader should be named for future contact, if competitors participate as a team. 
2)For registration, please log in the website: http://qcitytangshan.chinabuildingcentre.com/regist.html， click “register/sign-up ” to register and fill in the information;

2.Submission
1) All participants are required to submit digital files, including drawings and other related information, participants can submit an independent work or a series of entries. Multiple entries are not accepted. The series works refer to the series of creations under the same theme, while production-oriented repetitive patchwork is discouraged;  2) For work submission, please e-mail them to qcitytangshan@163.com. The e-mail MUST be named as "【International Team】 or 【Domestic Team】 + Submission + Title of Work”. The organizing committee does not accept any hard copy. All design panels of participants will be printed in an unified format for jury review.

3.Jury Review
The organizing committee have invited renowned architects in planning, architecture, landscape and other professionals from domestic or abroad to form the final review jury panel and evaluate the entries for the competition.The prize-winning works might be implemented on site and the local government has the final say.

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