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Chongqing Architectural Design Institute Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for CR Hope Town Masterplan in Urban Planning and Urban Design
Chongqing Architectural Design Institute acknowledged for urban planning and urban design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ CR Hope Town Masterplan by Chongqing Architectural Design Institute, designed for Chongqing Architectural Design Institute Co., Ltd., has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Urban Planning and Urban Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About CR Hope Town Masterplan
CR Hope Town is an urban planning project for Longquan Village in Nanjiang, Sichuan, China. The plan covers a total land area of 41.3 hectares. The work includes the renovation and construction of 132 residential houses and the restoration of dozens of historical buildings. New public buildings such as hotels, youth hostels, art galleries and tea houses are also planned, together with landscape design and environmental improvement. The design supports rural industry and local culture. Residents were consulted directly, so the varied needs are met within one unified framework.
About Chongqing Architectural Design Institute
Founded in the 1920s, Chongqing Architectural Design Institute Co., Ltd.(CQADI) has participated in a lot of surveying, planning, and design work in the past ten decades. As a leading comprehensive engineering design consulting enterprise with profound heritage and outstanding characteristics, it has Grade-A qualifications in the fields of construction engineering, municipal public utilities, urban and rural planning, landscape architecture, intelligent design, engineering survey, offering professional one-stop engineering consulting service.
Award Record
Chongqing Architectural Design Institute is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' City Planning and Urban Design Award
The A' Urban Design Award is an international urban design competition recognizing good urban plans and designs by best urban planners and architects worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to urban planning designers, urban architects, city planners and urban designers from all countries. Typical entries include masterplans, zoning proposals, infrastructure designs, landscape blueprints, public space concepts and urban renewal projects. The awarded urban plan designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/urban-planning
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/141805
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/141805
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!141805
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/333207
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- CR Hope Town Masterplan
- Function
- Masterplan
- Category
- Urban Planning and Urban Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Social Impact
- Colors
- Dark Olive Green, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Gainsboro and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Chongqing Architectural Design Institute Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Chongqing Architectural Design Institute
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #141805
Credits
- Team
- Chongqing Architectural Design Institute and Chongqing University, Chu Dongzhu, Yu Yan, Deng Yuwen, Qin Wenzhi, Zeng Yuwei, Zhu Weijia and Zhou Lingzhi
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- As one of the Chinese poverty alleviation programs, the project developed by China Resources Group is a public welfare exploration and practice which fulfills the social responsibility and rural revitalization strategy. The China Resources Hope Town aims to realize the reconstruction of primary leveled management organization and public spiritual life through the community environment transformation and rural industry promotion.
- Inspiration
- The project site has distinctive human, historical, and natural advantages of mountains and rivers. Inspired by the site context and based on agricultural production, the design comprehensively optimizes land use, industrial development, residential renovation, community welfare improvement, environmental remediation, ecological conservation, and cultural revival.
- Research
- How to integrate these public facilities into future urban planning so as to realize the efficient use of facilities and benefit the community is the main concern of this project. This is not just an architectural design, urban design, or planning matter, but involves sociology, public administration, and more. From the site selection, function, and detailed design of each public building, to the specific industry and operation mode inside the building, all these aspects have undergone in-depth research and consideration.
- Challenge
- The project has four main challenges, including the renovation of massive houses for all kinds of residents, the inheritance and reuse of historical sites, farmland protection, and industrial revitalization and organization reconstruction.
- Realization and Technology
- Longquan Village has a large number of historical buildings in bad condition due to disorderly additions and reconstructions, and a lack of scientific and effective maintenance management. It has a significant historical, artistic and cultural meaning to repair and preserve these buildings. After site research and direct communication with each dweller, the design meets their diversified requirements. It incorporates the different needs of the residents into a unified framework to ensure that the overall image of all residences is harmonious and unified in this rural tourism project.
- Operation and Interaction
- The urban planning design includes the comprehensive upgrading of the village, reshaping the ancient village impression, continuing the red memory, and advocating the farming and reading culture. It strives to create a rural revitalization planning and design work with a continuous spirit, and distinctive regional characteristics, which is adapting to the development of the times.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project had been designed from March to December 2021 in Longquan Village, Nanjiang, Sichuan, China. It is still under construction.
- Specifications
- With a total land area of 41.3 hectares, it involves the renovation and construction of 132 residential houses, the restoration of dozens of historical buildings, and the construction of public buildings including hotels, youth hostels, art galleries, and tea houses, as well as landscape design and overall environmental improvement.
- Keywords
- architecture, renovation, planning, building, village
