INTEGRAL JEAN BEAUDOIN / New Silkroad Park competition

18.06.2007 /// ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS ///

World renowned as the city of the Terra Cotta Warriors, Xi’an is one of the six Great Ancient capital of China, having hosted 13 dynasties in China’s history. Formerly named Chang’an, the current Shaanxi Province capital was the origin of the ancient Silk Road. As a historical capital, Xi’an has united China as well as initiated the intertwinning of cultures of the world.

The Silk Road came into being in the Han dynasty, and prospered during Tang dynasty.Crossing through the Middle-East and anchoring Europe to Asia, it played an important role in redefining political relations, economic trades, as well as cultural exchanges between the East and the West. The New Silk road Cultural Park is located in Qu jiang new district, near the Great Goose Pagoda in the South East of part of Xi’an. Established around the Nanhu (South Lake), it covers over 100 hectares and its construction has started with the infrastructural work of the lake.

Echoing the Silk Road`s historical impact on cultural exchange between Asia and Europe, the New Silk Road project is exploring, through defining innovative urban spaces, the impact of the intensifying global communication and travel upon the merging of cultures.

Beyond a thematic park, the New Silk Road project is engaged in an innovative design process with designers of the world to generate a meaningful content incrypted in threshold spaces between cultures.

Beyond a sequence of autonomous formal landmarks, the 9 cultural areas of New Silk Road will define the public spaces of the Qu Jiang new district and contribute to provide high quality of urban context to its residents and visitors. Through a process committed to ‘content to context‘ embedding, the master design team is addressing the challenge of the instantaneous nature of city quarter building in the current Chinese construction speed.

Through collaborative work in the design process as well as multiplying the number of designers contributing, we aim to ensure a high quality definition of urban spaces and formal intertwinning that formerly was insured by the slow evolution of cityscapes stratas.

The global design guidelines were defined by Dahan Architectural Design Consulting + Integral Jean Beaudoin headed by lead architect Liu Ke Cheng and artistic director Jean Beaudoin.

The jury was presided by Ma Guoxin ( academician of China engineering academy; architect, vice director of China architecture association and principal architect of Beijing architecture and design academy ). The other members of the jury were:

Ji Han ( Director of Xi’an zoning commission )
Hongxing He ( Director general of Xi’an Qu Jiang New District Administration )
Zhen Wang ( Project manager of Xi’an Qu Jiang New District Administration )
Kecheng Liu ( Dean of architecture Academy of Xi’an University of architecture and technology)
Jean Beaudoin ( lead designer of Integral Jean Beaudoin )
Yanchuan Liu ( Architect, Xi’an )
Ben Niu ( Architect,Xi’an )

Seven projects have been selected in seven areas and established as the winning entries. The panels of the winning entries are compiled in this booklet . They are :

Mediterranean Europe destination : Massimiliano Fuksas architects, Italy.
Scandinavian destination : Snohetta architects, Norway.
Western Europe destination: Nox and Okra, Netherlands.
Eastern Europe destination: 3LHD, Croatia.
Western Turkish Cultural area: Work AC, USA/Lebanon/Turkey.
Arabic Cultural area :Antoine Predock, USA/U.E.A.
Jewish Cultural area Atelier Big City, Canada/Israel
Persian area : No projects rewarded.
Western Turkish Cultural area : No projects rewarded.

The jury also awarded an honorable mention for the project presented by T.H.I.N.K. for showing outstanding research in the Jewish cultural area. In two areas, no winning teams have been retained from the competition process.

All the team descriptions and project submitted are available in the archives ( online Friday 22.06.2007 ).

The project is entering an important stage that is aiming to promote, in space and in the media, a distinctive approach in the design of spaces expressing cultural identities in the context of globalization. Further, the project and theme is engaging the great challenge of defining meaning intercultural spaces, respectful of each gathering cultures.

Beyond broadcasting conflicting events, Xi’an is offering a unique space to the world community and its citizens that will celebrate the gathering of the Cultures uniting Asia, Middle East and Europe through a contemporary urban space: The New Silk Road project .

The press release of the announcement of results is available here.

For information on the competition in Chinese :
Liu Kecheng, architect
co-organizer of the competition based in Xi'an
email : dahan2005@vip.163.com

For information on the competition in English and french :
Jean Beaudoin, artistic director
co-organizer of the competition based in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
email : newsilkroad_media@ijb.ca


		18.06.2007 /// ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS /// World renowned as the city of the Terra Cotta Warriors, Xi’an is one of the six Great Ancient capital of China, having hosted 13 dynasties in China’s history. Formerly named Chang’an, the current Shaanxi Province capital was the origin of the ancient Silk Road. As a historical capital, Xi’an has united China as well as initiated the intertwinning of cultures of the world. The Silk Road came into being in the Han dynasty, and prospered during Tang dynasty.Crossing through the Middle-East and anchoring Europe to Asia, it played an important role in redefining political relations, economic trades, as well as cultural exchanges between the East and the West. The New Silk road Cultural Park is located in Qu jiang new district, near the Great Goose Pagoda in the South East of part of Xi’an. Established around the Nanhu (South Lake), it covers over 100 hectares and its construction has started with the infrastructural work of the lake. Echoing the Silk Road`s historical impact on cultural exchange between Asia and Europe, the New Silk Road project is exploring, through defining innovative urban spaces, the impact of the intensifying global communication and travel upon the merging of cultures. Beyond a thematic park, the New Silk Road project is engaged in an innovative design process with designers of the world to generate a meaningful content incrypted in threshold spaces between cultures. Beyond a sequence of autonomous formal landmarks, the 9 cultural areas of New Silk Road will define the public spaces of the Qu Jiang new district and contribute to provide high quality of urban context to its residents and visitors. Through a process committed to ‘content to context‘ embedding, the master design team is addressing the challenge of the instantaneous nature of city quarter building in the current Chinese construction speed. Through collaborative work in the design process as well as multiplying the number of designers contributing, we aim to ensure a high quality definition of urban spaces and formal intertwinning that formerly was insured by the slow evolution of cityscapes stratas. The global design guidelines were defined by Dahan Architectural Design Consulting + Integral Jean Beaudoin headed by lead architect Liu Ke Cheng and artistic director Jean Beaudoin. The jury was presided by Ma Guoxin ( academician of China engineering academy; architect, vice director of China architecture association and principal architect of Beijing architecture and design academy ). The other members of the jury were: Ji Han ( Director of Xi’an zoning commission ) Hongxing He ( Director general of Xi’an Qu Jiang New District Administration ) Zhen Wang ( Project manager of Xi’an Qu Jiang New District Administration ) Kecheng Liu ( Dean of architecture Academy of Xi’an University of architecture and technology) Jean Beaudoin ( lead designer of Integral Jean Beaudoin ) Yanchuan Liu ( Architect, Xi’an ) Ben Niu ( Architect,Xi’an ) Seven projects have been selected in seven areas and established as the winning entries. The panels of the winning entries are compiled in this booklet . They are : Mediterranean Europe destination : Massimiliano Fuksas architects, Italy. Scandinavian destination : Snohetta architects, Norway. Western Europe destination: Nox and Okra, Netherlands. Eastern Europe destination: 3LHD, Croatia. Western Turkish Cultural area: Work AC, USA/Lebanon/Turkey. Arabic Cultural area :Antoine Predock, USA/U.E.A. Jewish Cultural area Atelier Big City, Canada/Israel Persian area : No projects rewarded. Western Turkish Cultural area : No projects rewarded. The jury also awarded an honorable mention for the project presented by T.H.I.N.K. for showing outstanding research in the Jewish cultural area. In two areas, no winning teams have been retained from the competition process. All the team descriptions and project submitted are available in the archives ( online Friday 22.06.2007 ). The project is entering an important stage that is aiming to promote, in space and in the media, a distinctive approach in the design of spaces expressing cultural identities in the context of globalization. Further, the project and theme is engaging the great challenge of defining meaning intercultural spaces, respectful of each gathering cultures. Beyond broadcasting conflicting events, Xi’an is offering a unique space to the world community and its citizens that will celebrate the gathering of the Cultures uniting Asia, Middle East and Europe through a contemporary urban space: The New Silk Road project . The press release of the announcement of results is available here. For information on the competition in Chinese : Liu Kecheng, architect co-organizer of the competition based in Xi'an email : dahan2005@vip.163.com For information on the competition in English and french : Jean Beaudoin, artistic director co-organizer of the competition based in Montréal, Québec, Canada. email : newsilkroad_media@ijb.ca

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