Press Release 090421

The open jury for the Sichuan School International Conceptual Design Competition was successfully held in The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL on 18th April 2009. 

The Sichuan School International Conceptual Design Competition to design schools for the areas damaged by the earthquake in 2008, is co-organised by WE(WestEast) Design, UCL (Bartlett) and Sichuan Provincial Institute of Architectural Design.

Tie Fan, Associate Partner of Foster+Partner, also one of the founders of NGO - WE(West East) Design, explained “The purpose of competition is to collect ideas and designs to support the after earthquake recovery work in Sichuan, and to provoke discussion of ideas and direction regarding design intervention in contemporary school development. The winning schemes are from across the world and the first prize for the Architecture category is from China. The standard of entry was high and both the winners and commendations were very deserving. The winning entries not just provide practical solutions, but also take into account the need of students and demonstrate the potential of creative and contemporary design intervention in schools. The competition has definitely raised public’s awareness of Sichuan’s situation and has provided for design professionals the key issues in school design to debate in the future. The result of the competition will be passed to the local authorities in Sichuan. Hopefully the competition will encourage the local authorities to create forward thinking solutions to rebuilding after the earthquake which perhaps will inspire the world in return.”

The entire process of the jury, chaired by Professor CJ Lim, was open to the public. The other jury members were Arjun Kaicker (Partner, Foster + Partners), Ching Lau (Senior Engineer, ARUP), Yan Ma (School Expert, recommended by the Chinese Embassy Education Section), Gerrard O’Carroll (The Royal College of Art), Nicholas Rhodes (Central SaintMartins), and Dr. Hongxing Zhang (Senior Curator, V&A). the open jury ensured a very fair process and provided a unique opportunity for the public and the students at audience to participate. The process was highly praised by the jurors.

Nearly 200 guests from the creative industry and media attended the awards announcement evening including Jia Yang, representative from Sichuan Provincial Institute of Architectural Design; Robin Cross, representative of Jack Pringle, chairman of Development Disaster Relief and Hanwen Liao, representative from China-UK Environment and Resources Association attended the event. Philip Dogg, Chinese expert, BBC senior editor, EX-director of ICA, and Zelin Li, Chairman of Chinese Student and Scholars Association in UK gave speech on the event, addressing the improvement of the culture exchange between China and UK, and the importance of the involvement of the organizations and events such as this.

Prizes
Architecture
1st Prize GBP 3000 00159
2nd Prize GBP 2000 00095
3rd Prize GBP 1500 00033
Commendations GBP 200
00098, 00109, 00164, 00200, 00228, 00255, 00334
Furniture - Commendations GBP 200
00039, 00084, 00166, 00357-337-338, 00406
Fashion - Commendations GBP 200
00100, 00141, 00416

The Jury Process
All submitted works were issued to the jury before 18th April.
Each juror selected about 20 schemes and presented a summary in the morning of the open jury. All the selected schemes by each jury were presented.
Jury discussed and voted for all selected schemes.
Final selection and order were decided according to the number of votes for each scheme.
Jury discussed and voted for the final decision for the prize set up to reflect the quality of the submission. The total value of the awards was kept unchanged.
The whole process was open to public.

赈灾四川学校概念设计国际竞赛的公开评审于2009年4月18日在巴特列建筑学院（ 伦敦大学学院 ）成功举行。

赈灾四川学校概念设计国际竞赛是为了2008年地震灾后学校重建而进行的国际世界设计竞赛，由东西设计联盟（ WE(WestEast) Design ）主办，伦敦大学学院（巴特列学院）和四川省建筑设计院联合协办。

英国福斯特建筑事务所助理合伙人（ Associate Partner of Foster+Partner ）及非盈利组织东西设计联盟（ WE(West East) Design ）创建人之一， 范铁先生介绍时说，”本次竞赛目的是为了支援四川灾后学校重建，并启发未来学校设计理念和方向的研究和思考。本次竞赛的获奖者来自世界各地，其中建筑类一等奖的获得者来自中国。参赛的作品水平都很高，获奖作品实属实至名归。入围作品不仅提供了实际的解决方案，还根据学生需求展示了现代学校设计理念的创意潜力。 本次活动提高了公众对四川省灾情和重建情况的了解，还为设计专业人士提出了未来学校设计的挑战和问题。我们会将这些来自世界各地的竞赛作品转交给四川当地政府，希望会帮助四川当地政府在重建中建造出具有前瞻性的项目 ，也许这些具有前瞻性的项目会令人刮目， 反之鼓舞世界 。”

由英国著名建筑师CJ Lim教授担任主席的整个评审过程是公开透明的。评委包括 Arjun Kaicker（英国福斯特建筑事务所合伙人）， Ching Lau （英国ARUP设计集团高级工程师）， Yan Ma （由中国大使馆教育司推荐的学校教育专家）， Gerrard O’Carroll （皇家艺术学院）， Nicholas Rhodes （中央圣马丁艺术与设计学院）， Hongxing Zhang 博士（ 英国维多利亚与阿尔伯特博物馆 高级策展人 ） 。公开的评审过程保证了评审的公平性，并为现场的公众和学生提供了绝佳的参与和学习机会。评委对整个评审过程给予了高度评价。

200位来自创意产业和媒体的嘉宾出席了颁奖晚会，包括四川省建筑设计院代表杨嘉先生；减灾救济会主席 Jack Pringle的代表 Robin Cross先生；中英环境和资源协会的代表Hanwen Liao先生。当代艺术学院的前总裁，英国BBC公司的高级编辑，中国方面专家 Philip Dogg先生，以及全英中国学生学者联谊会主席 Zelin Li 先生在晚会上发言，谈到中英两国日益繁荣的文化交流活动，以及类似活动主办机构参与的重要性。

四川省建筑设计院致辞

赈灾四川学校国际竞赛活动圆满成功之际，作为竞赛协办方，我们谨代表中国四川地区，向世界各地的获奖者们表示热烈的祝贺！向辛勤工作的评委们表示衷心的感谢！向主办及协办本次竞赛的业界同行致力于为四川灾区做贡献而付出的辛勤劳动表示崇高的敬意！

本次活动以”赈灾四川学校设计”为主题，由东西设计联盟、伦敦大学、四川省建筑设计院联合发起组织，目的是让世界关注中国四川灾区、关注学校建筑设计的发展和未来，并为业界提供一个交流的机会和平台。活动初始就引起了国际共鸣，全球约35个国家、近400个团队和个人，以非凡的热情参与了竞赛。高质量的参赛作品凝聚了设计师们的智慧，反映了不同国家学校建筑设计的特色和发展，表现出的敏锐、激情和创新精神为我们留下深刻印象，也为未来学校建筑设计的发展提供了许多可供借鉴的创作理念。

竞赛成果将转交中国四川灾区，以表达国际国内业界人士对中国四川灾区老师和学生的敬佩与关爱。借此，我们再次对全球所有参与此次设计竞赛活动的各界人士致以最衷心的感谢和最诚挚的敬意！

Press Release 090406 

Open Jury Day: Sichuan School Conceptual Design Competition

Organiser
WE(West East) Design
The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL
Sichuan Provincial Institute of Architectural Design

Saturday 18th April 2009
The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, Wates House, 22 Gordon Street, LONDON, WC1H 0QB
Euston Square station / Euston station

10:00-18:00  Open Jury: Open for public, Admission free
18:00-21:00  Award Announcement Reception: Ticket GBP 10.00

R.S.V.P.: Contact@wedesigngroup.com

The aim of the Sichuan School Conceptual Design Competition to help rebuilding a high school damaged in Sichuan Earthquake and to provoke discussion of ideas and direction regarding design intervention in contemporary school development. The competition is co-organised by WE(WestEast) Design, the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL and Sichuan Provincial Institute of Architectural Design. We has received more than 400 registered participants including young and experienced architect, product designers, fashion designers, artists and students from over 35 countries.

The jury event will be held in the Bartlett School of Architecture on 18th April, providing a unique experience for the public, design professionals and students with the exhibition of the submitted works, the opportunities to see the judging process and to share the debate from the jury.

 

The Jury

The jury are of internationally experienced experts in design, education and the media. We are honored to have the following members in our Jury.

Professor CJ Lim The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, Chair of the Jury
Arjun Kaicker Partner, Foster + Partners
Louis Loizou Senior Lecturer, BA Fashion at Central Saint Martins
Yan Ma School Expert
Gerrard O’Carroll Senior Tutor, School of Architecture and Design at The Royal College of Art
Nicholas Rhodes Course Director, Product Design at Central Saint Martins
Dr. Hongxing Zhang Senior Curator, V&A
Ching Lau Senior Engineer ARUP

Further detail of the Jury including personal introduction can be found on the competition website
www.wedesigngroup.com/competitioStage 2: Sichuan School Conceptual Design Competition 2009n

Delivery to Sichuan

Sichuan Earthquake

On 12th of May 2008, one of the fiercest earthquakes in history attacked Sichuan. It was also known as the ”Wenchuan earthquake” after the earthquake’s epicenter in Wenchuan County, Sichuan province, which measured at 8.0 Ms and 8.3 Mw according to Chinese Earthquake Administration. The epicenter was 80km west-northwest of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan. The earthquake was also felt in nearby countries and far away cities such as both Beijing and Shanghai which are located 1500km and 1700km away; where office buildings swayed with the tremor.

Official figures (as of July 21, 2008 ) state that 69,227 are confirmed dead, including 68,636 in Sichuan province, and 374,176 injured, with 18,222 listed as missing. It was the deadliest earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which killed at least 240,000 people. Approximately 15 million people lived in the affected area. The earthquake left about 4.8 million people homeless, though the number could possibly reach up to 11million. The central government estimates that over 7,000 schoolrooms collapsed by the earthquake.

Stage 1: Delivery to Sichuan - Conceptual Design for Natural Disaster 2008

  

During the first few weeks after the earthquake happened, the rescue and support facilities were found very difficult to be delivered to the site due to the destruction of the infrastructure caused by the disaster. Roads and bridges were destroyed by the earthquake or blocked by land slip. Even the rescue workers and solders who managed to reach the people often found shortage of temporary shelter, drinking water, electricity power and medicine before the infrastructure was restored.

In response to the earthquake, there was an urgent need felt by all of us to explore the solutions for future disaster prevention, emergency rescue and post-disaster recovery. The designers of WE Design also strongly felt to contribute to the recovery of the area and healing of life affected by the Sichuan earthquake. In this exhibition, 5 design teams were invited to come up with a conceptual design to address some or all of the following issues: Fast delivery to natural disaster spot; easy construction; effective shelter; addressing short-mid term needs in emergency; exploring new material and innovation; memorial for the lost life; evoking hope for the people who survive.

“Delivery to Sichuan - Conceptual design for Natural Disaster Spot” exhibition was held in Alan Baxter Gallery in September 2008 as part of the program for the London Design Festival 2008. Over 300 professional attended the viewing event on 4th September. The exhibited design were broadcast and published by major media like CCTV, BBC, Xingtao Daily and professional design media from UK, Netherland, Italy and China.

The exhibition is the first stage of the project “Delivery to Sichuan”, organized by WE(WestEast) Design.

Stage 2: Sichuan School Conceptual Design Competition 2009

 

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WE(WestEast) Design, in collaboration with The Bartlett School of Architect UCL and Sichuan Provincial Institute of Architectural Design, organized the Sichuan School Conceptual Design Competition.

In this competition, the project in question is a famous high school in Chengdu. The school was founded in 1905, within the so called Self-Strengthening Movement in China (The idea is to keep the spirit of Chinese culture while utilising the technology from western country). With a history of over 100 years, the campus has acquired a unique character which the client would like to continue in the new campus. The school is a national level demonstration school, and Modern Technology Experimental School under the direction of Sichuan provincial government and the Education Bureau in Beijing. Unfortunately, the earthquake destroyed the main building and the old campus was damaged. Based on the government’s development plan, the school is to be moved to the new development district and rebuilt to be a high-school campus with capacity of having 84 classes. The high-school is aimed to be set up as a new benchmark for the schools in Sichuan.

The objectives of the Sichuan School International Conceptual Design Competition are to create opportunity for initiating design ideas to support the after earthquake recovery development for the schools in Sichuan; to encourage critical review of historic development and present state of school design; and to provoke discussion of ideas and direction regarding design intervention in contemporary school development.

We view the school environment as a whole so prizes are set up for Architecture, School Furniture Design and School Fashion (Uniform) Design. The competition is open for designers and students with background of architecture, masterplan, interior, product design, fashion design and artist.

We ask participants to critically review one (or more) of the questions below and present your views in the submission.
- The balance between local and global

- How to train more creative students in school

- A modern school in the internet age

- Flexible and adaptable space

- Design for human/ student’s needs

- Low-carbon emission design

- Excellence in seismic design

About WE(WestEast) Design

WE(WestEast) Design, a nonprofit organisation, is a multi-cultural, cross-disciplinary platform to serve the needs of designers who are interested in the contemporary design in China. WE Design aims to build a footstone enabling design professionals to network and enhance their knowledge sharing and to support the development of the creative industry in China.

Its members are of professional designers, architects, curators, scholars, design students and business executives who have worked both in China and Western countries and faced the cultural and ideological differences. These high-profile designers have agreed for the needs of organizations such as WE Design who can work as a facilitator between cultures and furthermore, between different disciplines within the design industry and formed the group in accordance to their philosophy. Now WE Design has partners in Beijing, New York, Tokyo, providing a collective platform globally.

WE(WestEast) Design organises different events, projects and exhibitions throughout the year, and creates co-operative and integrating design projects which can connect China with UK/Europe. In addition, the group meets at least once a month with talk events. Each talk focus on an aspect of design and contemporary China, be it commercial, economic, political or cultural. Event talks are wide-ranging and speakers are selected from the group members and external experts in their field.

We provide our members the following benefits:
• Opportunities to join our co-operative and integrating design projects which aims to connect China and Britain/Europe
• First-hand Information of commission and project opportunities
• Enjoy the network and platform of WE Design, and its curating relations with other organisations
• Regular update of the cultural events in London and other major cities
• Priority invitations to WE Design organized talks, events and exhibitions
• Job opportunities and mentoring from experienced professionals

Further information

For more details about the competition, please visit the website: www.wedesigngroup.com/competition

Details of WE(WestEast) Design can be found on the website
www.wedesigngroup.com

 

Press Release 090301 

Sichuan School Conceptual Design Competition

Submission Deadline is 12th April 2009 *

http://www.wedesigngroup.com/competition

You are invited to join Sichuan School International Conceptual Design Competition, organised by WE(WestEast) Design,UCL and Sichuan Provincial Institute of Architectural Design. In this competition, the project in question is a famous high school in Chengdu.

The objectives of the conceptual competition are as follows: to gather design ideas to support the after earthquake recovery development for a high school in Sichuan; to encourage critical review of historic development and present state of school design; and to provoke discussion of ideas and direction regarding design intervention in contemporary school development.

We ask participants to critically review one (or more) of the questions below and present your views in the submission.

- The balance between local and global
- How to train more creative students in school
- A modern school in the internet age
- Flexible and adaptable space
- Design for human/ student’s needs
- Low-carbon emission design
- Excellence in seismic design

Additional prizes are set up for school furniture design and school uniform fashion design. The international competition is open for designers and students with background of architecture, masterplan, interior, product design, fashion design and artist.

The jury are of internationally experienced experts in design, education, marketing, and the media. Professor CJ Lim from Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL) to chair the jury. The judging criterion are based on creativity and rational analysis demonstrated in the scheme. The judging process will be done through an open and transparent workshop. All the submitted work will be shown online within 7 days after the deadline. The winning works will be exhibited and published in London and China.

Prizes

Architecture
1   First prize                   RMB 30000 (GBP 3000)
2   Second prizes            RMB 5000(GBP 500)
10  Honourable Mentions

School Furniture Design
1   First prize                    RMB 20000 (GBP 2000)
10  Honourable Mentions

School Fashion Design
1   First prize                    RMB 20000 (GBP 2000)
10  Honourable Mentions

For more information please visit the competition website http://www.wedesigngroup.com/competition

* For architecture category, due to the project program, only the scheme submitted before 10th March will be considered as potential for construction. All submitted schemes will be kept confidential till 6th April to be presented to the jury together. The designer who submitted the scheme before 10th March can revise the scheme and resubmit before 6th April using the same registration number.

赈灾四川学校概念设计国际竞赛公告

截止日期2009年4月12日*

http://www.wedesigngroup.com/competition

邀请您参加赈灾四川学校概念设计国际竞赛。本次竞赛由东西设计联盟WE(WestEast) Design, 伦敦大学学院UCL和四川省建筑设计院联合主办。 竞赛的内容是成都一所重点中学的概念设计，目的是支援四川学校重建，研究和思考学校发展的历史和现状，探索未来的学校设计理念和方向。

本次竞赛除了建筑规划设计外，还特别设立了学校家俱产品设计以及学校制服设计奖项。参加对象扩展为国际范围的与建筑，规划，室内，产品及时装专业相关的设计师，艺术家及学生。

我们提出以下几个问题，希望参赛者在设计的过程中有选择地对它们做出批判性的思考并在提交的作品中表达。
－ 地域文脉和全球化
－ 培养创新型人才的学校
－ 网络化时代的学校
－ 空间的可适应和可调节性
－ 人性的设计
－ 可持续发展，低能耗低排放
－ 抗震防灾

评委由来自设计，教育，市场营销和媒体的国际知名专家组成。伦敦大学巴特列Bartlett建筑学院教授，英国著名建筑师CJ Lim先生担任评审团主席。评审的原则是设计方案的创意和合理逻辑分析。评审的过程将在公开透明的研讨会举行。所有参赛获奖作品将在截止日期7天后在网站展出。获奖方案将在伦敦和中国展出，还将在设计专业杂志发表。

奖项和奖金设置

学校建筑规划设计
一等奖: 1名 奖金 RMB 30000元（GBP 3000）
二等奖: 2名 奖金 RMB 5000元 （GBP 500）
入围奖: 10名

学校家俱设计 
一等奖: 1名 奖金 RMB 20000元（GBP 2000）
入围奖: 10名

学校制服设计 
一等奖: 1名 奖金 RMB 20000元（GBP 2000）
入围奖: 10名

详情请点击链接访问竞赛网站 http://www.wedesigngroup.com/competition

* 建筑类由于学校项目进度的安排，只有3月10号以前提交参赛方案才可以被列为可能采用的实施方案。所有提交的方案会保密至4月6日一起评奖。3月10号前提交的作者可以在4月6日前修改方案再提交，使用同一编号。