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(From left to right) The opening remark of the GBA Urban Design Awards 2020 by Mr Joel Chan (Immediate Past President of the HKIUD); Ms Guo Jian-hua (Director of Department of Educational, Scientific & Technological Affairs, The Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR); Mr Liu Chun-san, JP (Under Secretary for Development of the HKSAR Government); Mr Donald CHOI (President of The HKIUD); Ms Yuen Choi-fong (Jersey, Assistant Head of Create Hong Kong of the HKSAR Government); and Mr Benny Chan (Vice President (Local Affairs) of the HKIUD)
Organised by the Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design (HKIUD) with the support of other founding member institutes of the Greater Bay Area Urban Designer Alliance and the support of Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (the HKSAR Government) as the Lead Sponsor, the Greater Bay Area (GBA) Urban Design Awards 2020 was successfully launched with the awardees unveiled last year.
To further commend the awardees, the GBA Urban Design Awards 2020 held the Awards Presentation Ceremony cum Roving Exhibition Opening on 7 August at the City Gallery in Hong Kong and Nansha District in Guangzhou concurrently in a hybrid format; while the Roving Exhibition in Hong Kong is held from 7-25 August 2021 at the City Gallery in Hong Kong.
In the Hong Kong venue, President of the HKIUD Mr Donald Choi, congratulated on the project’s success and expressed his gratitude towards the Organising Committee from the HKIUD and the Alliance members from Macau, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai for their continuous support and contribution that made the first biennial professional and academic urban design award scheme for the Greater Bay Area a great success with over 190 submissions received. He added that, by exploring the excellent mega projects that help develop a responsive urban system for the Greater Bay Area, the GBA Urban Design Awards could effectively uplift the region’s urban design standard from both professional and academic perspectives.
The GBA Urban Design Awards 2020 received over 190 entries of urban design projects in the Greater Bay Area that were nominated by the members of the five Founding Member Institutes of the Greater Bay Urban Designer Alliance and their recommended professional institutes. The first edition of the GBA Urban Design Awards, divided into the Professional Category and the Student Category, awarded a total of 64 projects which were selected after rigorous adjudication by a jury panel formed by renowned urban design academia and practitioners.
The Greater Bay Area Urban Designer Alliance
With the mission of elevation of urban design standard and improvement of the livability of the cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Greater Bay Area), The Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design, CURB Center for Architecture and Urbanism – Macau, Guangzhou Urban Planning Association, Urban Planning Society of Shenzhen, and Zhuhai Planning Exploration and Design Industry Association established the Greater Bay Area Urban Designer Alliance in June 2020. The Alliance provides a professional platform for promotion of collaboration among urban design professionals, including urban designers, architects, landscape designers, town planners and engineers, as well as urban design practices and organisations in the Greater Bay Area and subsequently establishes the professional recognition for urban design practitioners in the Greater Bay Area.
The Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design (HKIUD)
The Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design (HKIUD) was established in June 2010 as a professional institute that aims to promote urban design through discussion, education, accreditation, research and practice. The HKIUD advocates a strategic city vision together with a more progressive urban design policy and regulatory framework, enabling Hong Kong to build on its strengths to become a more pedestrian friendly, transit oriented, sustainable and livable city.
Lead Sponsor of the HKIUD Greater Bay Area Urban Design Week
Create Hong Kong
Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) is a dedicated agency set up by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in June 2009. It is under the Communications and Creative Industries Branch of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau and dedicated to spearheading the development of creative industries in Hong Kong. Its strategic foci are nurturing talent and facilitating start-ups, exploring markets, and promoting Hong Kong as Asia’s creative capital and fostering a creative atmosphere in the community. CreateHK sponsors the HKIUD Greater Bay Area Urban Design Week, among other projects, to promote Hong Kong’s creative industries.
Built Project
GRAND AWARD
| Project Name | Company/Organisation Name |
| Greenway of Ringroad, Longhua District – Make connection between human and nature | LAY-OUT Planning Consultants Co. Ltd; Shenzhen Hope Design Co., Ltd.; China Nerin Engineering Co., Ltd. |
| Urban Design for the Central Area of Dongguan Eco-Industrial Park | China Academy of Urban Planning & Design Shenzhen; Dongguan Eco-Industrial Park Management Committee |
MERIT AWARD
| Project Name | Company/Organisation Name |
| Cattle Depot Art Park | Architectural Services Department of the HKSAR Government |
| The Ecological Restoration of Migratory Birds Habitat within Mangrove Area Futian Shenzhen | Shenzhen Wenke Landscape Crop., Ltd. |
| Poly GISE Plot 140 | Shenzhen L&A Design Holding Limited |
| Shenzhen Yantian 19.5km Waterfront Boardwalk Reconstruction | eLandscript Limited; LAY-OUT Planning Consultants Co. Ltd; CCCC Water Transportation Consultants Co., Ltd |
| Dasha River Ecological Corridor (Shenzhen) | AECOM Asia Company Limited |
| Comprehensive plan of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone | Urban Planning & Design Institute of Shenzhen; China Academy of Urban Planning & Design; Shenzhen Urban Transport Planning Center; China Development Institute, Shenzhen Institute of Building Research Co.,Ltd.; Shenzhen Research Institute of Environment |
Urban Intervention
GRAND AWARD
| Project Name | Company/Organisation Name |
| Jingkou Revive! | Atelier Alternative Architecture; Dr.Zhang Yuxing; Urban Planning & Design Institute of Shenzhen; NODE Architecture & Urbanism |
MERIT AWARD
| Project Name | Company/Organisation Name |
| Xiangmi Park Science Library | MLA+ B.V.; Open Fabric; Shenzhen Institute of Building Research Co., Ltd. |
| Green Cloud | ZHUBO- AAO |
| Retrofit of “Canopy of Light” Guangzhou East Railway Station | Architectural Design & Research Institute of SCUT Co., Ltd. |
| ‘This Place in Time’ – A Public Heritage Plaza at HSBC | URBIS Limited; One Space Limited |
Plan/Concept
GRAND AWARD
| Project Name | Company/Organisation Name |
| Cuiwei Village Urban Regeneration Project | Zhuhai Architectural Design Institute
|
| Urban Design for the Coastal Area of Shenshan Special Cooperation Zone | MLA+ B.V.,; OKRA landschapsarchitecten B.V.; Shenzhen Institute of Building Research Co., Ltd. |
MERIT AWARD
| Project Name | Company/Organisation Name |
| Kai Tak Nullah, HKSAR | SED Landscape Architects Ltd. |
| Detailed Planning of Xiaomeisha Coastal Zone | MLA+ B.V.; Colliers International (Hong Kong) Limited; Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl |
| Shajing Blueway
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Shenzhen Hope Design Co., Ltd.; MLA+ B.V.; Powerchina Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited |
| Lung Tsun Stone Bridge Preservation Corridor | Architectural Services Department of the HKSAR Government |
GOLD AWARD
| Name of the Entry | Student Name | Name of University |
| New Brand of Hong Kong – City Images Practice | LIU Moxin | The University of Hong Kong |
| Alluvial Shoreline -The Retrofit of Sediment Action Between Industry and Fishery | HE Jia Lei
|
The University of Hong Kong
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SILVER AWARD
| Name of the Entry | Student Name | Name of University |
| Too long a Captive in a cage, regaining to return to nature – Rethinking the paradigm of life behind the epidemic | ZHANG Ling; LU Xiaohan; YAN Yan; DIAO Junyao | Shenzhen University |
