“Q-Village · Gangtou” International Young Designer Competition
Конкурс собирает идеи по развитию традиционной китайской деревни Гантоу, которая как и многие другие поселения страдает от нехватки рабочих мест, необходимой инфраструктуры, утечки населения. Нужно, не влияя на самобытность этого места, вдохнуть новую жизнь в его старинные постройки, наделив их необходимыми для процветания деревни функциями.
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In rural renovation and development, more thoughts and opportunities should be given to the continuation of local culture and history. Nowadays, with an increasing desire to return to rural life and relieve homesickness, the most appealing topic for all sectors of the society is to activate the original rural spaces with combined design and innovation efforts in view of villages, villagers and traditional village crafts as an organic whole, so as to identify the source of vitality to invigorate the rural area from the inside out. In the meantime, among the nationwide rural revitalization efforts, the most positive way to preserve rural culture is to gradually integrate the aboriginal cultures with the new ones for further refinement, and realize thorough transformation of the rural area through culture and creativity.
In this context, Gangtou Village in Huadu District, Guangzhou, which features unique regional characteristics and huge development potentials, is selected as the site for this Competition. The Competition intends to solicit creative spatial renovation and trade mix proposals from domestic and international young architects, teachers and students as well as interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary practitioners aged below 40 (inclusive), who have been engaged in architecture or related disciplines. Participants are encouraged to choose a location for their own research within the given site area. The design proposal may be implemented upon approval from the local government.
Just like many other traditional villages, Gangtou Village is also faced with challenges such as underdeveloped industries, resources in urgent need of development and serious population drain. To address these challenges, this Competition will take “Q-Village • Gangtou” as the theme, center around enhancing the fun features of rural built spaces on the principle of minimal demolition and re-construction, and renovate traditional buildings to accommodate compatible functions and trades.
Participants are required to take local Lingnan culture as the starting point, and implant their design into the original village in the most humble way, so as to revive the village with the power of design, find the lost cultural memories in the continuation of rural life and aesthetics, and rebuild the self-confidence of rural culture.
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