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Megalopolis X Shenzhen Super Headquarter by QUAD Studio Receives the Golden A' Design Award in Futuristic Design
The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes QUAD Studio for futuristic design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Megalopolis X Shenzhen Super Headquarter by QUAD Studio has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Futuristic Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Golden A' Design Award Means
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
More About Megalopolis X Shenzhen Super Headquarter
Megalopolis X will be the new center in the heart of the greater bay area, close to the border between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. The master plan integrates architecture with pedestrian networks, parks and public spaces. Above and below ground transportation networks are being planned by maximizing connectivity in the city. A below ground sustainable infrastructure network will provide systems for district cooling and automatic waste treatment in a seamless manner. The aim is to establish a creative master plan framework of how cities will be designed in the future.
About QUAD Studio
QUAD studio is a group of architects, designers, and thinkers operating within the field of architecture, urbanism, interior design, landscape design, product design, research and development. QUAD studio believes there is a resurgence of the Renaissance where people want more from architects than just architecture. People are in search of a holistic design narrative that allows designers to blur the lines between different design disciplines, the Collective Polymath. Innovation also comes from cutting edge technology. QUAD studio is a lab for exploration, a place to experiment different design possibilities, artists are invited to share and bounce their innovative ideas.
Award Record
With this recognition, QUAD Studio is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2019 - 2020 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Futuristic Design Award
The A' Futuristic Design Award is an international futuristic design competition recognizing cutting-edge futuristic design concepts from designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to futuristic designers, futuristic brands, futuristic architects and concept product designers from all countries. Typical entries include conceptual architectures, advanced robotics, innovative transportation systems, futuristic fashion designs, progressive furniture pieces and next-gen electronic gadgets. The awarded futuristic designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/futuristic
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://desingers.org/98037
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/98037
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!98037
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/262544
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://bit.ly/390J0C2
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Megalopolis X Shenzhen Super Headquarter
- Function
- Shenzhen Super Headquarter
- Category
- Futuristic Design
- Discipline
- Design Strategy
- Industry
- Innovation and Design Industry
- Colors
- Lavender, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Light Steel Blue and Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- QUAD Studio
- Country
- Hong Kong (China)
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #98037
Credits
- Team
- Wai Tang, Kelvin Chu, Peter Scott, Eric Wen, Landy Liu and Jason Loo
- Image Credits
- Image #1, SAN, 2018 Image #2, Silkroad Image #3, Silkroad Image #4, SAN, 2018 Image #5, SAN, 2018 Video Credits: Silkroad, QUAD
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The incorporation of technological advances and a framework of a city of the future go beyond the design of mega towers that may dominate a city skyline. Rather, it encapsulates from the start a diversified Eco belt covering the full width across an east-west axis, around which a central park defines its depth. The design also anticipates the use of future technologies by creating as much public space above ground as possible, whilst incorporating a supportive utility infrastructure below ground to service the entire city.
- Inspiration
- Megalopolis X is located on the southern edges of Shenzhen between Shenzhen Bay and Futian. Looking at Shenzhen as city in isolation, the base covers all regions of Shenzhen in a shape of a semi circle. Looking at a bigger picture in the context of Hong Kong and Shenzhen as a whole, the base is in the centre of two cities, and in this perspective, it changes its context. By 2047, Shenzhen and Hong Kong will be one single megalopolis.
- Research
- Automated living has become a part of everyday lives, the need to look into the future to see what kind of infrastructure designer can put in place to cater for the latest technology of today whilst allowing for the designs of tomorrow. District Cooling – Highly efficiently district wide chilled water. Centralized Waste Collection – Underground automatic waste conveyancing. Waste to Energy System – State of the art waste gasification. Logistic Delivery and Collection – Underground centralized autonomous delivery services. Underground Common Services Corridor.
- Challenge
- Imagine a city based on cutting edge technology, futuristic in nature fused with contemporary arts for a city of creative polymaths for the year 2050? The challenge was to not simply create a hub for Shenzhen, yet a heart for the Greater Bay Area. A place where people from around the world would come to marvel at the next generation of future cities, a place where QUAD rethink the future designing the architecture and urban realms for creative communities to develop a platform for all to lead the way towards creation. Megalopolis X will be a catalyst becoming the brain of the Greater Bay Area.
- Realization and Technology
- From the masterplan QUAD identified 9 key districts that coalesce to form Megalopolis X. Those center on the main axis of the future city reinforcing the connective infrastructure and central nodes. Each district has its own character interweaving to form places for creativity, and the transfer of knowledge & ideas crucial to innovation. Multi-level green spines complete with lush vegetation, walking paths, and public realms create a connection to nature where recreational facilities fuse together with art and culture to form one continuous landscape for the people of Shenzhen.
- Operation and Interaction
- People working and living in Megalopolis X will be able to walk to all parts of the city. It entails creating a permeable multilevel pedestrian linkage from below ground to upper deck that blends together with landscape, art and cafes, public spaces, and key transport nodes. In turn, the multilevel pedestrian realm links public spaces allowing people to gather and interact, promoting social encounters and knowledge sharing. An environment that changes the way people live and work inside the future city whilst defining and forming different ideas of different districts within the city.
- Project Duration and Location
- Megalopolis X was created in response to the Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarter Base architectural ideas competition hosted by the city of Shenzhen. The consortium that made up the project team consisted of QUAD Studio Hong Kong, Atelier 10 Singapore, and MVA Hong Kong. QUAD were one of 15 creative international design teams invited to take on the task over the 3 month competition period.
- Specifications
- Spanning 120 hectares Megalopolis X is located on the southern edges of Shenzhen between Shenzhen Bay and Futian. If one look at Shenzhen in isolation the area connects the city along a semi-circle. But, if one look in the context of Hong Kong and Shenzhen as a whole, it becomes the centre of the two cities linking together to become one single Mega city. With 5.5 million square meters of gross floor area Megalopolis X would support over 200,000 people, connected to the larger Mega city and Greater Bay Area through a series of railway lines, road networks, and public transport interchanges.
- Keywords
- Shenzhen, Shenzhen Bay, Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarter Base, Megalopolis X, Masterplan, Master planning, MLP, Architectural Competition
