Future Cities China

Future Cities ChinaA Sustainable Development Student Design Competition

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Sponsor

Reference: “Preparing for China's urban billion” February 2009, The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI)

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Infrastructure

the Interface

People

our Planet

Prof. Dr. Liu Baocheng Director of the Center for International Business Ethics in Beijing

“Sustainable development is a conflict of priorities between generations”

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Announcing China Future Cities • National Student Design Competition• Teams of 4.

– 3 Students from multi-disciplines• Architects• Engineers• City Planners

– 1 Mentor (Professor or Professional)• All working on a REAL LIVE problem

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CIBE.

• CIBE is a non-profit consulting firm in the Business Ethics– High level board (top

European executives)

• http://www.cibe.org.cn/CIBE/index.htm

Dynamic City.

• The Dynamic City Foundation is an architecture & international research firm (10 people)

• Operates government sponsored Design Competition for Architects in China

• Author of a 800 pages book:"THE CHINESE DREAM – a society under construction“

Role is to provide the competition material• Concept, Problematic, • Competition Material Drawings,

pictures …

http://www.dynamiccity.org/

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CIBE Corporate Social Responsibility program University Partners

Sustainable CitiesGreen Cities, what are the imperatives

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Imperatives:Advanced Architecture Design

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Imperatives:3D GISPlanning

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Imperatives:EngineeringInfrastructure

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The problem statement (example)

• Sustainable development

• Development for Caofeidian Eco-city. 

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Teams

• UP to 3studentsGraduates or under graduatesPoints added if there is diversity amongst

disciplines• Architecture, • City Planning, • Engineering

• One Mentor (Academic or Professional)

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First Price for Students /winning

• One month internship • 3 students• At Bentley Systems (high tech software)

– Philadelphia, PA, USA• Travel paid• Housing and expenses paid in the US

Second and third price: internship in China with Bentley Systems

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Prices for Mentors

• If the mentor is a Professor– A high end laptop PC will be offered– Free subscription to the Bentley Academic

program for a class for 5 years

• If the mentor is a Professional– A high end laptop PC will be offered – Free subscription for 5 years to the one of

Bentley’s Practitionner’s Passport software solutions for 5 colleagues in the same site.

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Future Cities is also a network:

• City & state governments• Co-sponsors• Professors• Renown Architects & Engineers• International Universities

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China Future Cities Partners