Gaetan Siew ( Chair)
Mauritius
Former President of the UIA Ambassador of the Republic of Mauritius to the People’s Republic of China.
UIA-Endorsed
YONG DING CHANG'AN PAVILION PROJECT COMPETITION FOR YOUNG ARCHITECTS
An international open call for young architects to design a 200 m² urban pavilion within a 42,000 m² linear waterfront landscape along the Yongding River, approximately 350 meters south of the New Shougang Bridge in Shijingshan District, Beijing.
2029 Beijing World Congress of Architects
PILOT PROJECT
Free
Entry Fee
August 9th 2026
Launch Date
Competition Background
A Pilot Project of UIA World Congress of Architects the 30th
Beijing will host the 30th UIA World Congress of Architects in 2029. Endorsed by the International Union of Architects (UIA), organized by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Planning and Natural Resources, co-organized by the Beijing Institute of Architects, with the Architectural Society of China as advisory institution.
The site lies approximately 350 metres south of the New Shougang Bridge, within the Yongding River corridor and adjacent to Shougang Park and the Winter Olympic legacy landscape. Participants are asked to design an urban pavilion that serves as both a public resting place and a showcase for the 2029 Congress.
The brief encompasses architecture, interior design, landscape integration, ecological resilience, heritage activation, low-carbon reversible construction, and micro-intervention strategies within the linear waterfront context.
- Heritage ActivationTime-space folding and heritage revitalization
- Waterfront EcologyWaterfront symbiosis and public vitality
- Low-carbon DesignEcological resilience and low-carbon development
- Micro-interventionMicro-intervention and whole-life-cycle design
Competition Brief & Resource Package
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Prizes & Commission Intent
Total prize money: €65,000.
1st Prize
Awarded to 1 recipient
€35,000
and a certificate
2nd Prize
Awarded to 1 recipient
€20,000
and a certificate
3rd Prize
Awarded to 1 recipient
€10,000
and a certificate
Honourable Mention
The jury may also decide to allocate honourable mentions to proposals of particular merit. Honourable mentions will not carry a monetary prize.
The first-prize winning design proposal and its team shall be granted the commission for further detailed design and implementation refinement of the 200-square-meter individual building, which is defined as a reversable experimental project. The wide-area landscape improvement project covering the surrounding area of 42,000 square meters will be launched separately in accordance with the actual construction schedule. If the landscape improvement project will use or is to be constructed based on the winning scheme, the winning design team will be contacted separately for follow-up cooperation negotiations.
Schedule
Key Dates
Key dates for the competition cycle.
All competition-related timelines follow GMT+2.
1
Announcement
June 30th, 2026
2
Launch date
August 9th, 2026
3
Questions
August 9th to September 9th 8:00 GMT+2, 2026
4
Publication of answers
September 16th, 2026
5
Deadline for registration and submission of entries
November 16th, 2026, 18:00 GMT+2
6
Jury meeting and decision
November 2026
7
Result announcement
November 2026
YONG DING CHANG'AN PAVILION
International Jury
Charles Waldheim
United States
AIA, ASLA (Hon.), FAAR John E. Irving Professor of Landscape Architecture Harvard Graduate School of Design
Cui Kai
China
Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering Chief Architect of China Architecture Design &Research Group Co., Ltd.(CADG)
Luis Romahn
Mexico
CEO of World Urban Parks President and Founder of Parques de México Founder of the National Association of Parks and Recreation of Mexico
Marianna Rentzou
Greece
Co-Founder of POINT SUPREME ARCHITECTS Jury Member of UIA BCN26 Catalysts of Resilience international single-stage ideas competition
Alternate Jury member: Dong Gong ( China) ,Founder and Design Principal, Vector Architects
Alternate Jury member: Anssi Lassila（Finland）,Founder and Director of OOPEAA Office for Peripheral. Architecture
Technical Consultant: Ye Yiqian ( China) , Executive Chief Architect, BIAD
Professional Advisor: Zhu Xuechen ( China), Deputy Chief Architect, BIAD
Ready to Participate?
Open to young architects worldwide. Individual entries and multidisciplinary teams are welcome. Free registration.