Neo Delhi – Rethinking Connaught place ’19 : India

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提交日期：2019年8月25日
注册日期：2019年8月15日
语言：英语
地点：印度新德里
奖项：请参阅以下详细信息
类型：开放型

印度首都新德里是最大的民主国家权力所在地。自公元前6世纪以来，特别是在中世纪时期到上个世纪，这座城市经历了多次被占领、拆除和重建的过程。如今的新德里拥有庞大的建筑群，是新兴的大城市。新德里作为印度政治首都的历史非常久远，今天我们所看到这座城市的样子与上个世纪人们预想的未来大相径庭。

被称为“CP”的康诺特广场实际上形成了新德里市中心。作为印度的商业中心或CBD，它一直在不断发展，并成为当地全年最吸引游客的地方，是最具活力的娱乐和机构空间之一。 CP慢慢成为许多活动的中心——如社交（马戏团、活动等），政治（集会、游行、路演等），文化（庆祝活动、节日等），经济（工作场所、商业）等，并且CP的可达性非常高（所有国家高速公路都经过CP）。


挑战：

这个位于城市中心同时也是印度最大的市场。在保留建筑立面的同时，居民/租户/店主不断改造着其结构。市场一直在努力跟上信息时代，提供许多数字服务/设施来吸引更多人的注意。这使康诺特广场持续发展并反映出它与当今需求的兼容性。

这展示了新德里的一个重要特性，即变革之城。

另一方面，因为其租户擅自改造建筑导致建筑结构支撑出现问题，以及租户使用违规，建筑结构已经开始崩溃。市场管理人员每天必须进行一系列维护，确保市场仍处于良好状态。但内部结构毁坏严重，无法确保其使用者100％的安全。作为CBD，它缺乏性能/创新/增长/可扩展性，对这个地方的发展造成了影响。但它的历史和怀旧之情使得人们无法想像会以何种方式改变其现有形象。

在这样一个存在主义的问题下，下个世纪的康诺特广场将何去何从？


场地：

如今的康诺特广场是一个以殖民建筑风格建造的公共市场。该建筑呈两个同心圆。七条道路连接外圈和内圈。外圈拥有酒店、商店、餐馆。中间圈有银行、交易所、办公室和其他公司。内圈拥有各种商店、餐馆和娱乐场所，中心有一个巨大的公园。康诺特广场现在不仅仅只是新德里人民的市场。

本次康诺特广场更新设计竞赛位于新德里的康诺特广场。


评审团：即将公布。


时间安排：

竞赛发布日期：2019年3月15日

预注册截止日期：2019年5月15日。
学生20美元，专业人士30美元，机构75美元

提前注册截止日期：2019年6月30日。
学生30美元，专业人士50美元，机构125美元

正式注册日期：2019年8月15日。
学生40美元，专业人士70美元，机构200美元

提交截止日期：2019年8月25日
公众投票开始日期：2019年8月26日
公众投票结束日期：2019年9月26日
结果公告日期：2019年10月6日


奖项：

奖励价值共4000美元
一等奖：1500美元（适用于学生和专业人士）
二等奖：800美元（适用于学生和专业人士）
人气奖：450美元（学生组最热门的项目获胜）
人气奖：450美元（专业组最热门的项目获胜）
荣誉提名x 2（学生）：每人200美元
荣誉提明x 2（专业人士）：每人200美元

竞赛网站：https://competitions.uni.xyz/neo-delhi

Submission: August 25, 2019
Registration: August 15, 2019
Language: English
Location: New Delhi, India
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Open

New Delhi (/ˈdɛli/, Hindi pronunciation: [dɪlliː] Dilli), the capital of India – is the seat of power of the largest democracy. This city has been continuously inhabited since the 6th century BC. It has been occupied, demolished and re-written several times, particularly during the medieval period till the last century. This region is now a host of sprawling built masses and various emerging megacities. The history of Delhi as the political capital of the country has been highly dynamic. And the way the city looks today was much much different from its projected future in the last century.
Connaught Place, fondly called “CP”, practically forms the City Centre of Delhi. Conceived as a commerce hub or CBD by the British it has been constantly growing and becoming one of the most vibrant recreational and institutional space attracting local, regional and international visitors throughout the year. CP then slowly became a hub of many things – Social (Circus, Events, Protests, etc.), Political (Rallies, Parades, Road Shows, etc.), Cultural (Celebrations, Festivals, etc.), Economic (Workplaces, Business Centers, etc.) and Accessibility (With all the national highways passing through CP).

Challenge:
The sprawling circular market was the largest of its kind in India. The structures have been continuously transformed by the inhabitants/tenants/shop owners while keeping the external skin same. The market has been consistently trying to keep up with the information age by providing many digital services/facilities to keep people hooked. This has kept CP relevant reflecting its compatibility to the needs of today.
This exhibits one of the key properties of New Delhi, being the city of change.
On the flipside, the structure already has started to crumble because of losing strength and usage violations by its tenants. A series of maintenance activities have to be done every day to make sure the market is still in shape. But the insides are decaying considerably making it impossible to ensure 100% safety of its occupants. Being the CBD, it’s lack of performance/innovation/growth/scalability is also hindering the primary purpose of the place. But its heritage ties and nostalgia make it impossible to even think of a different outcome that will change its existing image in any manner.
How would the next century of this place be, under such an existential question?

Site:
Connaught Place, today is popular as a public market which is built in Colonial style architecture. The building forms two concentric circles. Seven roads connect the outer circle and inner circle. The outer circle holds hotels, shops, restaurants. The middle circle has banks, exchange houses, offices and other corporates. Inner circle hosts various shops, eateries and entertainment spaces, with a gigantic park in the center. CP now is much much more than a market to the people of New Delhi.
The site for Neo DelhiUC is located in Connaught Place, New Delhi

Judges:
To be announced.

Timeline:
Launch March 15, 2019
Advance Registration closes: May 15, 2019.
20$ Students, 30$ Professionals, 75$ Institutional Access
Early Registration closes: June 30, 2019.
30$ Students, 50$ Professionals, 125$ Institutional Access
Standard Registration: August 15, 2019.
40$ Students, 70$ Professionals, 200$ Institutional Access
Submission Deadline: August 25, 2019
Public Voting begins: August 26, 2019
Public Voting ends: September 26, 2019
Result Announcement: October 06, 2019

Prizes:
Prize pool of worth 4000$
First Prize: 1500$ (For students and professionals)
Runner up: 800$ (For students and professionals)
People’s Choice: 450$ (For students – Most appreciated project wins this)
People’s Choice: 450$ (For Professionals – Most appreciated project wins this)
Honorable mention x 2 (Students): 200$ Each
Honorable mention x 2 (Professionals): 200$ Each

competition’s website: https://competitions.uni.xyz/neo-delhi