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UN-HABITAT 2018 International Urban Design Student Competition

Urban Heritage & Transformation: Wuhan, China

UN-HABITAT 2018 International Urban Design Student Competition

UN-Habitat in collaboration with the Wuhan Land Use and Spatial Planning Research Centre (WLSP) is looking for creative and innovative urban design ideas from students for a vacant waterfront site in inner-city Wuhan, China. The competition is part of the UN-Habitat – WLSP programme “People Orientated Urban Public Spaces” and covers the following key themes:

  • ・Improving and innovating urban public spaces
  • ・Revitalization of waterfront spaces
  • ・Revalorizing industrial heritage
  • ・Socially inclusive and compact inner-city centers
  • ・Creating new tourism destinations

UN-HABITAT 2018 International Urban Design Student Competition

Students from around the world are invited to participate in this competition. Please download the documents below for more information.

On 11 December 2018, the laureates and finalists were awarded in Wuhan, at Wuhan Placemaking Week 2018. With the publication of the jury report, the competition is now concluded.


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