Project summary:
Sustainable planning for a rural community (Beijing, China) intelligently addresses the more efficient use of precious land by gradually lifting quality of life and living density, improving the living conditions for rural families as a harmonious and balanced response to urban development, and reducing the ecological footprint by improved resource management and use of renewable energy sources.
Hand-over presentation to the winners of the global Holcim Awards Bronze prize 2009 (l-r): Li Yeqing, CEO of Huaxin Cement; Tom Clough, Member of the Executive Committee of Holcim Ltd; Rolf Soiron, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Holcim Ltd; and Zhang Yue, Associate Professor, Deputy Chair of Urban Planning Department, Tsinghua University Architecture School.
 read update - prize hand-over in Beijing, June 19, 2009
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 | Jury appraisal
Download an excerpt of the Global Holcim Awards jury report
 read jury appraisal (PDF, 19 KB)
Global Holcim Awards jury (from right):
Charles Correa (Head, India), Hans-Rudolf Schalcher (Switzerland), Saskia Sassen (USA), Peter Head (UK), Rolf Soiron (Switzerland); not pictured: Enrique Norten (Mexico/USA). |
Yue Zhang, winner of the Global Holcim Awards Bronze 2009.
Full list of project team members:
Project coordinators
- Zhang Yue, Associate Professor, Deputy Chair of Urban Planning Department, Tsinghua University Architecture School, China
- Ni Feng, Senior Engineer, Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning
Project team members
- Sun Lingbo, Academic, Tsinghua University Architecture School, China
- Zhang Jingjing, Graduate Students, Tsinghua University Architecture School, China
- Lu Xiaohe, Graduate Students, Tsinghua University Architecture School, China
- Li Rongxin, Graduate Students, Tsinghua University Architecture School, China
- Peng Weizhou, Graduate Students, Tsinghua University Architecture School, China
- Wei Kailin, Graduate Students, Tsinghua University Architecture School, China
- Yang Weidong, Deputy Director, Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning-Shunyi Branch
- Zhao Jianjie, Section Chief, Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning-Shunyi Branch
- Wang Hailong, Staff Member, Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning-Shunyi Branch
- Zhang Yunlong, Staff Member, Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning-Shunyi Branch
- Liu Jie Achitect, Beijing Institute of Architectural Design, China
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Sustainable planning for a rural community, Beijing, China
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| Video statements |  | Members of the Global Holcim Awards jury discuss the jury process and need to pursue sustainability.
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| Project posters |  | Each finalist presented their project to the jury on a series of seven posters.
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| "2nd Holcim Awards - Sustainable Construction 2008/2009" |  | Essay on the Global Holcim Awards Bronze project
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