HKS Wins ICONIC AWARD 2023 for Chongqing Luneng City Phase III
Global design firm HKS has won an ICONIC AWARD 2023: Innovative Architecture for concept in urban planning for Chongqing Luneng City Phase III in Chongqing, China.
Annually awarded by the German Design Council, the ICONIC AWARDS: Innovative Architecture celebrate a variety of design work, and winners exemplify the interplay of design disciplines and factors such as social compatibility, accessibility, sustainability and overall concept.
The award is decided by a jury of professionals from the architecture, interior design, design and brand communications fields. This year’s jury included Ben Van Berkel (UNStudio, Amsterdam), Fabian Peters (BAUMEISTER, Munich), Virginia Lung (One Plus Partnership, Hong Kong), Lone Wiggers (C. F. Møller Architects, Aarhus) and Wei Wu (gmp International GmbH).
“This prestigious international design award recognizes HKS’ creative design solution for an extremely complicated project site,” said Bin Cao, Managing Director of East Asia at HKS.
“This prestigious international design award recognizes HKS’ creative design solution for an extremely complicated project site.”
Set for completion in 2025, Chongqing Luneng Phase III will be a 410,000-square-meter (4,413,200-square-foot) mixed-use, transit-oriented development over three city blocks in the heart of Chongqing. The project uses a multi-first level elevation system to connect each of the development’s three blocks by a streamlined shopping route, as the site has a 27-meter (89-foot) height difference across 520 meters (1,700 feet).
The project will be built over two subway lines and a bus terminal and is next to Chongqing’s expansive Central Park, seamlessly establishing itself as a complementary consumer destination to the park and connecting the development to more of the city by transit.
“The design team not only displayed their amazing skill and knowledge in efficiently integrating the public transit system into a large-scale development program,” Cao said. “But also in creating a vibrant place with trendy retail and lifestyle options, making it one of the most popular commercial centers in the city.”
