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Students Affiliated with GCI Win International Award
Congratulations to the four Urban Planning & Public Affairs graduate students Jieun Kim,
Marcela Lopez, Meng Sun, and Yochai Eisenberg who won third prize for the “Glamorous Guangxi
2007” International Student Competition for a Conceptual Urban Design of the City of
Dongxing, China. Two of the students are affiliated with GCI: Yochai Eisenberg, a 2006-2007
Research Assistant at GCI, and Meng Sun, a current GCI Research Assistant.
The collaboration between Professor Tingwei Zhang, the Asian and China Research Center at the
Great Cities Institute and the Guangxi Planning Department opened up an opportunity to take part
in this exciting competition organized by the China Architecture Academy, the China Urban Planning
Academy and the Guangxi Construction Department.
The purpose of the competition was to bring in students’ unbounded ideas for three medium-sized
towns in the Guangxi Province attempting to make the transition from an agricultural economy to
a nationally and globally competitive city: Pingxiang, Dongxing and Wuming. Students were required
to choose one of three cities and present creative ideas about urban structure, urban design
of core areas, and architectural design of landmark buildings. The competition organizing committee
received 128 design projects from over 50 colleges in 8 countries, including China, USA, Germany,
France, UK, Canada and Malaysia.
The design concept of the UPP team for the city of Dongxing was the Hybrid City. This idea reflects
the fact that the city of Dongxing presents a unique mixture of cultural and economic opportunities
and challenges as a border city between China and Vietnam. Hence, it is well positioned to become
the trade and cultural hub of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries. In this
context, the project proposed hybrid land uses and design features -- adaptive uses that encompass
the city’s economic growth potential and cultural tradition.
The student group would like to give special thanks to Professor Tingwei Zhang for the information
and support provided and to the Urban Data Visualization Center for supporting the team in printing
of the final panels.
Students’ Profiles:
Ji-Eun Kim: B.A. Architecture YeongNam University (Korea); M.A. in Urban Design, Seoul
National University (Korea); Ph.D. candidate, UIC CUPPA (Concentration: Community Development).
Research Interests: Comparative social mixing housing policy.
L. Marcela Lopez Mares: B.A. Architecture, UASLP (Mexico); MA in Urbanism, Geneva
University (Switzerland); Ph.D. candidate, UIC CUPPA (Concentration: Community Development).
Research interests: Civil participation in urban planning.
Meng Sung: B.A. Architecture, Tsinghua University (China); MS in Architecture and Urbanism,
TUDelft (Netherlands); Ph.D. candidate, UIC CUPPA (Concentration: Physical Planning and International
Development). Research interests: Globalization and tourist cities.
Yochai Eisenberg: B.A. Geography, UW Madison. MUPP candidate, UIC CUPPA (Concentration:
Physical/Environmental Planning). Research interests: Industrial Ecology and Urban Ecosystems
The award winning design panels:
General overview (click link to open in new page)
Land use and tourism maps
Hybrid urban design
Agro hub district (Click link to open in new page)
The official announcement of the award is available at
http://www.gxcic.net/ghsjjs/jsjg.asp
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