National Treasure Artist

Chapter 155 An Unknown Design Competition (Subscribe)

After New Year's Eve, time flies by.

It was the eighth day of the first lunar month, the day when Gongtong was going back to the capital.

In the waiting hall of Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, Gong Tong was browsing the International Architects Forum on his mobile phone, and Pinellia leaned on his shoulder beside him, his eyes were a little sleepy.

"How long?"

Ban Xia yawned and said softly.

"It's still early, you can sleep later."

Gongtong patted Banxia's head lightly, and said in a low voice.

Ban Xia nodded, and gradually fell asleep again, at this moment, in the news that passed by in the architect forum, Gong Tong seemed to find something that interested him, and even faintly evoked a certain part of the memory in his mind .

This architect forum is not only a forum for designers to chat and gossip, but also the most cutting-edge news in the industry, the holding of design competitions, project bidding and so on.

What attracted Davidia involucrata was a competition notice on the design competition page.

Gongtong clicked on the page and silently read the specific information and requirements of the competition.

"The competition commission issued by Prime Minister Cahill of New South Wales, Australia?"

"The building site is located at Benilang Headland, Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, Australia."

"opera?"

This competition has been going on for about a year from the time of release, which is about the same time as when Davidia Davidson participated in the bidding for the Louvre project.

But compared with the world-renowned Louvre, which attracted dozens of masters to compete, the design competition announced by the Prime Minister of New South Wales, Australia is much shabby.

After all, no well-known designer would pay attention to such a little-known competition without big investment and high prize money.

Gongtong only took a cursory glance and found that as of now, there are more than [-] designers from all over the world participating.

It's just that the highest-ranked designers among them are just a few emerging designers, and the rest of the designers are not even on the list, even if they are not very well-known in the corresponding countries.

"The stipulation of the entry is that there must be a hall that can accommodate 3000 people and a small hall that can accommodate 1200 people."

Gong Tong continued to look at the request, frowning slightly, as if thinking: "The two halls should be designed for different purposes, including opera, symphony and choral concerts, large-scale conferences, lectures, ballet performances and other speeches. .”

"Design for an opera house in Sydney, Australia."

Whispering softly, a certain image of another world faintly appeared in his mind.

Continue to read the news in the competition notice.

In the back, there are a few photos of Benilan Cape.

It is a small peninsula, surrounded by the sea on three sides, with the city's botanical garden and government buildings facing each other in the west.

There is an old tram depot on the peninsula, which is planned to be demolished before construction of the opera house.

Enlarge the photo and look at it carefully for a long time.

Gongtong's body trembled suddenly, and he finally determined that this competition was actually connected with a great building in another world!
Some say the building is a white sail that rides the wind to sea, others say it is an unfurled Baker.
It is the soul of a city, the pride of a country, and the representative of a continent. Its appearance makes a city famous all over the world!

No matter what words are used to praise it, it is not an exaggeration.

In a way, its influence is even greater than the glass pyramid in front of the Louvre!
Davidia Davidson's breathing became a little short, and information about the opera house in another world kept appearing in her mind.

The reason he didn't recognize it at first was because the building was too splendid for anyone to associate it with an underappreciated competition.

And the city of Sydney in that world was known to the world early because of the opera house, but the city of Sydney in this world is just one of the capitals of many continents in Australia!
"what happened?"

The movement of Davidia involucrata woke up Banxia who was leaning against him, Banxia rubbed her eyes, looked at his mobile phone, and asked.

"It's nothing, I saw a news about the competition."

Davidia involucrata responded.

"What competition excites you so much?"

Banxia looked at the page on Davidia involucrata’s mobile phone, and thought that this project might be a big project for ordinary designers, but it should be very different for Davidia involucrata, who presided over the project of the Grand Louvre and announced the five points of the new building. An eye-catching little project.

She looked at Davidia Davidson with some doubts.

"Don't underestimate it, it will shock the world."

Gongtong didn't explain much, just said softly.

As soon as his voice fell, the boarding announcement in the airport began to broadcast.

"Let's go, it's time to board the plane."

Soon, the flight to Beijing took off.

At this time, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, which Gongtong mentioned earlier, there were some complaints among the judges of the opera house design competition.

At the conference table, the Finnish designer Elo Saarinen, who chaired the jury, was asking:
"Is there a new plan sent?"

"Mr. Salinin, these are all plans."

Someone at the conference table answered quickly.

"As I said last time, an invitation is extended to the remaining emerging designers. Has anyone responded?"

Saarinen was silent, he paused and asked again.

"Sir, except for those few, the rest of the designers declined us."

The answer was a young man in a suit, he hesitated to speak.

"Rodney, do you have anything to say?"

Sa Lining nodded to show that he knew, he frowned, and then asked the young man.

"Sir, with all due respect, our competition this time is far from being qualified to attract famous designers, whether it is prize money or attention."

"In fact, it has exceeded our expectations to have a few emerging designers to deliver their proposals."

After Rodney's words fell, the atmosphere in the jury suddenly sank.

This was a major factor of annoyance to the jury, who were so powerless that even the prize money they could offer to the winner of the competition was only £[-].

Even the last designer on the up-and-coming list charges far more than that.

Sa Lining was silent for a long time, then looked up at the judges, and said in a deep voice:
"The deadline for the competition is running out."

"But the most suitable plan has not yet emerged. Now we start to re-screen and score from one class of plans."

"If there is no new solution that can replace it before the deadline, then the one with the highest score will win."

After the words fell, more than a dozen judges started to act together.

Sa Lining, a Finnish designer who presided over the jury, stood up from the conference table. He sighed and felt a little unwilling, but there was nothing he could do.

He has also made great efforts, knowing that it is absolutely impossible to attract contributions from first-time hall-level designers. He and the jury screened out many up-and-coming designers who have no plans in the near future, and tried to invite them.

But even among these people, only a few people at the bottom of the ranking agreed, but judging from the plans they sent, it was obvious that they didn't care too much.

"It would be great if a master could deliver a world-renowned plan."

Sa Lining was a little imaginative.

If this is the case, maybe he, the designer who presides over the jury, can use this to leave his name in the history books.

"Forget it, let's go and screen the submitted proposals again. I hope there are excellent works that I missed."

Sa Lining let out a chuckle and shook his head.

(End of this chapter)