The 8th International Conference on Urban and Landscape Architecture: “U+L New Thinking”
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“POETIC-YUANJING” National Concept Design Competition for University Students
（Initial Announcement）
Sponsors：
·School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
·Landscape Architecture Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council
·Chinese Landscape Architecture Journal
Co-organizer：
·Hubei Poetic Landscape Design and Engineering, LLC
·YangmingCultural Garden in China
·Wuhan Yuanjing Planning & Design Co., Ltd
·New Architecture Journal
Conference Theme: Landscape Architecture from the Perspective of Healthy China
The construction of human settlements in China is facing many problems, such as resource destruction, natural disasters, urban agglomeration, population aging, and so on, which have threaten the health of human and human living environment."Implementing the healthy China strategy, improving the national health policy, and providing the people with a full range of full cycle health services" is one of the important contents of the nineteen major reports of China. Healthy China has become a major development strategy in China,promoting the health of human beings and their environment is one of the important objectives of human settlements construction.Landscape architecture andurban and rural planning as an important way of human settlements construction will play a major role in the construction of "healthy China".
Therefore, how to think about the planning and design of landscape architecture from the perspective of healthy China? How can landscape architecture, urban and rural planning and architecture consider the healthy living environment? We need more attention, but also need your strong support.
1. Conference Topics
1) Education
Health education system of Landscape Architecture、Health education curriculum for landscape architecture, health education of landscape architecture and urban and rural planning, health education of landscape architecture andgarden, health education of landscape architecture and environmental art, the health education of landscape architecture and the design of urban and rural areas.
2) Theory
Recreational space health, Ecological space health, Natural space health, Heritage space health, Urban and rural space health, Urban and rural landscape health, Social space health, Suitable space health, Behavioral and psychological health, Landscape infrastructure health, Resilience landscape, Conservation oriented garden, Rain water recycling, Low impact development, Ecology Repair, City repair.
3) Practice
Health oriented Landscape architecture planning and design, Urban &rural planning and design, and Architectural design.
2. Organizing Committee
Chairman: Huang Yaping (黄亚平)
Members: Wan Min (万敏), WangWeihua(王伟华), Rang Yumin (让余敏),Liu Binyi(刘滨谊), LiBaofeng (李保峰), Li Xiaofeng(李晓峰), Li Jingqi(李景奇), JinHexian (金荷仙),Zhang Qihe (张其鹤), Tan Gangyi(谭刚毅), Cai Xinyuan(蔡新元),XiongHeping (熊和平), Dai Fei (戴菲), Dong Hexuan(董贺轩)
3. Conference Schedule and Venue
1) Schedule
9th November 2018, Registration;10th-11th November 2018, Conference
2) Venue
Huazhong University of Science and Technology (1037 Luoyu Rd., Wuhan, Hubei Province) (湖北省武汉市武昌珞瑜路1037号)
4. Call for Papers
1) Paper requirements
All papers must be unpublished and not against the copyright. Authors shall not have academic misconduct.
All papers and worksshould not be submitted to other conferences or competitionsat the same time.
All papers must be sent to the specified email address: UL082018@163.com
Please write the paper according to the theme and the topic of the conference. The writing requirements of the thesis are shown in Appendix 1.
2) Full paper submission deadline: 10th October 2018
3) Notification of paper acceptance: 15th October 2018
4) Publication of selected papers: Selected papers will be published in the conference proceedings and some excellent papers may be published in Chinese Landscape Architecture or New Architecture.
5. Design Competition
1) Competition Theme: Urban & rural health planning and design based on Landscape Architecture
2) Competitors
Students in related disciplines (landscape architecture, urban planning, architecture, landscape design, and art design) in China (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). Senior undergraduate students, postgraduate students, and doctoral students are all welcome.
3) Competition requirements
l Individual or group participation, with no more than 3 members in a group. Each student can only submit one piece of work. Each work can have 1~2 guidance teacher,and no more than 2 teachers can participate in the guidance of the work.
l All contents must be original, andshall not contain any violations of intellectual property rights of the third party. In case of infringement, the organizer shall not bear any joint and several liabilities.
4) Work requirements
l Self-selected design background and site, no limits on presentation format.
l Two sheets of A1 paper (594x841mm), no mounting.
l Name and address of authors (including email address) should be seal up non-transparent on the lower right corner on the back of the A1 sheets.
l Hard copy and digital copy of work (CDs) should be mailed to the sponsors.
l Digital files should be uploaded within the specified timeto: UL082018@163.com, Sharpness 300 DPI.
5) Competition awards
l Awards:
First class (1 recipient)
Second class (3 recipients)
Third class (6 recipients)
Excellent work (10 recipients)
l Prize:
First class 10000 RMB
Second class 5000 RMB
Third class 2000 RMB
Excellent work 800 RMB
l If awarded, works may be published in the Wechat public account of Chinese Landscape Architecture or New Architecture. All winning works will be officially published in the conference proceedings.
6) Submission deadline
The design work should be submitted no later than 2th November 2018, to the email address of UL082018@163.com. A1 hard copy of the design work should also be mailed to the postal address provided below no later than 4th November 2016 (as shown in the local postmark).
6. Registration Fee
Do not charge any fees. The transportation expenses, accommodation expenses and other fees should be paid by participants themselves.
7. Contacts
Address: 1037 Luoyu Rd. Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430074
Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
(430074，湖北.武汉市洪山区珞喻路1037号.华中科技大学建筑与城市规划学院景观学系)
Enquiries and contacts: Mr. SongMinglei (宋明磊)Mr. DongHexuan (董贺轩)
Tel：(+86) 027-87543156 (+86) 17771839513(+86) 13707136982
Email：UL082018@163.com
Appendix I
Paper Submission Requirementsof the 8th International Conference on Urban and Landscape Architecture: “U+L New Thinking”
1. Manuscript should be submittedin the format of Word documents (word2003), 6000 words or so is appropriate (including image and chart), The theme should be clear and the argument should be novel and reliable with succinct and readable language.
2. Manuscript writing structure order: Title in Chinese and English(within 20 words), abstract in Chinese and English(Please write in the third person, 200 words or so, independent statement), keywords in Chineseand English(3-5 words), the main body and references. (The serial number of the reference should be marked in the article. Papers sponsoredby all kinds of fund projects, such as National, provincial and ministerial level key research projects or key research projects should be indicated the project number in the manuscript).
3. Serial number of the first-level title in the main body should be 1, the second-level title should be 1.1, the third-leveltitle should be 1.1.1, all serial number call to write the left grid. People names, place names, scientific names, formulas, symbols relatedin the paper should be verified correct. Foreign language letters, straight or italic, case, superscript or subscript etc. should be clearly marked. Measurement units, symbols, numeral use and terminology shall adopt the corresponding national standards. Plant species or varieties should be marked accurately the scientific Latin name.
4.Contributing authors need to provide personal information, including name, birth date, gender, nationality, highest degree, titles or positions, discipline or the research direction, current work unit, city, zip code, e-mail, contact phone number. Please indicate the order, if there are more than two authors.Please note, and indicate the communication author e-mail if there is a communication author. The number of authors should be no more than 3 people.
5. Requirements of the pictures or photos of the article:
1) The picture needs to be clear and the color needs to be saturated, size is no less than 15cm*20cm, electronic file resolution should not be less than 300dpi.
2) Photos should be shoot with the digital SLR camera, the long side shall not be less than 3 500 pixels, resolution should not be less than 300 dpi, the size of single picture should be less than 5M, photo should be compressed by RAR and zip file compression software, the number should be consistent with the figure number in the paper.
3) Ensure to use the latest publication of the map of China if it is necessary.
