Nanhai Pearl Artificial Island Haikou Bay, Hainan Architecture Competition, Southern China Design Contest
Nanhai Pearl Artificial Island, Haikou Bay
Holiday Beach Development in Hainan, Southern China design by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, NYC, USA
31 Aug 2016
South Sea Pearl on Hainan Island
Design: Diller Scofidio + Renfro, New York City
Location: South Sea Pearl, Hainan, China
Architecture Competition Winners
Diller Scofidio + Renfro Wins Chinese ‘eco-island’ Design Contest
New York architects studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro have won the South Sea Pearl architectural contest to design an eco-friendly tourist destination on an artificial island in Haikou Bay in Hainan, China.
The design office beat nine other architecture practices, including Foster + Partners and UNStudio.
Nanhai Pearl Artificial Island (Chinese: 南海明珠人工岛) is an artificial island under construction off the coast of Holiday Beach in Haikou Bay, Haikou, Hainan, China.
The island is being developed and is owned by HNA Group. As of April 2016, it consists of a roughly circular body of land with a bridge providing access to and from the shore. It will ultimately become a visitor attraction with hotels.
The crescent-shaped island is 250 hectares in size and located off the coast of Hainan, China, a larger island in the South China Sea with a population of 9 million.
The design competition for the master plan and central buildings on a man-made island in Haikou Bay, China, is run by HNA Group.
The island, called the South Sea Pearl (and Nanhai Pearl Artificial Island), will be an eco-tourism hub with housing, a cruise ship port, a yacht harbor, hotels, resorts, a theme park, and more.
Design by Foster + Partners:
HNA Group is the owner of several other properties in the area and across China, including the supertall skyscraper Haikou Tower due to be completed in 2020. They also own Hainan Airlines, the fourth largest airline in China.
According to ArchDaily, Vincente Guallart was selected to create a strategic vision for the island. Guallart told ArchDaily the goal was to “achieve a new urban development based on ecological principles.”
Design by UNStudio:
The ten architecture studios that competed to design the island were:
Foster + Partners, London
Morphosis Architects, Los Angeles
Office of Architecture, Barcelona
Diller Scofidio + Renfro, New York
Iroje Architects & Planners, Seoul
UNStudio, Seoul / Netherlands
KuiperCompagnons, Rotterdam
The Jerde Partnership, Los Angeles
CCDI, Beijing
Boston International Design Group, Boston
Construction is expected to begin in 2017 with completion in 2027.
Location: Haikou Bay, Hainan Island, China
Hainan Island Architecture Designs
Baubeginn Haikou Tower South Building
Design: HENN architects
image © HENN
Resort in Hongtong Bay Hainan Island
Design: M CO Design
image from architect
Sanya Eyot Development in Hainan
Design: Benoy architects
image from architect
Haikou City Building
Design: Zhouxiang / CANNONDESIGN / Sha
image from architect
Sanya Super Market Hainan Island
Design: NL Architects
image from architects
Fishing Culture Centre & Museums, Hainan
Design: Office for Architectural Culture (OAC)
picture from architects
Bike Pavilion, Hainan Province
Design: NL Architects
Sanya Block 5, Hainan Province
Design: NL Architects
pictures from architects
Website: Diller Scofidio + Renfro Architects
Chinese Architecture – Latest Designs
China Southern Airport City, Guangzhou
Design: Woods Bagot
China Southern Airport City Guangzhou
Bank of Chéngdu Headquarters
Design: Nikken Sekkei
Bank of Chéngdu Headquarters
Changzhou Culture Center Building, southern China
Design: gmp · Architects
CITIC Headquarters Tower, Hangzhou
Design: Foster + Partners
CITIC Headquarters Building China
China World Trade Tower, Beijing
Design: Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM)
China World Trade Tower
Website: Nanhai Pearl Artificial Island Hainan
Comments / photos for the Nanhai Pearl Artificial Island, Haikou Bay design by Diller Scofidio + Renfro Architects, NY, page welcome
Website: Haikou Bay