I. Project Name
International Competition for Architectural Design of International Finance Forum (IFF) Permanent Conference Site
Project No. 0852-1961GZ02CL05
II. Project Context
The Project lies at the Pearl River estuary in the heart of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (the Greater Bay Area), the fourth largest bay area in the world. Located in Pearl Bay, Nansha District, Guangzhou, it is intended as a landmark building for world-class conferences held in the Greater Bay Area.
Nansha covers an area of 803 square kilometers, with a superb geographical advantage. It embraces all 11 cities and 5 international airports of the Greater Bay Area within 100-km-radius, and is 38 and 41 nautical miles away from Hong Kong and Macau respectively. Nansha is committed to ushering in further reform and opening-up, and enjoys many favorable national policies including the Belt & Road Initiative, the Greater Bay Area, a state-level new zone, a free trade zone, and a zone with proprietary innovation.
The Pearl Bay Area, relying on its natural strengths of "Influx of Five Waterways, Three Rivers and Six Banks, Adjoining Mountains and Rivers, Gateway of the South China Sea", is committed to becoming "a smart city in Lingnan and an attractive presence of the South China Sea" benchmarking advanced international and domestic cities.
