TUANBO AI FUTURE URBAN DESIGN COMPETITION (TIANJIN, CHINA)


With the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, AI has already become the core driving force of global technological competition. On a global scale, AI technology is fully penetrating and propelling urban development. AI empowerment not only enhances the efficiency of traditional industries, but also provides innovative solutions for improvement of urban governance, public services and quality of life. AI is redefining the form of future cities.
Located in Jinghai District, Tianjin Tuanbo Health City is a pivotal node in the development of southern Tianjin. It is also an emerging functional leading area along the Tianjin-Xiong’an corridor. The 9,487-mu plot project in the eastern area of Tuanbo Health City is located in the Tuanbo North Dagang Wetland and Baiyangdian Wetland, which are well known as the “twin kidneys” of ecological security in North China and have natural ecological environmental advantages.
In the historic wave of AI-driven urban transformation, the traditional models of new city development is unsustainable. A critical challenge for future cities is how to establish a new paradigm of urban innovation ecosystems. Standing at the forefront of the AI technology revolution in 2025, the Tuanbo AI Future City Design Competition focuses on the future urban construction of the 9,487-mu plot in the eastern area of Tuanbo Health City. It is soliciting creative planning and design proposals from the world to explore new paths for the integration of urban planning systems and cutting-edge AI technology systems, and drawing a new spatial and futuristic blueprint for AI-powered cities.


Registration deadline
August 15, 2025

Submission deadline
September 15, 2025

THEME OF THE COMPETITION AND INTERPRETATION

AI Future City Balancing Technology and Humanity

The competition, themed “AI Future City Balancing Technology and Humanity”, takes the 9,487-mu plot in the eastern area of Tianjin Tuanbo Health City as its base. It calls for submissions from the designers in urban planning, architectural design, landscape design and other fields, teachers and students in related disciplines from colleges and universities, both domestically and internationally. The competition encourages joint creation with interdisciplinary practitioners and institutions in humanities, art, technology and other fields, and collects AI future urban spatial solutions that combine technology and humanities.


Organization

Guided by:

AI Future Cities Industry Branch of Chinese Society for Urban Studies

Zhongguancun Intelligent Terminal OS Alliance (ZOSA)

Beijing Frontier International Institute of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Professional Committee of China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (CASME)


Organizers:

Tianjin Urban Planning Society

The People's Government of Tuanbo Town, Jinghai District, Tianjin Municipal‌

Tianjin Bohai State-owned Capital Investment Corporation Ltd.

Urban Regeneration (Beijing) Holding Group


Co-organizers:

Tianjin Shengda Asset Management Corporation Ltd.

CBC Urban Regeneration Research Institute


Academic Support:

Urban Science and Computing Research Center, Tsinghua University

School of Design and Practice, Shanghai Jiao Tong University  

School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University 

School of Architecture, Tianjin University 

Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Beijing Forestry University

School of Architecture, Nanjing Tech University 

Beijing Institute of Urban Protection and Renewal, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture 

Institute of Urban and Sustainable Development, City University of Macau 

Urban and Transportation Development Institute (Low-Altitude Economy Planning Research Center), Tianjin Urban Planning & Design Institute Co., Ltd.


Strategic Cooperation Media:


China Real Estate Finance Magazine

Construction Times

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