This competition adopts fully digital online submission; no hard-copy printed documents are required. Submit 1 A0 vertical exhibition board (JPG, 300 dpi) and an A4 design description. Strict anonymity applies: only the anonymous registration code may appear at designated positions. Entries submitted after the deadline or violating anonymity requirements will be excluded.

Open to young architects worldwide. Authors or team leaders must have the right to use the title of architect in their country of origin or residence. All participants must have been born on or after 05/10/1986. Judges, professional consultants, and competition organisation staff and their affiliated institutions may not participate. Each participant may only join one team and submit one entry.

The jury evaluates entries based on the following criteria, listed in no particular order of priority or importance: Innovation (a new spatial benchmark for small-scale public buildings); Relevance to Local Context (managing the relationship with the surrounding complex landscape); Function and Experience (user-friendly service features and engaging spatial experience); Sustainability (effective application of green technologies); Feasibility (reasonable structure and cost with potential for realisation by the 2029 UIA Beijing congress). The jury may expand and detail criteria during evaluation.

Entries undergo preliminary examination for timeliness, formal compliance, and completeness before presentation to the jury. Decisions are made by majority vote; the chair holds a casting vote in the event of a tie. Jury decisions are sovereign, irrevocable, and unappealable. Proceedings are not public. The Jury Report documenting the evaluation process, rationale, ranking, and recommendations will be published on the competition website.

The Contracting Authority, Organizer, and UIA have the right to use, store, reproduce, display, print, publish, and distribute submitted projects for communicating, promoting, exhibiting, and researching the competition. The names of authors will always be mentioned. Competitors and the organiser may not publish submitted entries before results are announced.

All submitted proposals will be showcased online on the competition website. Winning works and finalist entries will be exhibited publicly in Beijing in 2026. Representatives of winning teams will be invited to attend the 30th UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 and related forums. As entries are submitted digitally, electronic materials will be retained and archived; they will not be returned. Non-awarded entry documents will be properly disposed of after the specified time limit.

By submitting an entry, participants accept all competition conditions and jury decisions. Priority is given to amicable resolution of any discrepancy or claim. If negotiation fails, all claims and disputes shall be governed by the laws of the People's Republic of China and submitted to the Beijing Arbitration Commission for arbitration. The arbitration shall be final and binding on both parties.