The results were announced at the Award Ceremony on November 14, 2014 with the awards presented by Mr Paul Chan, Secretary for Development and Head Juror of the Competition. The competition is a two-stage international ideas competition open for qualified overseas and local planners, urban designers, architects, engineers, landscape architects and surveyors. Entries submitted in Stage 1 were shortlisted for further development in Stage 2. Two of HKU MUD’s teams were amongst the four shortlisted teams for the final entry and one of the teams won the Grand Winning Entry, the first prize.
The Grand Winning Entry, Healthy Lift Off, is from the team that is consisted of Md Masudul Islam (Team Leader), Chen Ziyi, Li Jiayi, Li Ling Pei, Natalia Echeverri (Teaching Staff), Wang Yali, and Wu Yi Fei. The Jury considered that the Winning Entry will give the former airport a unique identity, connecting it with the neighbourhood while innovatively keeping the water clean using natural wetland and tidal flushing.
