Skidmore, Owings & Merrill were recently named the winner of an international design competition to expand the Beijing Central Business District (CBD). Seven teams of the world’s leading urban planners, urban designers and architects were invited to participate, including Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects and Foster + Partners.
Thirst created an eight-minute video, narrated in Mandarin, to outline the SOM Vision to a captivated competition committee. Results came quick — SOM was declared the unianimous winner after only 48 hours.
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Rick Valicenti, John Pobojewski, Bud Rodecker, and film editor Charlie Smith worked together to bring this video to life.
Philip Enquist, FAIA, Partner-in-Charge of Urban Design and Planning for SOM, led the effort. His comments:
From: Philip Enquist
Date: September 26, 2009 11:53:01 AM CDT
Subject: Re: The SOM Vision 092609Rick
Your contribution is wonderful and quite “healing”.
You make it seem so effortless.Thanks. Phil
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