The annual Shenzhen International Turnkey Home Exhibition will be held at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Centre from 20 August to 23. The New Zealand Chinese Building Industry Association is honoured to be one of the exhibition's official international partners.
New Zealand's Minister for Building and Construction Jenny Salesa, Auckland Mayor Phil Goff, and New Zealand Chinese Building Industry Association president Frank Xu will deliver guest addresses by video at the opening ceremony.
As the most successful trade exhibition in China's turnkey housing industry, the Shenzhen International Turnkey Home Exhibition has aimed to lead new trends in the housing sector since its launch in 2016. It seeks more solutions to contemporary housing challenges, more pioneering approaches to modern community planning and delivery, more advanced integrated solutions for modern prefabrication technologies, and more professional operating models across the entire turnkey housing supply chain.
This year's exhibition, which opens soon, is expected to draw more than 200,000 visits from industry professionals to Shenzhen.
Exhibition highlights not to miss
This Turnkey Home international exhibition, spans halls 1 and 3, covering 40000 square metres. Its 5 main content areas form a comprehensive showcase of contemporary living and future housing that combines foresight with practical delivery, integrating the housing supply chain horizontally while connecting the theory, design, technology and services behind fully finished and fully fitted homes vertically.
A focus on the entire supply chain, from fully finished to fully fitted homes
The exhibition extends its supply chain coverage beyond construction, interiors, components and furnishings into the post-completion market. Its focus expands from industrialised solutions for fully finished homes to social issues, ways of living and new trends in the industry.
Exploring 'N possibilities for living'
Sadao Tsuchiya, director of Japan's Urban Life Research Institute, leads an impressive line-up of 28 teams of Japanese architects and 7 Chinese architects in a joint exploration of 'N possibilities for living'.
The exhibition will present all 35 sets of models of established projects covering ageing-friendly living, sharing, compact spaces, food, energy, rural communities, redevelopment, public spaces, tourism, work and parametric design. Drawing on architects' expertise, they look ahead to present and future ways of living, offering further inspiration and ideas for residential design.
Exploring urban living and putting community planning into practice
1 architectural planning and design practice, 9 interior fit-out design firms and 41 fit-out component delivery organisations have jointly created 9 show homes with different themes, ranging from 29 to 185 square metres. Together, they have also built a 'future community' that integrates neighbourhood life, education, health, entrepreneurship, architecture, transport, low-carbon living, services and governance.
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A 24-hour challenge to reach new heights in prefabricated steel-frame home construction
Within 24 hours at the exhibition, teams will complete prefabricated construction of the building structure and interior systems, including integrated ceilings, timber flooring, internal partitions, complete bathrooms, balcony doors and windows, storage components, wiring and appliances, as well as arranging all movable furniture and soft furnishings. Japanese housing expert Sadao Tsuchiya will personally lead the on-site construction of this fully prefabricated, fully finished home. Several renowned companies from China and overseas will combine their expertise, with hundreds of industry workers collaborating to 'challenge the impossible': building a liveable home on an empty site in 24 hours.
Free lectures on the core principles of housing for a new era
The International Turnkey Housing Industry Forum (Ideas Exchange) will bring together more than 100 industry leaders over 3 days. Focusing on what design, technology and craftsmanship can enable, they will provide a comprehensive account of industry trends and solutions, from the principles of fully finished housing and post-completion market operations to new home fit-out technologies. Dozens of leading brands in individual product categories for bulk property procurement will showcase new products, technologies and solutions to the wider industry.
New Zealand's first satellite venue
The New Zealand satellite event for the Shenzhen International Turnkey Home Exhibition was originally scheduled for 22 August at the Park City Valley conference centre in Auckland. Hosted by the New Zealand Chinese Building Industry Association, it was co-organised by Argus Engineering, the exclusive New Zealand distributor for Germany's Bravat, YIJU New Zealand and 3A Events, with title sponsorship from Germany's Bravat and Midea Group. Supporting organisations included EMA (the Employers and Manufacturers Association), NZCTA (the New Zealand China Trade Association), the New Zealand Guangdong Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese Culture and Education Foundation. The event was to bring together professionals from New Zealand's construction, design and other fields to share ideas and experience, connect interactively with the main venue in Shenzhen, and discuss how the world's latest home design trends and technologies could be applied to New Zealand housing.
Although the satellite event has had to be postponed because Auckland is under Alert Level Three restrictions due to COVID-19 (a new date will be announced separately), the pandemic cannot stand in the way of sincere cooperation between China and New Zealand.
Through repeated discussions and coordination, industry colleagues in both countries have drawn on their collaborative spirit to continue the exhibition partnership through new formats, including online seminars and pre-recorded video.
Experts gather for the China–New Zealand forum
The China–New Zealand forum, originally scheduled for a live link on 22 August, was changed to a recorded format and successfully held on 17 August. The recording will be screened at the main venue in Shenzhen.
Experts from both countries met online to discuss two main themes: 'Your vision of future living and future communities' and 'Challenges in implementing and developing prefabricated construction, proposed responses, and the new technologies or techniques that can advance prefabricated construction in exceptional times'.
The meeting was chaired by Frank Xu, president of the New Zealand Chinese Building Industry Association. Participating experts from both countries included:
- Mr Guan Yongkang — chief planner of the Shenzhen International Turnkey Home Exhibition and director of the Shenzhen Furniture Association's Residential Fit-out Research Institute
- Mr Yu Weiwei — secretary-general of the Liveable China Alliance for Housing Industrialisation and Green Development
- Ms Guo Wanyi — chair of Bravat Germany (Asia-Pacific)
- Leuschke Group Architects Founding director / chief architect — Colin Leuschke
- Paul Brown Architects Founding director / chief architect — Paul Brown
- Rhys Crabb — head of solution architecture, Asia-Pacific, Honeywell Building Technologies
(Leuschke and Paul Brown are New Zealand's top-ranked and second-ranked residential architecture practices respectively, while Fortune Global 500 company Honeywell has spent many years developing its expertise in building technology and intelligent systems.)
