Recently, the finals of the 4th National Competition for College Students in Industrialized Building and Intelligent Construction (NCCS-IBIC) were held at Zhejiang University. The “Dongliang Jinghua” team, advised by Professor Huang Yong from the School of Civil Engineering in Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), secured the First Prize (ranking No. 1 in the competition track), marking HIT’s second consecutive win this award.

The team comprised undergraduate students Yang Sheng, Xie Zhiqiang, Zhang Jinbo, Li Yuanfang, Zhang Zhuo, Liu Xinqi, Pu Keqiang, and Luo Yunsong from the School of Civil Engineering; doctoral student Xu Yitong from the School of Architecture and Design; and doctoral student Zhang Weiqi from the School of Electrical Engineering and Automation. Using BIMBase software and its suite of supporting plugins, the team successfully developed a model of Gangxia North Station, a major urban rail transit hub in Shenzhen.

As the first hub of urban rail transit express line, Gangxia North Station integrates three-dimensional traffic organization and underground-to-aboveground spatial strategy. Taking “The Eye of Shenzhen” as the theme, and using the central skylight as the focal point and the Fermat spiral as the generative motif, the team created a both unified and visually striking interior space, imbuing it with inclusive and international cultural connotations. The architectural space primarily comprises four components: three underground levels (B1, B2, and B3), and an intermediate-level urban pedestrian loop corridor. The model was divided into three disciplines: architecture, structure, and MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing), which were modeled concurrently and then organically integrated into a unified model. For the finals, the team submitted a physical prototype fabricated using 3D printing technology.

Organized under the guidance of the Architectural Society of China (ASC), the NCCS-IBIC is co-hosted by the Industrialized Building Academic Committee of ASC, Southeast University, Zhejiang University, and China Academy of Building Research Co., Ltd., and executed by Zhejiang University and Beijing Glory Software Co., Ltd.

The theme of this year’s competition is “Synergistic Development of Intelligent Construction and New-Type Industrialized Building” and aims to advance the construction industry toward informatization, industrialization, green development, and intelligentization. It encompasses multiple disciplinary areas, including architecture, structural engineering, HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), plumbing and drainage, electrical engineering, construction management, automation, the Internet of Things (IoT), and artificial intelligence (AI) and features three tracks: “Green and Low-Carbon Buildings & Planning, Design, and Application”, “Industrialized Intelligent Structural Design and Application” and “End-to-End Intelligent Construction Design and Application”.

Since its launch, the competition attracted over 3,500 faculty and students from more than 200 universities and over 300 teams nationwide, including Zhejiang University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Southeast University, Dalian University of Technology, Chang’an University, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, and Zhengzhou University. After rigorous review, 56 teams advanced to the finals. This competition provides a practical platform for faculty and students at higher education institutions to foster interdisciplinary integration, cross-domain knowledge synthesis and innovative application.