2021年10月，深圳大學(xué)粵港澳大灣區(qū)創(chuàng)新設(shè)計(jì)實(shí)驗(yàn)室（中文縮寫“大灣區(qū)實(shí)驗(yàn)室”，英文縮寫"GBA Lab"）正式成立。實(shí)驗(yàn)室是專注于粵港澳大灣區(qū)及全球城市化前沿問題的空間研究與設(shè)計(jì)機(jī)構(gòu)，由深圳大學(xué)建筑與城市規(guī)劃學(xué)院特聘教授、博士生導(dǎo)師劉珩博士創(chuàng)建并擔(dān)任實(shí)驗(yàn)室主任、學(xué)術(shù)主持。實(shí)驗(yàn)室通過跨界跨學(xué)科的合作及以設(shè)計(jì)為導(dǎo)向的研究，結(jié)合實(shí)驗(yàn)性的設(shè)計(jì)實(shí)踐、教學(xué)、展覽、出版和學(xué)術(shù)論壇等多種形式，探索回應(yīng)前沿問題的空間創(chuàng)新及多種可能的解決途徑，旨在成為驅(qū)動建筑學(xué)可持續(xù)發(fā)展的引擎。

粵港澳大灣區(qū)包括香港特別行政區(qū)、澳門特別行政區(qū)和廣東省廣州市、深圳市、珠海市等在內(nèi)的珠三角九市，是目前全球發(fā)展最快、經(jīng)濟(jì)最發(fā)達(dá)和空間密度最高的地區(qū)之一?！痘浉郯拇鬄硡^(qū)發(fā)展規(guī)劃綱要》明確了大灣區(qū)的戰(zhàn)略定位，即充滿活力的世界級城市群、具有全球影響力的國際科技創(chuàng)新中心、“一帶一路”建設(shè)的重要支撐、內(nèi)地與港澳深度合作示范區(qū)、宜居宜業(yè)宜游的優(yōu)質(zhì)生活圈。

與此同時，經(jīng)過了四十年史無前例的快速城市化歷程，大灣區(qū)很快進(jìn)入了存量發(fā)展的階段，城市空間面臨新的挑戰(zhàn)。一方面，地域文化、基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施、空間發(fā)展與城市生活品質(zhì)的關(guān)系需要被重新審視；另一方面，住房擁擠、交通堵塞、水源短缺、空氣污染、土地緊張及環(huán)境持續(xù)惡化等典型城市問題也日益加重?；貞?yīng)這些挑戰(zhàn)和問題、面對未來空間發(fā)展的不確定性和復(fù)雜性，成為大灣區(qū)實(shí)驗(yàn)室設(shè)計(jì)創(chuàng)新的出發(fā)點(diǎn)。

城市在快速高效發(fā)展中產(chǎn)生的困局具有獨(dú)特性和典型性，也具有全球性和普遍性。以深圳和粵港澳大灣區(qū)為范式來對這些城市問題進(jìn)行研究和解答，有全球性的借鑒意義。大灣區(qū)創(chuàng)新設(shè)計(jì)實(shí)驗(yàn)室的成立具有重要的戰(zhàn)略意義：它是城市的智庫，是先鋒設(shè)計(jì)實(shí)踐的孵化器，也是國際學(xué)術(shù)交流的平臺。實(shí)驗(yàn)室主任劉珩認(rèn)為，“跨界、整合和創(chuàng)新”是大灣區(qū)實(shí)驗(yàn)室的關(guān)鍵詞和特色，而“淡定、生猛和務(wù)實(shí)”是平臺的態(tài)度和個性；實(shí)驗(yàn)室將扎實(shí)而真誠地持續(xù)推動研究設(shè)計(jì)方法論的實(shí)踐和落地，助力塑造可持續(xù)、人性化、多元活力的城市環(huán)境。

2021年12月10日下午，深圳大學(xué)粵港澳大灣區(qū)創(chuàng)新設(shè)計(jì)實(shí)驗(yàn)室啟動儀式暨「三角四方」青年建筑師馬拉松論壇于深圳大學(xué)本原講堂召開。論壇由深圳大學(xué)建筑與城市規(guī)劃學(xué)院及粵港澳大灣區(qū)創(chuàng)新設(shè)計(jì)實(shí)驗(yàn)室聯(lián)合主辦，本原設(shè)計(jì)研究中心協(xié)辦。在實(shí)驗(yàn)室主任、學(xué)術(shù)主持劉珩教授策劃和召集下，粵港澳大灣區(qū)27位青年建筑師展開了一場密集緊湊的馬拉松演講和對談，通過對未來城市和建筑問題的探討，回應(yīng)十個當(dāng)下我們所面臨的問題，共同預(yù)言和想象未來的人居環(huán)境。

In October 2021, The Greater Bay Area Innovation Design Lab (The GBA Lab) of Shenzhen University is officially established. Founded by Dr. Doreen Heng LIU, director/academic chair of the GBA Lab and distinguished professor/doctorial supervisor at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning of Shenzhen University, the lab is a pioneer in spatial research and design for the current GBA and for global urbanization.The GBA Lab explores spatial innovation and the multiple possible solutions that are responses to front-line issues through cross-boundary and interdisciplinary approaches with design-oriented research methodology,combining experimental design practices, teaching, exhibitions, publications, and academic conferences. It aims to become an engine that powers the sustainable development of architecture.

The Greater Bay Area consists of Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR, and nine cities of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong Province, namely Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan,Jiangmen, and Zhaoqing. Formed during different stages of history, this distinctive and diverse city cluster is currently one of the fastest growing, most economically developed, and spatially densest regions in the world. The “Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area” clearly defines the five strategic positioning qualities of the Greater Bay Area, which are: a vibrant world-class city cluster, a global technology and innovation hub, a giant pivot of Belt and Road (B&R), a showcase for in-depth cooperation between the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, and a quality living circle for living, working and traveling.

At the same time, after forty years of unprecedented rapid urbanization, the Greater Bay Area is inevitably entering the stage of stock development and facing new challenges regarding urban space. On the one hand, the relationship between regional culture, infrastructure, spatial development, and urban living quality needs to be re-examined, while on the other hand, overcrowded housing, traffic congestion, water shortages,air pollution, land constraints, and environmental degradation, which are universal problems in global cities,have also become core issues of regional concern. The response to these challenges and to the uncertainty and complexity of future spatial development has become the starting point for the design innovations at the GBA Lab.

The predicament produced through rapid and efficient urbanization is not only unique and typical, but also global and universal. Using Shenzhen as a paradigm to study and address these urban problems is not only relevant to Chinese cities, but to other countries too. The establishment of the GBA Lab is of great strategic importance: it is a think tank for the city, an incubator for pioneering practices, and also a platform for international academic exchanges. Professor Doreen Heng LIU, director and academic chair of the GBA Lab, believes that “interdisciplinary, integraty and innovation” are the keywords and characteristics of the Lab,while “calm, vigorous and pragmatic” are the attitude and personality of the platform. GBA Lab will continue to promote the practice and implementation of research and design methodology in a steady and genuine manner, and foster the shape of sustainable, humane, diverse and dynamic future cities.

On December 10th, 2021, the Greater Bay Area Innovation Design Lab Launching Ceremony and the “Delta Four” Emerging Architects Marathon was held in the Benyuan Design Research Center Auditorium, Shenzhen University. The forum was organized by the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shenzhen University,with the Greater Bay Area Innovation Design Lab and the Benyuan Design Research Center. Professor Doreen Heng LIU convened 27 emerging architects from different cities in the Greater Bay Area and held an intensive marathon of speech and dialogue. The architects responded ten current issues we need to face through discussions on urbanism and architecture, and imagined possibilities of future living environment.