The Concrete Dragon: Chinas Urban Revolution and What it Means for the World

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    The stories surrounding the revamping of Beijing in preparation for the Olympics beat your favourite soap opera on the dramas and suspense front. Allow this favorite library to be seen by others Keep this favorite library private. John Triggered Previous Quakes 67 comments. Please choose whether or not you want other users to be able to see on your profile that this library is a favorite of yours. Once Shanghai's party leaders had agreed in on Pudong, across the Huangpu River from the original city, as the location of a new metropolis, an international design contest quickly followed to ensure that the massive development attracted global attention and investment. These were in addition to a series of new tunnels. Grim economic news from China:

    Your reading intentions are also stored in your profile for future reference. To set a reading intention, click through to any list item, and look for the panel on the left hand side:. China's urban revolution and what it means for the world Chapter eight: Driving the capitalist road. This item appears on List: Over the past 25 years, surging economic growth has propelled a construction boom unlike anything the world has ever seen, radically transforming both city and countryside in its wake.

    This is a nation on the rise, and it is building for the record books.

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    But such extensive development has also meant demolition on a scale unprecedented in the peacetime history of the world. Together with her husband Wu Ping refused to move out of her house in Chongqing and make way for local property development. During three years, the house stood out isolated, the husband even built staircases with his nunchakus from the bottom of the over ten-meter-deep construction site. Image by Sean Gallagher.

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    The stories surrounding the revamping of Beijing in preparation for the Olympics beat your favourite soap opera on the dramas and suspense front. The book is packed with impressive figures which could be more or less summed up by the statement that the Chinese do it bigger, bolder and so much faster. All the while knowing that nothing can be compared to what China is living these days, Campanella draws many parallels with the U.

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    Unlike most commentators who understandably focus on Beijing and on the past five years, Campanella travels back in times and narrates the Beijing as it was before Mao put a drastic and heavy hand on the traditional urban fabric. But the author also recalls the urban story of other cities like Shanghai and Shenzhen, visits the incredibly popular theme parks, takes pictures of a replica of Piazza San Marco in South China Mall , the largest mall in the world.

    He reflects on the influence of foreigners, on the destruction of the architectural patrimony and more importantly the author comments on the global and local impact of these transformations on the environment and the social fabric.

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    Being bolder, faster and bigger comes also with a terrible human costs. However, Campanella sees beyond the stereotypes that the typical Westener often has about China. Architecture of Density by Michael Wolf. What makes it particularly precious for me is that every single photo biennale, photo festival or major exhibition about urbanism i visit these days features large scale photographies of jaw-dropping Chinese cityscapes.

    But these images always appeared to be a bit out of context, The Concrete Dragon finally gives some sense to these images.

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