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- Politics of Aggregation
Response to Jia.de Chengdu
This developmental stage of interior mega-cities has been observed as a “awkward, pimply adolescence” and discounted as a byproduct of developers’ whims, but it may also be a case of imperial history repeating itself.
A reading of the politics of architectural aggregation as a representational tool, coming soon.
- Jia.de Chengdu
The southern area of Chengdu is the new governmental urban expansion zone. There the government is building a new administration center designed by Paul Andreu, but surrounding it is the mega-development of private housing, technology parks, and the new convention and exhibition center. This new city, which is totally detached from the […]
