DCF—Urban China 2020
The Dynamic City Foundation is an international research and design platform investigating the rapidly changing urban environment of China. For information see the project summary.
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Beijing Boom Tower
A vertical neighborhood for a segregated societyHow far can the city be extruded and remain livable? Can suburbia be compacted? Which typologies can survive on the Chinese housing market? The BBT project explores these questions for the year 2020. The problems and potential of a residential mega-structure for China's capital converge in a proposal for a vertical neighborhood of 5,000 apartments at ten times Manhattan density. A showcase.
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Visit 010 PUBLISHERS; due May 2008BURB - expanding as fast as the city!
BURB is here: the DCF open-source urban research platform! BURB.tv is an E-book meets urban blog that contains all our research and design projects, movies, image database and articles. Sign up now to participate!BURB 1: The Chinese Dream - a society under construction
BURB 1 is completed: "The Chinese Dream - a society under construction" investigates the effects of flash urbanization on the space and society of China. Looking at 2020 both Doom and Dream scenarios have been developed to map the possible futures of the world's fastest changing urban landscape. Comment now at BURB.tv
BURB 2: Super Satellites is open...
Build your own Chinese satellite now! BURB 2: Super Satellites offer an open platform to design your own city and upload onto Google Earth. On your own page you can upload your 3D designs, ideas and sketches. See other people's cities and debate the best concepts for the China - the Satellite Nation.Sign up now to participate!
FREEZE [H2O] - Humans to Oceans
FREEze is a response to the rising need to achieve a non-political space. A space that can absorb the lives and ideas of an evolved humanity. A space that is highly utopian yet painfully necessary at a time of increased global tension, diminished democracy and intensified censorship. A space void of territorial concerns. A futuristic Noah’s Ark of ideas roaming freely as the world’s sea levels are rising. A showcase.
Dream Survey
Do you live in China? Fill in our survey on city life. Do you have a dream for the future? Describe it in 500 words and we will publish it in our upcoming book! Go to: www.china-at-home.org.The Chinese Dream—a society under construction
Stratification is a global problem and China is catching up. As the country develops and opens up to the world countless new walls are erected that prevent an open society. The article China Lockdown reviews the history and encroachment of this phenomena in China.
