Posted: November 5th, 2009 | Author: Daan Roggeveen | Filed under: Wuhan | No Comments »
Today, we visited the eastern city district of Wuchang and its East Lake and did a big discovery. The Wuhan East Lake is as big as the West Lake in Hangzhou, but less famous and developed. However, the Lake has a beach, containing a small church, a great skyline, a tropical island with palm trees and even: the little mermaid. The Danish pavillion in the Shanghai Expo is second in row with this gimmick..
The East Lake in Wuhan with the little mermaid
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Posted: November 4th, 2009 | Author: Daan Roggeveen | Filed under: Wuhan | Tags: riverfront | No Comments »
After arriving in Wuhan, we started our exploration of the city on the riverfront of the Yangtze river. The river separates Hankou district from Wuchang district, whereas the Han river runs between Hankou and Hanyang.
The riverfront of the Yangtze is a place where a sort of left over public space appeared, since it is the natural area between the river and the dyke. In this no mans land, we ran into fishermen, brides, swimmers and others…
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Posted: October 28th, 2009 | Author: Go West Project | Filed under: Background, Changsha, Project, Wuhan | No Comments »
Next week, the Go West Project will visit the cities of Wuhanand Changsha. In Wuhan, we will focus on residential development, whereas in Changsha we will see if the new Chinese metropolis is a harmonious entity or as fragmented as the cities in other parts of the world.
In both cities we are looking for architects, urbanists, journalists and academics who can help us with these subjects.
Do you have any suggestion, or do you come from one of the cities and do you have special ideas about reports and documentaries, please let us know! info[at]gowestproject.com
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