Wuhan: Yangzte River encounters

Posted: November 4th, 2009 | Author: Daan Roggeveen | Filed under: Wuhan | Tags: riverfront |

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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The Go West Project is a crossover research project between architecture and journalism that studies new metropolises in Central and Western China. It analyzes urban and social developments in the world's fastest urbanising region.
Journalist Michiel Hulshof and architect Daan Roggeveen founded the Go West Project in Shanghai in February 2009. This website gives an overview of ideas, pictures, articles and opinions related to the cities.