Proposal competition Drum Tower traditional district, Taiyuan

Posted: July 7th, 2009 | Author: Daan Roggeveen | Filed under: Taiyuan | Tags: Add new tag, competition, design, urban planning | No Comments »

For the Drum Tower traditional district in Taiyuan the city government is planning a revitalization. A competition has been organized for the urban planning. In this movie you can see the proposal of one of the architects, Preston Scott Cohen, inc, who are also building a museum in the new city center. Bring your Mandarin phrasebook.

via TY Urban on Vimeo.

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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.