Running into an old friend

Posted: September 14th, 2009 | Author: Daan Roggeveen | Filed under: Hohhot | Tags: copy | No Comments »

While exploring the streets of Hohhot, we ran into an old friend we know from the streets of Shanghai. This building (or at least its crown) is also used in the Dutch Expo pavillion. However, the architect of this new tower in Hohhot used the example again.

Evergreens

Posted: March 10th, 2009 | Author: Daan Roggeveen | Filed under: Zhengzhou | Tags: city, copy, development, identity | No Comments »

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A development in the Northeast of the city of Zhengzhou was started in the nineties, to lift up the area. The buildings were hotels and spas. The area has known more active times in its existence than nowadays.

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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.