http://www.sustainablecityblog.com/2009/01/dongtan-modern-day-shangri-la/ A blog on cities, design, planning and sustainable development, featuring work by Jesse Fox and others. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:02:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.sustainablecityblog.com/2009/01/dongtan-modern-day-shangri-la/comment-page-1/#comment-8144 green design Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:53:58 +0000 http://www.jessefoxblog.com/?p=855#comment-8144 It's a pity that the project is stopped and all references to it was held from the website of Shanghai World Expo in 2010. The critics, such as China Digital Times claim that such projects are “designed by big-name foreign architectural and engineering firms who plunged into the projects with little understanding of Chinese politics, culture, and economics — and with little feel for the needs of local residents whom the utopian communities were designed to serve”. It’s a pity that the project is stopped and all references to it was held from the website of Shanghai World Expo in 2010. The critics, such as China Digital Times claim that such projects are “designed by big-name foreign architectural and engineering firms who plunged into the projects with little understanding of Chinese politics, culture, and economics — and with little feel for the needs of local residents whom the utopian communities were designed to serve”.

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