The city of the future development will be shifted from the pursuit of material civilisation to the pursuit of nature. This is what happens after human beings experience industrial civilisation at the expense of the natural environment.
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We need architects to be visionaries.
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The shan-shui city idea is trying to bring traditional values and ways of living to modern high-rise architecture.
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I think where traditional values are concerned, Chinese people see nature as very symbolic. It's a form of culture.
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Tiananmen Square is a sensitive topic because many things happened there. The idea of turning the plaza into a forest makes many people feel uncomfortable.
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Chaoyang Park Plaza is about how to carry the traditional culture into a new format in modern architecture. Instead of building a boundary between the city and the park, I tried to design this building to emerge from the natural landscape.
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