GENETIC CITY CAOFEIDIAN ECOCITY [I]

23/09/2010. This weekend: Exhibition + Forum in Beijing!
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Urban China is booming…..but still without any real vision. The project Caofeidian–Genetic City is China’s most ambitious response to the triple-challenge of explosive growth, environmental pressure, and healthy human desires for the future.

Rocksteady Design for Caofeidian.

MARS-1 Birds-eye view Nerve. Center Caofeidian

MARS-1 Landscape Nerve. Center Caofeidian

EXHIBITION: GENETIC CITY
Join DCF for the opening ceremony of the group program ADAPTATIONS and the exhibition installation GENETIC CITY by DCF / Neville MARS. A 46 meter long video wall detailing the sustainable evolution of Caofeidian Ecocity. In collaboration with Ma Yansong / MAD, Urbanus, MVRDV + T?F, Tsinghua University, Brearley Architects and Urbanists, Rocksteady Design, Powerhouse Company, Urban China, ZUS and MARS-1. Dutch Culture Centre, Shanghai.

FORUM: GREEN FROM SCRATCH
Sunday: the forum GREEN FROM SCRATCH. A panel of 30 renowned speakers who will rotate in ongoing discussion on the future of green cities in China. Key topics: Defining green living, evolutionary planning and reshaping regulations to allow sustainability to take root.