Material for thought
Posted in culture on Aug 26th, 2010
The Hermitage is a massive residential property under construction in Kowloon (Hong Kong). I was living just next to its location, so I could see the progress of its development and I was very intrigued by the inside. Few weeks ago, I was walking in the adjacent Olympian shopping mall and I discovered that The [...]
Posted in culture on Jul 21st, 2010
Here are few pictures of Macau and its casinos. The place lost its appearance from the 19th and even 20th century. Found guilty: the massive arrival of new casinos, the construction of the airport and the merger of the Taipa and Coloane islands. You can still find very nicely preserved Portuguese buildings in Macau though, [...]
Posted in innovation on Jun 28th, 2010
I read about world fairs and utopias while I was curating the Dreams of Progress exhibition last year. A utopia, or a heterotopia such as the world expo, always features inconsistencies or misconceptions. If not, the utopia could be achieved and it would not be a utopia anymore. However, never the inconsistencies of today’s world [...]
Posted in innovation on Jun 22nd, 2010
As for all Expos, most of the pavilions will be destroyed at the end of the event. Only few will remain, here are some of them. These buildings are huge and cold. Partly because they will need to accommodate a huge number of visitors, but still, I don’t think they incarnate the ‘better city, better [...]
Posted in culture on Jun 4th, 2010
I visited the observation deck of the Shanghai World Financial centre while I was in Shanghai for the World Expo. I was not so impressed by the view from the 100th floor, I have already seen many similar views in my life. I was much more interested by their lift. They built around the lift [...]
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