This future city skape by Steven Holl is planned for Beijing, China. This complex will house 750 apartments, shops, cinemas, a hotel, and school. The project is a three dimentional urban space where buildings underground, on the ground, and above ground are fused together. It is to promote interaction. I really like the idea of using the walkways between the building to build more relationships. Also, this complex uses up pretty much everyspace to build relationship. The roofs of the buildings and different shops are all green roofs, forming grassy knolls for people to meet and interact. They chose to place this in close proximity to the old city wall, which could either be a neat contrast, or an ugly contradiction. However, I guess that all of Beijing is just as contemporary as this complex. The buildinds have their inner windowsill painted colors like blue, yellow, and red. The colors create a neat pattern on the buildings depending on which way you are looking at them the colors will change. It keeps the buildings interesting, without being annoying. Also, because the buildings are so boxy, the connecting walkways are lit in fun colors and are not completely straight to give some variety to the shapes of the complex.
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