tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33890979860575715782024-03-08T17:45:28.611-08:00Zero CityMarco Casagrande - Nikita Wu / Danshui Taiwan 2005Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389097986057571578.post-23081939117832116722008-12-10T22:15:00.000-08:002012-12-11T05:39:31.486-08:00A taxi-driver told me. The empty lot behind the corrugated wall was once reserved for the emigrants from Hong-Kong. The fathers of Danshui had calculated that once Hong-Kong would go under the Chinese Mainland rule in 1997 a wealthy stream of emigrants would flow into Danshui North-Taiwan and for them Danshui prepared a whole new city, the New City.<br />
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In 1997 nobody came.<br />
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Now the New City is behind the corrugated wall with all the streets and infrastructure ready - even traffic lights are blinking. Signs are stating "school" and "hospital". Only houses are missing. Now ants are using the streets. Nature has taken over the man-made. Now the Hong-Kong people should come and share the New City with nature.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 29px;"><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgWeyAo1wuk">LINK: SEE THE VIDEO </a></b></span><br />
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<em>Zero City is made for the Taiwan Design Expo 2005 Future Pavilion. </em><br />
<em>Marco Casagrande & Nikita Wu.</em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0