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The harmonious city must first be planned by experts who understand the science
of urbanism. They work out their plans in total freedom ... once their plans are
formulated they must be implemented without oppositions.
Le Corbusier
Perhaps the most powerful way of improving the fit of our environment, is to put
the control of it in the hands of its immediate users, who have the stake and the
knowledge to make it function well. If users are in control ... then a good match is
more likely.
Kevin Lynch
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1.0
Is the city yours, or mine, everybodys, or anybodys? If the city is more than a mere
byproduct of our urge to coalesce and to build, if we can influence its form and evolve
beyond the generic, beyond pre-existing models, someonemaybe all of usshould
consider what it could ultimately be.
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Government: The city is a mediated space. Its density, the proximity of its
citizens to each other, the ease to interact, is the key to its success. This
proximity should be voluntary and produce equal opportunity for all
citizens to explore their lives. This proximity however is also undesired;
more space is more comfortable. To optimize the city as a mediated
space the input of the state is needed. Chinas anticipated urban mix cant
grow freely. Planning policies cant be both flexible and restrictive enough
to let the city grow without spatial planning or design. The state should
balance the demands of individuals and companies against the common
good and envisage some form of coherency that captures the common
good. In this centrally planned economy an overarching vision should, at
least on paper, be able to be implemented more effectively than anywhere
else. Long-term regional planning should have an actual spatial impact,
beyond assigning economic and development zonesnotably on land
use efficiency. The large, generally successful state-owned developing
companies are a unique means to supplement an architectural landscape
solely produced by the marketnotably the introduction of small scale
projects. State-run projects are realized with higher quality and faster
than any other; they can and should push the entire industry towards
more strategic proposals and accepting slower or longer-term revenues.
User: That leaves you and me. As users of space, we really dont know
what we want. We simply choose from whats on offer; the house we can
afford, the neighborhood with a decent school, the city with a friendly
face. But you, the individual will have to start to participate if you want
anything more than whats on offer.
In China individuality is a young concept, but nothing less than an urban
renaissance has been sparked by you the individual and by the millions of
new citizens and first generation metropolitans. You are moving to the
cities and you are rebuilding your villages. You are driving the economy; you
are buying the cars, building the apartment towers, operating the conveyer
belts and buying the villas. That makes you the new leaders of China.
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Dynamic city: So what do you want? Slow cities, such as the capitals of
Scandinavia rank high on the world list of favorite cities to live in.
Evolving block by block, year by year they have been able to mediate the
different desires of their citizens over time. These cities resemble the
environments described in our survey, but they hardly present a feasible
option for Chinas burgeoning new centers, and copying the style of
their facades wont help much either. Another approach is hands-on user
participation of the kind we have tried in Europe in the early seventies.
This was truly democratic design, but it proved horrendously slow and
subsequently failed.
Construction in China will not slow down soon. The paper-thin features
typical of the new neighborhoods and development zones will not evolve
overnight. The next phase of Chinas modernization efforts requires
the refinement of the development process itself. An open dialogue
about the future of the city is needed that involves all parties: a loop of
information between policy makers, developers designers and, new to the
equation, citizens. The theme of the 2010 Shanghai Expo is appropriately
called: Better City, Better Life! For the one billion Chinese soon living in
cities the correlation between the quality of the urban environment and
the quality of their life will be evident.
This dialogue will undoubtedly slow things down. It will thicken the
process; give layers and layers of detail to slick cities. It will give control
to all those who partake in the city. Above all, operating as a single force
we might gain control to steer the city in a distinct direction.
This direction must be distinct, but will always be unclear. What you, the
citizens will need or might want tomorrow is uncertain. The city must be
able to respond to this uncertainty. Proposals for a context as dynamic as
China must be able to grow and evolve after completionif only so as
not to impede their own development. The city must be able to adapt by
anticipating the reality of constant change, acknowledged at every level
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by all parties. This is the dynamic city; the result of a dynamic process,
based on research dialogue and foresight.
2010
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Neville Mars
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1 .Total number of officially registered staff in construction companies in 2005 was 26.999.249 people. ~ China Statistical Yearbook (2006)
2 . In 2005 China had 30.400 officially registered architects. CSB 2006
3 . Institute of real estate studies, Tsinghua University (2006)
4 . Harvard Project on the City I, The Great Leap Forward, pp. 158-162
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ME, WE!
Muhammad Ali, 1987
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pages in this book because more content is yet to come. Its for you to
write. Scribble it down, waiting on the bus or stuck in traffic, or if you
have a bright idea looking over the city from your apartment; then upload
it to the survey: www.china-at-home.org
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40%
11%
Again the responses come out strongly in favor of living in a lively busy
neighborhood as well as prioritizing peace and quiet. 85% of those
who want one, want both.
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On more private matters, people are equally defiant. Asked to rate one
by one the importance of making money, of children, of their love lives,
of their friends, of having fun, and of music, art and books, 40% answer
that all are either important or very important; with 11% sticking
tenaciously to very important right the way across the board. And why
notwhy compromise?
Adrian Hornsby
But what do such high quality of life expectations mean for urban
design? Well firstly, that if the current boom in urbanization can find
no more creative expressions, future urban frustration will run riot. You
dont have to engage with the idea of city masterplanning to say that you
want to have fun, but to have fun in a city you have to be able to move
through it smoothly, find people and places you like easily, and discover
sophisticated user-orientated environments at every turn.
Increasingly it seems that if Chinese cities are to fulfill the desires of
their citizens, they will need to outperform any urban realm seen to date.
They will need to facilitate intrinsically conflicting needs. While growing
larger in terms of footprint, with more green and better services, they
must also become smaller in terms of travel-time and neighborhood
feel. They will need to refute the paradox, and serve what can only be
described as a burgeoning community of individuals.
Adrian Hornsby
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6 In the
centre: 18% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *
near the centre: 36% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *
suburb: 33% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *
satellite town: 5% - - - - - *
countryside: 8% - - - - - - - - *
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13 Who will live there with you (check as many as you like)
parents: 28% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *
friends: 18% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *
partner: 53% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *
children: 56% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *
just you: 8% - - - - - - - - *
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29 Would you be happy living in a building with (check as many as you like)
1 storey: 24% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *
5 storeys: 39% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *
10 storeys: 35% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *
30 storeys: 23% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *
50 storeys: 7% - - - - - - - *
more than 50 storeys: 14% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *
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1: 8% - - - - - - - - *
2: 4% - - - - *
3: 25% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *
4: 22% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *
5: 40% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *
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rampant consumerism, will only plague us Chinese citizens. So all we have to dream for is a nice
place to live in. Negative yes, but honest. So sell me your development with rendered comfort,
traditional Chinese serenity, and large fence to keep the negative energy outside. Sorry Dynamic
City, I couldnt think of a dream.
works at home, no longer needs to gather in one office building. We can save both the resources
and the time, and we also can allocate our time freely to improve efficiency and relieve traffic
congestion.
......
Holding down a good job to make some money. Youre nothing in china without it. Just a vulnerable mine
worker, waiting for the next explosion. Forget the middle class and join me in my deluxe villa in the sky (or a
Western born Chinese man thinking for a future China in all too gloomy ways.)
My dream for 2020 is to have my own apartment in a tower, with western accommodations. I
would like to fit it out with all western furniture. I tend to go for decadence to state my financial
position in life. As for life in the city, it will depend more on shopping public places and how to
decorate your own apartment. Most of public city life will be replaced by the fear of provincial
unrest gone wild in our cities. And the pollution awaiting our weakened lungs outside. So the
interior of our buildings will be what remains of our city life, or how to fit out your apartment;
this will be the new shopping. Oops, thats my negativity creating a protective cocoon or just a
nightmare.
But my true dream is too idealistic and altruistic to be true, green spaces, lively public life, and
environmental standards. But lets be honest, this capitalist/communist hybrid has yet to bring
good things to the average Chinese citizen. Political unrest, an unhealthy environment, and
A6 .indd 42-43
The city maybe more modernized, but the living environment may not have changed much, my
lifestyle wont either. I hope China can develop more, more balanced, paying more attention to
ecology. I dream to have a nice family, lovely kids, a family that cares about each other, and my
own comfortable home.
travel business
I hope I can live in a beautiful village with nice surroundings, convenient transportation. I also
hope I have more free time to travel and see the undeveloped places.
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also have a walk or picnic on the sand with some friend along the canal, and why not swim there
and have a shower after. There will be no advertisement, not any visual pollution on front of the
buildings; architecture alone could express herself and her beauty and colors...
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Teacher, artist
A dream is only a dream. According to the situation now, a dream would remove you only
be further away, so youd better stop dreaming.
Work which could make enough money, and offer an easy life.
Self-employed: writer, graphic designer, fashion related design. Or some other professional work.
We are more more mobile than now, using a mobile office, I only need to go to the office when
a face to face meeting is required. I hope the city could be greener than now it is. I could leave
alone or with my friends, and no longer live in big modern building, things could be offered by
high tech. but not that cold. All the surrounding things could keep the old style (maybe with new
ideas), downtown will be more and more like a functional place, not for living but only for
social things. At night, it will just turn off
More and more people will just move out to the uptown inside of downtown. Tubs will be the
major transportation in city.
self-employed
I will have an easy life, active and cozy. There would be less tall buildings, less private cars, and
convenient transportations. I hope I will be very free and sometimes working for others to earn
extra money. I will have much spare time so that I can travel around the world.
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I am learning urban planning in Canada. I hope I would back to China in 2020 and become part of a newgeneration of designers.
I hope in China in 2020 everybody would have their own house to live in and there are fewer
differences between cities and villages. Government administration would be public and
transparent. The different levels for public education will be clear. It would be a city with
advanced public facilities and convenient transportation and excellent welfare system and medical
care. I also hope I can live in a tall building or villa in the village. The living model of high-level
and high-density or high-level and low-density is not suitable for China. The only way both
to solve the housing problem and maintain certain living condition is an appropriate combination
of building height with intensive land use. The traditional culture of neighborhood and
community should be brought to a great height of development. I am looking forward to
living in a big cozy and harmonious community with good environment together with all my
family members and relatives. Everyone, no mater in the city or the village, has a stable job,
reasonable salary, excellent social security and a very optimistic mind.
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would be much better than now, the main transportation modes are subways and buses, cyclists
have their own bicycle lane; that should be much safer. The degree of civilization of drivers
would increase a lot, just as in western countries. Pedestrians would have the priority when
crossing the road and no illegal vendors on the streets.
In 2020 I want to have a position in an accounting department of a big corporation and I would become a
registered accountant.
In 2020, I hope I would have a private car, I could take my family out for fun, and Id use it for
work too. My kids would study close to our home. There is a good environment, with harmony,
the quality of citizens is increasing. The city is clean with fresh air, and it becomes completely
utopian. I dream to have a happy home, a healthy body, a xiaokang / well-off economy, and I
reach my own goals.
......
A leader in a medium level cooperation with enough income for my familys livelihood and leisure
One or two private cars, living in a suburb 10 minutes driving from to the center. The residential
society would have some grass lands, guards etc. the apartment doesnt need to be very big or a
lot of rooms; this would be too difficult to tidy. The city would have improved a lot.
Besides the traditional buildings, all other low buildings would be torn down. The traffic
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I hope China will develop into a country in which more people can have a share of the resources
it has, where less energy is wasted and ways are found to curb the growing pollution. I hope the
economic growth of China will not continue to cut into the rich physical culture and heritage, so
as to leave something for our children they can be proud of. I really hope I can still be part of that,
and that I can enjoy the beautiful country it will be.
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their own bicycle lane; that should be much safer. The degree of civilization of drivers would
increase a lot, just as in western countries. Pedestrians would have the priority when crossing the
road and no illegal vendors on the streets.
Teacher
A leader in a medium level cooperation with enough income for my familys livelihood and leisure
One or two private cars, living in a suburb 10 minutes driving from to the center. The residential
society would have some grass lands, guards etc. the apartment doesnt need to be very big or a
lot of rooms; this would be too difficult to tidy. The city would have improved a lot.
Besides the traditional buildings, all other low buildings would be torn down. The traffic would
be much better than now, the main transportation modes are subways and buses, cyclists have
A6 .indd 54-55
Lawyer
In 2020, China must be more urbanized. My life would not change a lot because of my
occupation. Teacher is a quite stable job. I expect everything will be better, especially the
traffic problem could be improved a lot, and the subways should extend in all directions. And
there should be more green; I hope to breathe more pure fresh air. Drinking water will be much
cleaner. I expect the buildings are more beautiful, the quantity of cars is much less than now. The
population density is reduced. I could go through the city by bike.
Im not too busy earning money, but realizing my dream and promoting to set up a law for animal
protection. Playing the piano, cooking in my spare time. Enjoying the life with my wife and
traveling. I have a big enough villa; so my parents could move in to live with us as well.
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Disneyland in HK.
Buses will be made better. And having a car is just like having a nice suite to wear for the day.
Expensive sports such as golf and surfing will become more affordable. Hopefully, we have more
sense of the environment and a lot of green projects will be carried out. What is badly polluted
now will get a lot of attention from the crowd and people will become more willing to resume its
original look. In the end, in the year 2020, China will be still blessed with peace and the US won
t be as aggressive or greedy to invade any other countries.
manager? probably.
I hope by then we only work 4.5 days, 7hrs a day. If we are lucky, we may still have enough
oil and no energy shortage. In 2020, China will be economically stronger and with prosperity on
the horizon, I hope it will be much easier to go abroad for a holiday. Maybe by that time, more
countries will let us have a 3-month visit visa without much difficulty and we can get the visa on
site. Metropolitan life will become more colorful but with more stress from work; people will
look for new ways to release stress. Internet cafes are enjoying a big popularity among teenagers
now. Maybe in the future, there wont be any of them around since Internet must be more
accessible. Instead, there will likely be more theme parks such as Happy Valley in Shenzhen and
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Politician
In 2020 China will have banned cars and everyone will ride bicycles or take transit. All of
the skyscrapers will have farms, create their own energy and deal with their own waste.
There will be parks nearby, shopping streets, cultural centers and a continuous network of natural
systems that cross the city.
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stable friends and a docile pet. I will be living in a green society with convenient transits and
lively surroundings with active neighbors. The city where I would live in is dynamic, with a
good environment, convenient traffic, stable development, good order, abundant cultural life; this
would make me feel revitalized.
Because my major is business management, I think in 2020 I would have a job in business management,
maybe a senior manager; otherwise a teacher in a high school
In 2020, I hope I would have a happy family, and everyone is healthy. Less pressure from living,
enough time for traveling. I expect the living environment would have well appointed facilities,
nice environment, fresh air and with a European feeling.
A job with enough salary for my family to have a high-quality life. It must be a meaningful job with enough
spare time, and it also could contribute to the nation
I hope China in 2020 has territorial integrity, good natural environment, a developed economy,
with powerful capacity to fuse and attract different cultures; an ordered and mature society; less
sharp distinction between the rich and the poor; the country could protect its citizens better, and
people have harmonious lives.
I would live with my wife and child, work for a meaningful job with a satisfactory salary for
my high quality life with my family, I would have enough spare time to travel with my family;
A6 .indd 58-59
It will be very organized, no noise, no smoke and very clean. I am not living in a big building, but
still keeping a courtyard in Beijing. An interesting city with street shopping. Free educated and
high welfare. I hope I will be able to do some part-time consulting, and enjoy my life for the rest
of the time.
2007.1.22 12:26:01 AM
Program Architect or media artist. Working on the living conditions of the underprivileged of society,
creating the qualities of mainstream society.
Its a kind of mix. Based on progressive traffic. The elderly population will increase, but the
space available will reduce. The lifestyle of senior citizens will diversify. Well see a cultural
renaissance.
No job, I would be better if I could retire soon
I hope in 2020 there will be blue skies, enough drinking water but not too much; no sandstorm,
no polluted air from cars; smooth traffic, comfortable, convenient, fast; it is not necessary to
have a private car. Three working days per week, the rest four days for studying, relaxing and
entertaining. There would be many big cities in 2020, so people would not gather only in one
city, and there would be no annual spring rush home problem.
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Architect
The cities will have evolved to be more sensible to excessively fast development. I wish to
live in a compact city center where walking is pleasant and possible. I believe city life will be
more compact, as everybody only needs a computer with internet connection and not much more.
Therefore private space would be reduced and we can give more as open public spaces.
2007.1.22 12:26:05 AM
Architect
Lifestyle: my own studio; holiday twice each year, live with my parents.
Living environment: more trees, less cars, broader spaces. People fell bored about the lifestyle
in cities because the functionality of cities is weakened day by day. However commercial
mechanisms continuingly make more and more people pour into the cities. Due to the
problem of transportation and value orientation, the centre of city moves closely to its edge. The
repetition of urban functions at the edge of big cities will ultimately destroy the city.
My dream is to increase living space in the whole country so to fundamentally solve the
problem of the shortage of land. Pay more attention to the relationship between neighborhoods,
forms of living and working.
Professional fundraiser
Quiet and peace. Playing with the children, walking with my parents; reading in my spare time,
and doing some exercise to keep healthy, also traveling sometimes.
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civil servant
The economy is developing smoothly; food and clothing problems in the poverty areas could be
completely solved; environmental pollution problem could be effectively improved, air quality
would be better and better. The traffic jams could be solved as well; there would be no gridlock
on the street. The growing population is under control. The quality of the exported products
would be improved. No matter politics or economy, China would play its part in the world. And I
hope I would have my own villa, private car. And my life would be both intensive and leisurely; I
would go abroad to take some periodical refreshment courses or just for traveling.
artist
In 2020, China will be like Germany in 1938-39, just before ww2. the big shots of Zhong
Nan Hai in Beijing, will have all the power of their fantasy, to seize Taiwan and to compete
with America. This will be the start of the darkest time for humanity.
2007.1.22 12:26:08 AM
Lawyer
Artist
There would be better if we had transport without the need for cars or bicycles. Better
underground system. Shopping experience will be more integrating that the shops wont be so
concentrated on selling one thing in a huge complex. Air pollution should really improve and
water shortage could be elevated with some good managing of water distribution and pricing.
Recycling would really REALLY REALLY help!!!!!
15 years later, I expect I could join into some interesting affairs, like sell paintings, mount
paintings, make some beautiful accessories, or run a flower shop. I could go for walk with my
grandson in the park to play Taiji (Chinese kongfu). Blue sky, green land with birds and flowers,
exchange chess techniques with friends. I want to live in a lower than 6 stories building, no high
buildings around so nothing would block the sunshine. There is a row of trees in front of the
building to enjoy the shade. A sweet-smell comes from roses and clove trees. There would be no
traffic jams on the roads, so the kids could get home quickly to have a rest, an 8 hour workday,
and no overtime during the holidays; keeping healthy and energetic. Our kids kids would go
to a school with highly skilled teachers, bright classes with just 30 students, no more crowded
classes of 60 students. No dust in the playground.
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In 2020, I would live with my family in a not very big apartment in a well-appointed beautiful
residential area. I would go to work by public transportation; the public transportations must
be very convenient by then. No traffic jams, less than an hour to go to work or go home. More
walking streets like Wangfujing (a main walking street for shopping) in the city, no trouble from
traffic, so we can relax there. I hope I could run a small shop no matter how much profit I could
make.
2007.1.22 12:26:12 AM
cultural business
I would like to live in a suburb of Beijing, with lots of green, maybe a nice park or fields in
the area. I have a house with a garden, maybe I work from home. City life will become even
more hectic in Beijing with more skyscrapers and only young rich people living in the city who
want to go out and go shopping. I would not want to spend too much time in the big city, only
occasionally. The few parks that Beijing has will be even more crowded. There will be a better
subway station but public transport will still be lagging behind. Traffic jams may become as bad
as in Jakarta.
Designer
Management
In 2020, I should have my own company, according to my ability I could run it not too bad. My
individual material life and mental life would be much better. The apartment doesnt need to be
very big but must be very warm. My car would be the main transportation facility. I want to be an
influential man in society, and also give my family a happy life.
I could do anything that I want, promising to give my parents a comfortable life. Free life, good
social relationship and fresh air.
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2007.1.22 12:26:15 AM
Artist
Self-employed
Comfortable life with friends, vibrant human cultural environment; no wars. I want to see today
become a memorable era.
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An artistic lifestyle, living in a natural and harmonious environment. I dream the city would
be like a big garden and I am the bee.
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bedroom on the second floor to the yard to enjoy the fresh air and do some exercise. After a
simple breakfast in the kitchen on the first floor, I go to the reading room. Check my email and
start working on-line. I go to my office to design and create my art in the afternoon. I meet friends
in the evening. During the weekend, I would take my family on a trip or visit some exhibitions
or performances, or maybe just relax. Every year I would have one month for traveling in China,
and one month traveling overseas, two months are for going on business. Half of the year I work
at home, the other half I work in an office. Public transportation in the city has developed and
so have various cultural and recreational places and facilities. Most people in this city rely on
internet for their work and their daily life and leisure and also for joining some dazzling shows.
The densest urban area is the CBD, connected by roads, railways and subways. Many people live
with their families in individual buildings in the suburbs; gardening becomes a hobby of most
people.
In art
In 2020, I live in a two-storey villa in a village; there are flowers, fruit, vegetables and trees
planted in my 600 m2 courtyard. I usually wake up in the morning and come out from my
A6 .indd 70-71
Depending on to the possibilities: 1 movie director; 2 TV show host; 3 costume designer; 4 actor
I am typing in front of my computer at 17:25 on 3rd of February, 2006, in my 150 m2 apartment.
The apartment is in a 6-storey building, in a small city in China.
2007.1.22 12:26:23 AM
Boss.
In 2020, I hope the city where I live is more beautiful, with professional shopping malls, which
offer abundant choices for shopping; enough parks and public spaces; a good education system
and good schools; smooth traffic; no pollution and the air is clean. No matter in city or village,
we could see a tidy clean appearance, and enough roads for transportation (in the rural areas). My
family is happy and the life is quiet, we educate our child with success, the life is quite well-off. I
can fully develop my own talent and continue to improve myself along the way; keeping a young
and healthy spirit.
company owner
The cities will become more and more like countries in itself.....
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Ill have a coffee bar, and I hope Ill have many chain stores by 2020, and I hope to promote the coffee
culture in China and the hutong lifestyle of Beijing, so people would know more about living in the hutongs
(alleys) in Beijing. I would be a familiar costumer in one of the bars.
In 2020, I hope the hutong where I grew up will not disappear, and the old siheyuan (courtyard)
still tell us its history. I like having Beijing Zhajiang Mian (home style noodle) with cold beer in
the summer; sitting in hutong and chatting with my friends, watching the kids playing around.
That kind of life would be great. It would be better if there is a place to exercise, and if we keep
some traditional things, because the times are changing so fast, some people always keep thinking
of the toys in their childhood, and also I d like hearing locals calling like have you eaten yet?
No, lets go get some together. Haha, just like that.
2007.1.22 12:26:26 AM
PR
Something in computing
Kiss my wife before going to work, work, and play with my kids after work, sleep. Some extra
green in the garden. Get the chance to do a postgraduate.
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City life in Beijing will be fast and furious. People will become more aware of the
temptations of huge shopping malls and will become more demanding, and also more aware
of the grayness and blandness these giant elements grew out of. Beijing will be like a spider
s web, spread out to 7th ring road, with tightly packed skyscrapers aligning the roads.
Roads will be as congested as other South East Asian cities. I just hope that bicycles come back
in fashion, and that bicycle lanes survive!
Still working for as a news reporter, but I hope Ill be more qualified
I hope the environment would not be worse than now, and population would be smaller. Our lives
would be more like the lives of Europeans and Americans; I hope we could travel around during
a certain period every year; that I could live following my own ideas, happier and simpler.
2007.1.22 12:26:30 AM
Senior manager
I will live in a villa in China in 2020, with fresh, unpolluted air, more trees and green fields and
blue skiesEveryone just works at home, no longer needs to gather in one office building. We
can save both the resources and the time, and we also can allocate our time freely to improve
efficiency and relieve traffic congestion.
Self-employed
I can not imagine how the whole country would be. But I think in 2020, Beijing must be twice as
good as in 2008. I live in a big but not too busy city. I only hope there will be a smooth traffic
and kind neighbors.
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2007.1.22 12:26:33 AM
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2007.1.22 12:26:36 AM
Quinn Comendant
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The Dynamic City Foundation (DCF) is a Beijing based non-profit urban research
and design institute. Sign-up and participate today.
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(DCF)
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