Join AIA Shanghai and ULI Mainland China for this talk on China's city development, followed by open discussion and networking. This event is free for members of ULI and AIA | Non-members 100 rmb at the door, free with RSVP | Refreshments + Canapes
Speaker
Daan Roggeveen
PROGRESS
& PROSPERITY
The Chinese City as Global
Urban Model
The Chinese metropolis has
developed into the world’s most successful urban scheme. Combining bottom-up
energy with top-down force, it pushes cities and their inhabitants towards
progress, fast-forward.
China’s megacities are
efficient, with well-functioning infrastructures, top-notch public transport,
proper housing, steady economic growth, a low crime rate, an attractive climate
for foreign investors, and a glitzy skyline to boot.
Can this metropolis be the
blueprint for cities worldwide?
Connecting theory with
practice, Daan Roggeveen questions and investigates the current condition of
the (Chinese) megacity and its shift from
prosperity to
progress.
DAAN
ROGGEVEEN SHORT BIO
Architect Daan Roggeveen is
partner at MORE Architecture, a multidisciplinary firm with offices in
Shanghai and Amsterdam that he founded with Robert Chen.
With journalist Michiel
Hulshof, Roggeveen initiated the Go West Project, a think-tank focusing on
emerging megacities. In 2011, they published the acclaimed book
How the City Moved to Mr Sun – China’s New
Megacities. He is the editor of
‘Progress
& Prosperity – The Chinese City as Global Urban Model’
daan@more-architecture.com
www.more-architecture.com
Instagram: daanrog