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Climbing Amphitheatre
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Farming ladders become a stage for community bonding
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12 Sep 25
Sun Tower
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Open Architecture’s award winning Sun Tower
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18 Jul 25
Social structures
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A new ‘Scenic City’ in China envisions a nature-infused workspace.
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24 Jul 24
A new self-sufficient, post-COVID city
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Set to live in China’s Xiong’ and in a post coronavirus pandemic - the new city will be a place where people are able to produce a new living and create a new t
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5 Nov 20
A new source of water?
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A new sponge-like nanomaterial, designed to be used in existing dehumidifiers, could offer a new source of aqua.
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3 Jul 20
Taking online learning into the physical realm
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China’s most successful online learning platform, Qkids is taking learning into the physical realm with newly designed space.
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12 Jun 20
The designers combating air pollution
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From smog eating roof tiles to sweatshirts that react to different kinds of pollution and more.
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14 Oct 19
Meet the speakers at this year's antenna conference
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#antenna2019, hosted by Design Indaba, Dutch Design Week and World Design Embassies, is taking place today in Eindhoven.
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13 Sep 19
Pixeland is China’s pixel-inspired park
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Created for the people of Mianyang, China, this multifunctional public space looks at how digital pixels can be used as functional art.
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3 May 19
Cross Cultural Chairs examines the role of the chair in our modern society
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"Analysing a chair you can understand the stature of a culture, what kind of materials they used and what kind of techniques they knew."
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1 Apr 19
Cultivating mini farms aboard cargo ships
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This student-designed collapsible farm could help utilise the massive amounts of wasted space created by shipping containers.
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19 Sep 18
Students explore bamboo as sustainable alternative to conventional building
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Combining traditional weaving techniques with digital design.
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4 May 18
Nüshu is an ancient secret language developed by women
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These women would embroid their Nüshu scripts on fabrics such as quilts, aprons, and handkerchiefs.
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16 Mar 18
Daan Roosegaarde’s Smog Free Bicycles clean the air as you ride
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The next phase of Smog Free Project China is almost here.
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14 Jul 17
Introducing MobyMart, the autonomous grocery store on wheels
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“It is the store that comes to you, instead of you coming to the store.”
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19 Jun 17
The African dream in China
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A new documentary follows African people as they navigate the city of Guangzhou, China as people become more fearful of immigration.
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3 Apr 17
Watch artist Red Hong Yi create an intricate portrait from 20 000 sunflower seeds
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“The seed is a household object but at the same time it is a revolutionary symbol.”
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23 Feb 17
The beginnings of China’s first Forest City
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The future of China’s air pollution could be addressed with Stefano Boeri’s forest city.
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23 Feb 17
Breathing cities: China’s first vertical forest to combat pollution
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Stefano Boeri Architetti is building another vertical forest to curb the pollution problem.
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14 Feb 17
Check out these unorthodox bridges from around the world
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From the Netherlands to China, architects are envisioning increasingly imaginative pathways.
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17 Jan 17
Beijing’s Smog Free Tower turns polluted air into jewellery
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Smog-ridden Beijing is investing in new age solutions to tackle their air pollution problem.
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24 Nov 16
Yanweizhou Park: Harnessing nature to benefit itself
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This wetlands-architecture project absorbs floodwater instead of blocking it.
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29 Sep 16
China surges forward in the space exploration race
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Three major new space programmes prove China’s cosmic ambitions.
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27 Sep 16
China opens record-breaking transparent bridge
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The Hunan province is now home to the longest and highest glass-bottomed bridge in the world.
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23 Aug 16
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