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Not only is China building like crazy these day, they are
building BIG. The most populous country in the world is undertaking
large-scale "mega-projects" in an effort to rapidly
industrialize and modernize. Many of these mega-projects are
high-rise residential developments, designed to meet the country
and local light and vent codes, but not much else. Their painted-concrete
exteriors bend and turn to allow the required light and air
into the appropriate spaces, such as bedrooms, but their sheer
repetition of floors and building groups is a daunting and oppressive
sight. One project that's set apart from the rest is the Jian
Wai SOHO development in Beijing, designed by Japan's Riken
Yamamoto and developed by SOHO
China.
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