Comments on: Long Tan Park: Cascades of Box Homes Covering the Mountains of China http://inhabitat.com/long-tan-park-cascades-of-box-homes-covering-the-mountains-of-china/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Mon, 20 May 2013 06:38:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Garden City K66 is a Pixelated Modular City for Ljubljana | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World http://inhabitat.com/long-tan-park-cascades-of-box-homes-covering-the-mountains-of-china/comment-page-1/#comment-254352 Garden City K66 is a Pixelated Modular City for Ljubljana | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:44:59 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=137708#comment-254352 [...] will house public programs and offices and upper floors that will be residential apartments. The stepped design of the upper floors creates niches where rooftop gardens and terraces can be placed. At the base, [...] [...] will house public programs and offices and upper floors that will be residential apartments. The stepped design of the upper floors creates niches where rooftop gardens and terraces can be placed. At the base, [...]

]]> By: yacirab http://inhabitat.com/long-tan-park-cascades-of-box-homes-covering-the-mountains-of-china/comment-page-1/#comment-246070 yacirab Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:07:30 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=137708#comment-246070 Nothing new.. These jerks of MVRDV with their PR machine think they can trick the architectural community by convincing us that they are into something cutting edge or outrageous. In Latinamerica we've been witnessing the birth and growth of these kind of "differentiated terraced organisations" for the past 5 decades... and It was all done by unskilled non-architecturally trained people, with much less material and $$... Nothing new.. These jerks of MVRDV with their PR machine think they can trick the architectural community by convincing us that they are into something cutting edge or outrageous. In Latinamerica we’ve been witnessing the birth and growth of these kind of “differentiated terraced organisations” for the past 5 decades… and It was all done by unskilled non-architecturally trained people, with much less material and $$…

]]> By: anandsheth http://inhabitat.com/long-tan-park-cascades-of-box-homes-covering-the-mountains-of-china/comment-page-1/#comment-243502 anandsheth Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:46:42 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=137708#comment-243502 Looks like a Favela Looks like a Favela

]]> By: cavilo http://inhabitat.com/long-tan-park-cascades-of-box-homes-covering-the-mountains-of-china/comment-page-1/#comment-242359 cavilo Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:38:23 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=137708#comment-242359 1) Building on top of undeveloped forested mountains? 2) promoting horizontal growth of a city instead of vertical growth and particularly in such a valuable landscape?.....How is this sustainable? In Monterrey, Mexico where I live, we just went through a quite devastating hurricane and most of the damages are related to having lost water absorption capacity in the mountains surrounding the city and also because of river and creek beds loosing space to urbanization. The cost of the damages is estimated in about USD$800 million. How could a project be sustainable if is risking that, on top of habitat losses, ecosystem fragmentation, increased vulnerability, loss of environmental services and landscape degradation. 1) Building on top of undeveloped forested mountains? 2) promoting horizontal growth of a city instead of vertical growth and particularly in such a valuable landscape?…..How is this sustainable?

In Monterrey, Mexico where I live, we just went through a quite devastating hurricane and most of the damages are related to having lost water absorption capacity in the mountains surrounding the city and also because of river and creek beds loosing space to urbanization. The cost of the damages is estimated in about USD$800 million. How could a project be sustainable if is risking that, on top of habitat losses, ecosystem fragmentation, increased vulnerability, loss of environmental services and landscape degradation.

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