Comments on: Populous Unveils Glowing Green Master Plan for 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China http://inhabitat.com/populous-unveils-lush-green-master-plan-of-2014-youth-olympic-games-in-nanjing-china/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sat, 18 May 2013 14:21:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Erik van Lennep http://inhabitat.com/populous-unveils-lush-green-master-plan-of-2014-youth-olympic-games-in-nanjing-china/comment-page-1/#comment-304487 Erik van Lennep Sat, 05 Mar 2011 09:06:15 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=224447#comment-304487 Pretty (vague) pictures. Love to hear some actual details rather than generalized and almost generic promises. It would be very helpful if this gets tracked and updated, because it COULD be instructive, even where it fails to meet its promised delivery. It will be providing integration of the systems, user-friendliness, and particularly provisions for just how that legacy will be anticipated in factors such as post-Olympic retrofits, maintenance, overall social flexibility.... as they say "the devil is in the details". Can we get some images beyond these fantasy watercolors? As for the primary brief of providing a lasting legacy and an attention-magnet for Nanjing.....isn't that what every Olympic city asks for? That's a bit like saying "this car is really special because...wait for it.... you can get inside and it moves!" Don't get a cramp patting yourselves on the back just yet. But do keep us updated. Pretty (vague) pictures. Love to hear some actual details rather than generalized and almost generic promises. It would be very helpful if this gets tracked and updated, because it COULD be instructive, even where it fails to meet its promised delivery. It will be providing integration of the systems, user-friendliness, and particularly provisions for just how that legacy will be anticipated in factors such as post-Olympic retrofits, maintenance, overall social flexibility…. as they say “the devil is in the details”. Can we get some images beyond these fantasy watercolors?

As for the primary brief of providing a lasting legacy and an attention-magnet for Nanjing…..isn’t that what every Olympic city asks for? That’s a bit like saying “this car is really special because…wait for it…. you can get inside and it moves!”

Don’t get a cramp patting yourselves on the back just yet. But do keep us updated.

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