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Podcast highlights:
07:55 What's it like for Linda as an architect looking at Shenzhen? What does the city get right? Is it a great place to live?
17:35 Linda talks about the little merit regarding the top-down approach - the tension between the power to just execute and at the same time, when the priorities are not right, it becomes "different"
28:05 When Linda looks at Shenzhen, does she see any elements of beauty which leave all "ugly" brutalist architecture behind? What are the buildings/features of the city that she's really impressed by?
Podcast notes:
00:05 Welcome Linda Vlassenrood to Asia Tech Podcast Stories
00:35 How did Shenzhen make an impression upon Linda?
04:10 Do people know about Shenzhen, a city of 20 million, outside of Asia?
07:55 What's it like for Linda as an architect looking at Shenzhen? What does the city get right? Is it a great place to live?
13:35 Top-down organization of the city, including the local government organizing singing contests - is it as bad as it sounds?
17:35 Linda talks about the little merit regarding the top-down approach - the tension between the power to just execute and at the same time, when the priorities are not right, it becomes "different"
22:15 To create better cities, does Linda think there is a need for a top-down approach?
28:05 When Linda looks at Shenzhen, does she see any elements of beauty which leave all "ugly" brutalist architecture behind? What are the buildings/features of the city that she's really impressed by?
35:55 7 out of 10 of the tallest skyscrapers are in China - is having this tallest structures a "male thing?"
39:20 When people from Europe or America look at Shenzhen, what can they take away from it?
43:20 Beyond Shenzhen, Beijing and Shanghai, what's another city that we should watch out for?
47:35 With Shenzhen trying to reinvent itself as a creative city, would it price itself out of the market that they would shift a lot of the low-end manufacturing out into Zhuhai?
50:25 How does a student go and get a piece of the action in Shenzhen? What is the best way of getting into and discovering markets like Shenzhen?
52:20 Check out INTI - International New Town Institute
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By Graham BrownPodcast highlights:
07:55 What's it like for Linda as an architect looking at Shenzhen? What does the city get right? Is it a great place to live?
17:35 Linda talks about the little merit regarding the top-down approach - the tension between the power to just execute and at the same time, when the priorities are not right, it becomes "different"
28:05 When Linda looks at Shenzhen, does she see any elements of beauty which leave all "ugly" brutalist architecture behind? What are the buildings/features of the city that she's really impressed by?
Podcast notes:
00:05 Welcome Linda Vlassenrood to Asia Tech Podcast Stories
00:35 How did Shenzhen make an impression upon Linda?
04:10 Do people know about Shenzhen, a city of 20 million, outside of Asia?
07:55 What's it like for Linda as an architect looking at Shenzhen? What does the city get right? Is it a great place to live?
13:35 Top-down organization of the city, including the local government organizing singing contests - is it as bad as it sounds?
17:35 Linda talks about the little merit regarding the top-down approach - the tension between the power to just execute and at the same time, when the priorities are not right, it becomes "different"
22:15 To create better cities, does Linda think there is a need for a top-down approach?
28:05 When Linda looks at Shenzhen, does she see any elements of beauty which leave all "ugly" brutalist architecture behind? What are the buildings/features of the city that she's really impressed by?
35:55 7 out of 10 of the tallest skyscrapers are in China - is having this tallest structures a "male thing?"
39:20 When people from Europe or America look at Shenzhen, what can they take away from it?
43:20 Beyond Shenzhen, Beijing and Shanghai, what's another city that we should watch out for?
47:35 With Shenzhen trying to reinvent itself as a creative city, would it price itself out of the market that they would shift a lot of the low-end manufacturing out into Zhuhai?
50:25 How does a student go and get a piece of the action in Shenzhen? What is the best way of getting into and discovering markets like Shenzhen?
52:20 Check out INTI - International New Town Institute