The document discusses several large-scale architectural projects in China, including the Sifang Art Park in Nanjing which featured buildings designed by 20 international architects, the Ordos 100 project in Inner Mongolia's Ordos City which was to include 100 villas designed by emerging architects but was left unfinished, and the changing skylines and vertical forests of Chinese cities. It also examines the lifestyles and shopping habits of high-net-worth individuals in China. The document provides images and diagrams related to these projects and trends.
19. HNWI
High-Net-Worth Individual
A high-net-worth individual (HNWI) is a person with a high net worth.
In the western, and primarily American, private banking business, these
individuals typically are defined as having investable finance (financial
assets, excluding primary residence) in excess of US$1 million.
UHNWI
Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individual
By 2007, the expansion of HNWI assets led to the creation of a super
class of HNWIs, known as Ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs),
i.e. those with US$30 million in liquid financial assets according to the
Capgemini and Merrill Lynch World Wealth Report 2006 or with a
disposable income of more than US$20 million.
79. The long story short
In 2002, Lu Jun decides to
build a luxury-villas
development on a piece of
land in Nanjing
Nanjing architect Zhang Lei
convinces Lu Jun to pursue a
much more ambitious plan:
build a luxury-villas
development plus a luxury-
towers development
To do so, Zhang Lei invites
Arata Isozaki to invite about
twenty international
architects to design an
“architecture park”
In 2008, Lu Xun, son of Lu
Jun, leaves his postgraduate
studies in London and helps
his father in the managment
of the project
80. 1. STEVEN HOLL, Sifang Art Museum
2. LIU JIAKUN, Hotel Monochrome
3. ARATA ISOZAKI, Conference Center
4. ETTORE SOTTSASS, Recreation Center
5. ZHOU KAI, Hermit
6. SANAA, A Circle of Interaction
7. ZHANG LEI, Block House
8. MATHIAS KLOTZ, Pond Lily
9. DAVID ADJAYE, Light Box
10. MANSILLA & TUÑON, Fo-Shou
11. SEAN GODSELL, Shadows of Bamboo
12. ODILE DECQ, Flying Horse
13. LIU HENG, A Floded House
14. PHILIP F. YUAN, A Wonderland House
15. WANG SHU, San-He Residence
16. AI WEIWEI, Six-room
17. ZHANG YONGHE, Steel Lattice Railings Bd.
18. CUI KAI, House under Bamboo
19. ALBERTO KALACH, Waterside Pavilion
20. SANAKSENAHO, Boat House
110. The long story short
Around 2005, Jiang Yuan
Water Engineering decides to
put a lot of money on a new
luxury-villa development
close to Ordos
To do so, they ask swiss
architects Herzog & De Meuron
to select 99 emerging architects
that will design one 1000sqm
villa each.
They accept and ask Chinese
artist Ai Weiwei to design the
masterplan and be the
curator of the whole process.
He also documents it and
makes a movie out of it.
Arata Isozaki wasn't invited
to the party :(
128. ‘Ordos 100 : The inevitable cultural negociations when building a city in the 21st Century.’ An exhibition on architecture, urbanization and globalization, 2009