Shanghai announced plans to create a non-motorized traffic network in downtown areas over the next five years. Cycleways and bike lanes and connections with sideroads will be improved, along with areas for Parking facilities for non-motorized vehicles at Metro and bus stations. Public bicycle renting facilities will be rolled out following trials in the districts […]
Calgary Mayor visits China and travels by public transit
Often you hear of trade delegations coming to China and experiencing the city. Usually its through the window of a bus or van whilst they run from airport to city and around the city going to meetings. So its refreshing to see Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi taking the time to go and travel on subways […]
Creating the right marketing material for the China market
Recently I have seen some brochures from international design companies for the Chinese market. Some were good and others were down right appalling. I thought I would give some insights into what makes your marketing material good or bad for the China market. Lets start with the bad Too smaller size font for Chinese text – […]
5 places I would like to design a project in the World (other than China)
I was thinking about the places I would like to design a project in the world if I had the chance. The places would not be anywhere I had designed a project before and limiting it to 5 places makes it harder to choose. I thought about it for a while and came up with […]
faslanyc: interview with Yu Kongjian ä¿žå”åš
Recently Yu Kongjian (ä¿žå”åš) was interviewed by faslanyc blog. Yu gives insight into his firm – Turenscape and his design influences and methodology that help him create the myriad of designs in China and the USA. Yu Kongjian is quickly gaining noteraity overseas for his designs and influence on modern landscape architecture in China. Turenscape has also been a finalist in […]