New model metropolises. Paradises on earth: How cities will evolve [TheEconomist]
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This project explores the invisible terrain of WiFi networks in urban spaces by light painting signal strength in long-exposure photographs.
A four-metre long measuring rod with 80 points of light reveals cross-sections through WiFi networks using a photographic technique called light-painting.
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Sanya’s “Hammer Action” to pull down the city’s biggest slum [ChinaHush]
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Population control in Beijing: Air-raid warnings [TheEconomist]
As the leaders see it, a plague of human rats in the capital.
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A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain by Owen Hatherley [theguardian]
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“ The chair was the only sign he’d ever given of having a personal vision of the future.
Jonathan Franzen - The Corrections
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Chicago on the Yangtze. Welcome to Chongqing, the biggest city you've never heard of. [ForeignPolicy]
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