The 'shan-shui city' (the city of mountains and water) is one of MAD's latest projects which will be build in guiyang.
It came from a concept which dates back to ancient times of the mountain-water worship, followed by wu zixu’s idea (5th century BC) of locating cities by observing the earth and examining the water, and the emperors’ locating cities on the strategic place of the surrounding natural environment...
http://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-shan-shui-city-guiyang-china/?utm_campaign=monthly&utm_medium=e-mail&utm_source=subscribers
It came from a concept which dates back to ancient times of the mountain-water worship, followed by wu zixu’s idea (5th century BC) of locating cities by observing the earth and examining the water, and the emperors’ locating cities on the strategic place of the surrounding natural environment...
http://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-shan-shui-city-guiyang-china/?utm_campaign=monthly&utm_medium=e-mail&utm_source=subscribers
