Mixing Up the Mega-Block

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Change the world, one mega-block at a time!
During Global Charrette weekend in February 2008, nearly one hundred students took part in 22 teams that collaboratively questioned the large-scale development of superblocks in China.

改变世界, 一个城区一个城区的来吧!
在2008年2月的全球快速设计比赛周末中﹐有近100名学生组成22个团队﹐对中国的大型发展模式作出探讨。

1. Megablock Collage City 大型城区拼贴城市
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2. Lift/Tuck
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Winner: Rice University School of Architecture (Matthew Crnkovich, Quyen Ma, Viktor Ramos, and Peter Stanley, with Clover Lee, Adviser)
Can the tower-podium formulation of the typical superblock be re-imagined with more dynamic relationships between public and residential zones?
举/藏
优胜作品
我们能令公共和住宅区域之间有更多的变化﹐从而从新审视现在一般街区中楼房与平台公式化的关系吗?

3. Megacloud
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Jury Recognition: Columbia University GSAPP (Amanda Brookins, Jenny Chou, and Kevin Wei, with Brian McGrath, Adviser)
How can Megablock Urbanism avoid obliterating already functioning lands (AFLs)--vast tracts of agricultural land, traditional villages, worker housing?
城区云
优异作品
我们如何才能避免大型城区摧毁已在运作的土地（ AFLs ）﹐其包括农田，传统村庄及工人的住房呢？

4. Hyper Mesh
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Jury Recognition: Columbia University GSAPP (Mark Bearak, Dora Kelle, Seth Ruggiero, Dana Fantauzzo)
Could a prosthetic construction of parks, residences, and services hyper-activate the ‘community space’ voids within superblocks?
超级网
优异作品
新增建设的公园﹐住宅及设施能激活在大型街区中的空闲的社区空间吗?

5. Flexible Mega-Block
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Jury Recognition: USC School of Architecture (Jamie Wu, I-Ting Chen, and Hua Li, with Eui-Sung Yi, Adviser)
Can a flexible, changeable infrastructure system reconcile the disconnects between the city and the home, between horizontal and vertical growth, and between interior and exterior environments?
灵活的大型城区
优异作品
对于在城市与住所之间的﹐横向与纵向之间的﹐和室内与室外之间的断层﹐一种灵活多变的基建系统能把它们从新修复吗?