Urban Village - Stephan Petermann - Put down the hoe, pick up the mouse

Put down the hoe, pick up the mouse

Stephan Petermann

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Dong Feng’s translated encouragement for prosperous life in the countryside, promoting inclusivity and economic growth. Photo: Song Yu, AMO/CAFA.

Urban Village
December 2017










Notes
1

"Research Report on China’s Taobao Villages," Ali Research (2015), .

2

The creation of “models” is one China’s most effective, and desired, ways for describing prototypes to be replicated.

3

"Xi wants big data to make lives better," People's Daily English (December 11, 2017), .

4

One clear and recent example of the tax-break economy is the recent Amazon HQ2 competition, with regions begging for investment into their rural areas and surrendering their public interest in exchange for creating a few cheap jobs.

This article was written as part of the AMO/CAFA Spring 2017 Semester Countryside Studio by Stephan Petermann, Prof. Lu Jiping, Shao Jun, Shi Yang, Dongmei Yao, and Rem Koolhaas. The underlying research was done by Song Yu with further development with Yina Moore and Jiayu (Joe) Qiu (both Harvard GSD).

Urban Village is collaboration between e-flux Architecture and the 7th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB) within the context of its theme, "Cities, Grow in Difference."