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Dan Hill on the World Design Congress in Beijing

By Mark Vanderbeeken - August 21, 2010

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In a seven part series, designer and urbanist Dan Hill, research leader at ARUP and author of the acclaimed blog City of Sound, reports at length on last year's World Design Congress in Beijing.

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Having also been to Beijing, the experiences that Dan describes are quite familiar. A fascinating city, which is best explored on foot and via subway. Having been 3 years ago, I would love to see the changes that have happened in that time, as even then the city could be seen to be in a state of flux. Fascinating to watch apartment buildings going up before your eyes almost.
I was most amused by the comments on having a brilliant blue sky and no sign of pollution, only to find that it normally is not like that. I had exactly the same experience, with blue sky days, only to end up with the smog rolling in, and experiencing stinging eyes and lungs, and not being able to see a block across the city.
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