ROME

MONTREAL

summer trip 2009

ZAHA

Chanel has sponsored a traveling pavilion filled with artwork with the theme of the handbag. The mobile museum was designed by Zaha Hadid and is currently located in Hong Kong near the Central ferry pier.Mobile Art Website

SHENZHEN

I made two trips to Shenzhen recently. During trips I visited the miniature theme parks that they have near Shenzhen Bay.
The first park is called "Splendid China" which is filled with all of china's major landmarks built at a scale of 1:15. About a kilometer down the street is another park called "Windows of the World". This park has all of the world's major landmarks at varying scales. The eiffel tower is 102m tall or 1:3. You can take the elevator to the observation level at the top of the tower, similar to in paris. It is remarkable to see this highly detailed models of buildings and landscapes that you have seen pictures of, but it is even more strange to see the replications of places that I have been to.

HK SZ architecture biennale

More images from the Hong Kong + Shenzhen architecture biennale 2007.

HK SZ architecture biennale

images from the Hong Kong + Shenzhen architecture biennale. HKSZ website

NEW YEARS

this is the 2008 new year fireworks from a parkade in CENTRAL district Hong Kong.

HK MAP

I just stumbled upon this very neat site which presents a navigable axonometric map of Hong Kong. Click here to check it out.

MACAU

Visited Macau for the first time the other day. It is Asia's Las Vegas. A fifty minute ferry ride takes you to a city which mixes old europe with the Portuguese influence of the last 300+ years of occupation, some typical Chinese aspects and then some massive Casinos. Next time I will need to visit it in the daylight.