Observation of the effects of prolonged artificial illumination on the area’s famous biodiversity is therefore made possible. Fig. 5.14 Chun (Derek) Wong Y2, ‘Organic Firework Factory’. Located in Dishui Lake, bat droppings are a key renewable component for material processes in the factory. The building’s display of fireworks showcases the lost colour and excitement in the Shanghai sky. Figs 5.15 – 5.16 Alvin Lim Y3, ‘Houtan Pet Cemetery’. Deep within Houtan Park, a forest on the border of Huangpu River, lies Houtan Pet Cemetery, an isolated landscape for deceased pets. The building is designed around a ritual that reflects the mourners’ stages of grief. Upon cremation, the pet is immortalised from its ashes as bone china memorabilia that celebrates man’s best friend.
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Fig. 5.11 Katherine Ramchand Y2, ‘The New Santa Claus Production Village’ is a critique of the Christmas village of Yiwu. Yiwu is home to 600 factories who collectively churn out over 60% of all the world’s Christmas decorations. The proposal uses phytoremediation to transform its toxic red landscape into China’s royal colour yellow. Fig. 5.12 Annette Choy De Leon Y2, ‘The Travelling Medical Centre’. Sited in the water village Zhujiajiao, Shanghai, the complex provides visitors with a healing, organic and overall green experience as plants are cultivated for herbal medicines and broths. Fig. 5.13 Victor (Tsz) Leung Y2, ‘Nocturnal Forest’. In response to the addition of lampposts throughout the forests surrounding China’s West Lake, the building is a nocturnal forest research centre designed to sit lightly between the trees of the forest.
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