With a mission to curate a vanishing aesthetic referred to as millennial or Chinese dreamcore—nostalgic but a bit mordant with the energy of moribund malls, architecture student Liu Yujia has crisscrossed the country on foot, bike and train documenting the building boom of the 1990s and 2000s that echoed the beginning of the era of economic prosperity and unprecedented growth as told through vernacular towers, industrial parks and ageing apartment blocks dismissed by many as ostentatious and ugly, with little regard afforded for their demolition as relics of China’s rise, cleared away to make room for more growth and development. Liu’s catalogue is focused on some ten-thousand structures already slated for the wrecking-ball, hoping to create an archive of these high-rise enclaves that were once important symbols of China’s ambitions for progress. More from Sixth Tone at the link above.
synchronoptica
one year ago: cruise packages and Gen Z (with synchronopticรฆ) plus international maritime signal flags
fifteen years ago: handmade heraldry
