November 6, 2007 | Broadcast News

Since it was declared a Special Economic Zone by the Chinese government in 1980, the city of Shenzhen has grown from a town of thirty thousand to a megalopolis of an estimated 12 million citizens. Professor Huasheng Sun, a 74-year-old professor of architecture and urban planning at Shenzhen University, has been both an influential participant and a witness to the transformation of Shenzhen from a rural village to the world’s fastest-growing shipping port and one of China’s most productive cities. Sun’s contributions to Shenzhen’s cityscape include the planning for the mixed-use urban community “Overseas Chinese Town�, the redesign of the multimodal LoWu Station (a gateway to Hong Kong), and the creation of the strangely appealing “Splendid China� theme park, a scaled down replica of every major architectural and cultural landmark in the country.

Read more here as Architect and planner Huasheng Sun talks about urban planning in South China’s fastest-growing city on MetropolisMag.com

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