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271: Linda Vlasenrood – Lifestyle and Urban Planning in Shenzhen
Category: Business
Duration: 00:53:35
Publish Date: 2018-06-07 18:00:00
Description:

Podcast highlights:

  • 07:55 What's it like for Linda as an architect looking at Shenzhen? What does the city get right? Is it a great place to live?
  • 17:35 Linda talks about the little merit regarding the top-down approach - the tension between the power to just execute and at the same time, when the priorities are not right, it becomes "different"
  • 28:05 When Linda looks at Shenzhen, does she see any elements of beauty which leave all "ugly" brutalist architecture behind? What are the buildings/features of the city that she's really impressed by?

Podcast notes:

  • 00:05 Welcome Linda Vlassenrood to Asia Tech Podcast Stories
  • 00:35 How did Shenzhen make an impression upon Linda?
  • 04:10 Do people know about Shenzhen, a city of 20 million, outside of Asia?
  • 07:55 What's it like for Linda as an architect looking at Shenzhen? What does the city get right? Is it a great place to live?
  • 13:35 Top-down organization of the city, including the local government organizing singing contests - is it as bad as it sounds?
  • 17:35 Linda talks about the little merit regarding the top-down approach - the tension between the power to just execute and at the same time, when the priorities are not right, it becomes "different"
  • 22:15 To create better cities, does Linda think there is a need for a top-down approach?
  • 28:05 When Linda looks at Shenzhen, does she see any elements of beauty which leave all "ugly" brutalist architecture behind? What are the buildings/features of the city that she's really impressed by?
  • 35:55 7 out of 10 of the tallest skyscrapers are in China - is having this tallest structures a "male thing?"
  • 39:20 When people from Europe or America look at Shenzhen, what can they take away from it?
  • 43:20 Beyond Shenzhen, Beijing and Shanghai, what's another city that we should watch out for?
  • 47:35 With Shenzhen trying to reinvent itself as a creative city, would it price itself out of the market that they would shift a lot of the low-end manufacturing out into Zhuhai?
  • 50:25 How does a student go and get a piece of the action in Shenzhen? What is the best way of getting into and discovering markets like Shenzhen?
  • 52:20 Check out INTI - International New Town Institute
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