NBBJ's Nanjing Technology Park Offers a Glimpse of China's Green Future
Metropolis The nine-building Xin Wei Yi Technology Park, draws from local inspiration for passive cooling, daylighting, and greenspace. Courtesy Shao Feng When architect Jay Siebenmorgen of international architecture firm NBBJ first arrived on Jiangxing Island in Nanjing, China ten years ago, “there was nothing there. It was basically farmland,” he recalls. Though centrally located on the Yangtze River just four miles from Nanjing’s central business district, the island was principally known for its grape-growing before 2009 when the Chinese government resolved to urbanize. Today, th...
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