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Rubleovo-Arkhangelskoe represents a new town, which will be built 2 km away from the northwestern part of Moscow. This project is the largest both in Russia and Europe.
It envisages construction of the residential units for more than 100.000 people, occupying the territory with the total area of 430 ha.
(c) iCube Visualization (3d modelling, 3d animation, 3d production, architecture, 3d vusualization, promo videos)

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In a mini-series about the various aspects of Tel Aviv’s history, Leadel.NET brings you these enlightening shorts about this international city.

See http://leadel.net for more contemporary Jewish videos

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The ARTHUR augmented round-table allows architects and customers to collaboratively review and discuss architectural designs even before they are build as models. Instead of physical models, in their review meetings they can now use virtual, computer-generated models that are displayed using semi-transparent head-mounted displays, and that appear to be right on the planning table.

The ARTHUR project was a EU-funded project that finished in 2004.

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Architect Erik Kigada of Planning Systems talks about Nairobi’s Urban Plan and how to build sustainable architecture in this city of four million.

Eric Kigada is an Architectural Engineer and member of the both the Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK) and the Board of Registration of Architects and Quantity Surveyors of Kenya (BORAQS). He has worked in Kenya and Germany on various projects. He is currently working with Planning Systems Services Ltd on projects including new factories; real estate planning, high-rise buildings and a ?bre optic landing station that will change the Nairobi landscape.

About TEDx
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)

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Have you wondered how Asia’s earliest major cities were planned?

In this segment of Anshina’s Architecture, I will upload a video series dedicated to China’s first model planned city, Chang’an, now present day Xi’an. The SERIES: T’ang Changan (? ??).

GOALS: The goals of this video series are to explain:

What made Chang’an a successful city?
What did Chang’an lack?
What techniques from Chang’an can today’s modern urban planners improve on or take for today’s growing society?

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This is only PART 1 of the series: Early Chinese Urban Planning. PART 1 discusses the origins of Chinese urban planning; one has to go back to the Shang (1600 BC!) and Zhou Dynasties to discover that early Chinese urban planning was all based on matters of unity, control, and religion.

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BACKGROUND INFO on the VIDEO SERIES:

Chang’an, in the 7th Century AD, represented the capitol of the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty is considered by historians to be the Golden Age of Chinese culture: tea, music, acrobatics, poetry, silk, pottery, civil service examinations for government positions, architecture, paintings, Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, all flourished in China.

Chang’an was located on the Silk Road, so people from far away, from Persia and Turkey, all the way to India, Tibet, Japan and Korea, came to trade to China and brought China’s influences back to their respective homelands. To put this in an urban planning perspective, Japan (i.e. Japan’s Heian-kyo, aka Kyoto and Nara) and Korea’s early capitals were influenced by Chang’an’s architecture and city-planning grid. Given that much of Tang Dynasty architecture does not exist anymore, one must see Kyoto and Nara to see how the Japanese were influenced by the Tang (and how the Japanese made Tang architecture to a Japanese-style architecture).

Beijing was also influenced by Chang’an city-planning grid.

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For any comments or inquires, post them on my blog or YouTube channel, or email me at fncis.chen@gmail.com.

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I will be citing sources shortly; be patient if you want more information!
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