Survey and Design Work in Taoping | |
The county officials’ response to the studio’s principles and scenarios was non-committal, but instructive. The BE Lab group’s proposals conflicted with county-level interests in spending large sums of disaster (and economic) recovery funds as quickly as possible, primarily on infrastructure construction throughout the Zagunao valley. The County Party Secretary conceded that construction at this scale would have environmental impacts, but believed that these would be temporary. The model of economic development he envisioned for Taoping included “five-star international conference facilities”. |
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