19-05-2010, 02:27 PM
Quote: China to get a 'mini-Melbourne'
ADAM MORTON, SHANGHAI
May 19, 2010
AN ACLAND Street in China's north-east? Perhaps not, but elements of it - a narrow road, wide footpaths, cafes spilling on to the streets as trams slip down the centre - are to be replicated in a unique proposal being pushed by Melbourne architects.
With the Chinese population moving to urban areas at an unprecedented rate, the firm Architektonic has developed a master plan to build what is being described as a ''mini-Melbourne'' next to an artificial lake outside Tianjin, a sister city to the Victorian capital.
The proposed development would house 20,000 people in an area covering 900,000 square metres - roughly half the size of the Melbourne CBD. Its centrepiece would be a Melbourne-style shopping and cafes hub based on Acland, Brunswick and Lygon streets....
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