New Silk Road: The Architecture of the Belt and Road Initiative (announced as Grounding the Belt and Road Initiative)

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Author: Michele Bonino, Francesco Carota, Sohrab Ahmed MarriChina’s Belt and Road Initiative, started in 2013, has transformed China, but also many places around the world. Based o n research undertaken at the Politecnico di Torino, this publication looks at the Initiative in architectural and spatial terms. Organised in thematic categories, it entails a survey of 21 case studies and investigates the impact of these China-backed projects. All buildings are documented with maps, architectural drawings and photographs specifically created for this book.In some cases, the initiative provided crucial infrastructure, such as the General Hospital of Niger in Niamey or the National Library of El Salvador, while it also generated entire new urban areas, e.g. the Free Zone in Khorghos, Kazakhstan, with sometimes controversial effects to local communities and the environment. These are explored within the pages of this book.ISBN 9783035626698. Birkhauser Verlag. hb. 232 pages. 20 b/w, 100 colour ills. 24 x 17 cm.available Show more