I just found out that there are a couple of theme parks called Happy Valley in Beijing and Shenzhen, and construction in Shanghai and Chengdu. The one in Beijing was open to public in 2006, which is about 1 million sqm in area in Southeast Beijing. It was called "the frontier of cultural industry of Beijing, the classical of modern Chinese tourism, and an important symbol of experiential tourism in Beijing." The Lost Maya, Atlantis, and Aegean Harbor are made as "real and ancient" as they could. In most cases, they are out of scale and the vegetation is really weird, and out of the "original" context.
Chinese Archi-Image Phenomena [CAIP] is a consortium of urban image theorists and architects speculating on architecture and image culture in contemporary China. The practice of CAIP exists in a world of extreme simulacra, as historical footnotes are shuffled and image realities are becoming perversely pervasive.
The co-founders Fei Wang (http://www.fei-wang.net) and Yan Wang work in China, USA and Canada.
Pls mail to caipcaip@gmail.com if you have any quest.
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