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Presentation given at 'Beyond the Global City: Visual, Verbal and Virtual Experiences' Colloquium
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ASIAN ECOLOGICAL SUBLIME
Beyond the Global City: Visual, Verbal and Virtual Experiences
Dea van Lierop, University of AmsterdamLondon, 20-21 May 2011
KEY POINTS: ASIAN ECOLOGICAL SUBLIME
HOW THE ASIAN ECOLOGICAL SUBLIMETAKES SHAPE
THE FUTURE OF THE ASIAN ECOLOGICAL SUBLIME
WHAT IS THEASIAN ECOLOGICAL SUBLIME?
FROM THE EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURAL SUBLIME TO THE AMERICAN TECHNOLOGICAL SUBLIME
European Architectural Sublime, Arc de Triomphe.American Technological Sublime, Space Shuttle Columbia.
NYE’S DEFINITION OF THE SUBLIME (XIII): “One of the most powerful human emotions” “[C]an weld society together” “In moments of sublimity, human beings
temporarily disregard divisions among elements of the community.”
“[T]aps into fundamental hopes and fears.” “[It] is an essentially religious feeling, aroused
by the confrontation with impressive objects such as Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon, the New York skyline, the Golden Gate Bridge, or the earth-shaking launch of a space shuttle.”
“[I]s inscribed within public life”
Asian Ecological Sublime
European Architectural Sublime
American Technological Sublime
Space Shuttle Columbia
Arc de TriompheMasdar City
LOCATING EXAMPLES OF THE ASIAN ECOLOGICAL SUBLIME
HOW DOES THEASIAN ECOLOGICAL SUBLIME
TAKE SHAPE?
MASDAR CITY: ABU DHABI, UAE
Clockwise from top:
Aerial view of Masdar City
Masdar City’s Main Street
Masdar City Plaza
GUANGMING SMARTCITY: GUANGDONG PROVINCE, CHINA
Computer-generated model of Guangming Smartcity.
Farmers within a computer-generated model of Guangming Smartcity.
CJ LIM + ED LIU:SMARTCITIES + ECO-WARRIORS, PAGE 7
“The Smartcity postulates that the next and final stage of evolution can only be a circular economy that subsumes agriculture, energy and industry into co-dependency and self-perpetuation.”
Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City (1898)
Le Corbusier’s Contemporary City (1929) and Radiant City (1935)
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Broadacre City (1935)
THE FUTURE OF THEASIAN ECOLOGICAL SUBLIME
(AND, WHY IT CAN ONLY EXIST WITHIN A COMPUTER GENERATED
MEDIUM)
AN AVERAGE DAY IN THE REGULATED, HYPER-DESIGNED AND PLANNED GUANGMING SMARTCITY FOR AN ELDERLY MOTHER AND HER SON:
THE FUTURE OF THEASIAN ECOLOGICAL SUBLIME:
Cannot be realized as a physical place be experienced within a state of control
Must remain within a computer generated medium exemplify advancements in sustainable
technology