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The Concept of the City in Miniature

We all remember thinking back at the times in the 60`s and 70`s, travelling with our families across Europe and being thrilled going to the Themes Parks of the „Miniature City“ - the only one that existed at the times. The models included the downtown area, neighbourhoods, water towers, bridges and a working miniature railroad of whole cities built to a consistent scale- for example the Hague Madurodamm, Legoland, Swiss Miniatur, etc. There is evidence to suggest the existence of private model villages and miniature parks since before 1900, but it was only in the 1930s to 1950s that the genre became known as public tourist attractions.

We treasure the memories of us as giants in the meticulously rebuilt to scale environments, embracing the Eiffel Tower or with child-like joy seeing at only one glance the railway system and watch the trains crossing the city.... the whole world at our feet!

Today in the digital era, the idea of a city in miniature has been transcribed into numerous video gaming programs - simcity, theme park, civilization, sims, etc.-
What is so fascinating about the experience of a „day out“ at a miniature park, -other than the educational, historical and tourist information- is the experiential adventure, which is no longer present in its digitally recreated counterpart.

If we have this particular ability abstraction and thus of projecting ourself in space and imagining, then we can also use this gift to project ourselves into the future. Imagining the city of the future as a truly „better place for better living“ is the topic of this miniature expo on green building in Shanghai.

With the aim of focussing on all aspects concerning the future sustainability of our built environment, phenomena or problems that ought to be addressed, the mini expo will focus on addressing green architecture as a tool for the city of the future. Its purpose to explain and educate, promote and display methods of implementation as well as raising an awareness in the general public for the necessity to develop a realistic future oriented frame of mind.