KPF-Master-Plan-Meixi-Lake-Project-1

With a booming population, and unique juxtaposition of dense urban centers just miles from remote rural areas, it's no wonder that city planners are slightly obsessed with <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/china/">China</a>. <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/kohn-pedersen-fox/">Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates</a> (KPF) has been tasked with building China's newest <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/pop-up/">pop-up</a> city, called Meixi Lake in Changsha, China. As you may suspect from its name, the firm's recently released Master Plan for the city is built around a central lake and canal system, and seeks to be a standard for integrated urban innovation all over the world.

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