by MAP Office [Gutierrez + Portefaix]

In the early 1980s, the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region was transformed into a vast manufacturing hinterland for Hong Kong, as well as an experimental zone for China’s new economy. Massive foreign investments from the British colony boosted a region that aspired to become the fifth Asian dragon.

Established by entrepreneurs, a politics of laissez faire was successfully injected into local infrastructural projects. Joint ventures and private money propelled a leap that responded to the global economy and accession to WTO.



Guangshen Superhighway Market

The users take a chair, order a meal and watch a DVD on TV. Instead of using a remote to change film, customers change table. The restaurant is a collective living room where to watch TV, a video or meet with friends. 





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