Gaoqiao, China, Asia
 
 
Year2001latitude: 31° 21'
longitude: 121° 34'
Period2003 - ?
Initiator(s)Client: Shanghai Pudong New Area Government and Gaoqiao town / Developer: Shanghai New Gaoqiao Development Co. Ltd.
Planning organization
Nationality initiator(s)Chinese
Designer(s) / Architect(s)Henk Doll
Design organizationKuiper Compagnons & Atelier Dutch (former TKA)/ Chinese partner office: Guangzhou Urban Planning & Design Survey Institute
Inhabitants120,000 (2010)
Target population135,000
Town website
Town related linkshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaoqiao,_Shanghai
http://www.kuiper.nl/index.php?section=Projects&id=53
http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/shanghai/articles/blogs-shanghai/expat-affair s/one-city-nine-towns-exploring-holland-town/
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1025219,00.html
Literature- Den Hartog, Harry: Shanghai New Towns - Searching for community and identity in a sprawling metropolis. 010 Publishers, Rotterdam 2010, 416 p. ISBN 978-90-6450-735-9

type of New Town: > scale of autonomy
New-Town-in-Town
Satellite
New Town
Company Town
> client
Private Corporation
Public Corporation
> policy
Capital
Decentralization
Industrialization
Resettlement
Economic
 

design of houses
source: http://www.kuiper.nl/inde x.php?section=Projects&id =53



design of houses
source: http://www.kuiper.nl/inde x.php?section=Projects&id =53



redevelopment of riverbanks on the old own
source: Den Hartog, Harry: Shanghai New Towns - Searching for community and identity in a sprawling metropolis. 010 Publishers, Rotterdam 2010, 416 p. ISBN 978-90-6450-735-9



bourgeousie
source: Den Hartog, Harry: Shanghai New Towns - Searching for community and identity in a sprawling metropolis. 010 Publishers, Rotterdam 2010, 416 p. ISBN 978-90-6450-735-9



factory workers 'pass'ing by on their way home
source: Den Hartog, Harry: Shanghai New Towns - Searching for community and identity in a sprawling metropolis. 010 Publishers, Rotterdam 2010, 416 p. ISBN 978-90-6450-735-9



Neighbouring houses
source: Den Hartog, Harry: Shanghai New Towns - Searching for community and identity in a sprawling metropolis. 010 Publishers, Rotterdam 2010, 416 p. ISBN 978-90-6450-735-9



The backside of housing street
source: Den Hartog, Harry: Shanghai New Towns - Searching for community and identity in a sprawling metropolis. 010 Publishers, Rotterdam 2010, 416 p. ISBN 978-90-6450-735-9



The circular canal 'copied' Dutch quarter Kattenbroek
source: Den Hartog, Harry: Shanghai New Towns - Searching for community and identity in a sprawling metropolis. 010 Publishers, Rotterdam 2010, 416 p. ISBN 978-90-6450-735-9



view of houses
source: http://www.cityweekend.co m.cn/shanghai/articles/bl ogs-shanghai/expat-affair s/one-city-nine-towns-exp loring-holland-town/



park
source: http://www.cityweekend.co m.cn/shanghai/articles/bl ogs-shanghai/expat-affair s/one-city-nine-towns-exp loring-holland-town/



Riverside Park with merchant houses
source: Den Hartog, Harry: Shanghai New Towns - Searching for community and identity in a sprawling metropolis. 010 Publishers, Rotterdam 2010, 416 p. ISBN 978-90-6450-735-9



the realized windmill
source: http://5election.com/2011 /01/08/shanghai-new-towns /



the coffee with the windmill in the backrnound
source: http://5election.com/2011 /01/08/shanghai-new-towns /



the town
source: http://5election.com/2011 /01/08/shanghai-new-towns /



source: http://www.kuiper.nl/index.php?section=Projects&id=53



source: http://www.kuiper.nl/index.php?section=Projects&id=53