neville mars
Urban Planner
from Beijing, China
Neville Mars is the chief architect of MARS-1 Space Design, a Beijing based office engaged with sustainable design on all scales, from green furniture to buildings, to cities and founder of the Dynamic City Foundation (动态城市基金会) an international research platform that maps the impact of hyper-speed urbanization in China. MARS approaches urban growth as essentially organic. From this perspective he described the new urban typologies and social realities that have emerged in China's vibrant urban laboratory. The research has been published as The Chinese Dream - a society under construction (010 Publishers, Mars and Hornsby, Rotterdam 2008).
Recent projects
Neville Mars and the DCF has been invited by the Caofeidian and Dutch Government to organize a multidisciplinary research project to be presented at the Shanghai World Expo 2010. The BARC project works with 5 Dutch and 5 Chinese renowned design firms to produce an integrated sustainable vision for this ambitious city in Hebei, based on an evolutionary principles called Caofeidian Genetic City.
Recent projects
Neville Mars and the DCF has been invited by the Caofeidian and Dutch Government to organize a multidisciplinary research project to be presented at the Shanghai World Expo 2010. The BARC project works with 5 Dutch and 5 Chinese renowned design firms to produce an integrated sustainable vision for this ambitious city in Hebei, based on an evolutionary principles called Caofeidian Genetic City.