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Cultural mapping report design and architecture in China

Dutch designers and architects who operate in China, or desire to do so, can only benefit from a clearer understanding of the cultural, economical, legal, educational, institutional and social

characteristics of this context.

From the Chinese side there is a demand for innovation, exploration of new approaches and sustainable design when brought in relation with ecological, economical and societal strategies. The question is not if there is a market for Dutch experience and knowledge in this field, but how to set up programs tat target long-term engagement.

This report combines the experience from creatives working in China, analysis developed by professional organizations and ongoing mappings by Dutch and international consultants and advisers up till 2009.

The combination of these diverse insights, sometimes highly specific and/or generalistic, aspires to sketch the framework in which ongoing and future dialogues between the two different

design cultures (Dutch and Chinese) can happen with the objective to build up and sustain longterm networks.

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