The idea for creating(planning) green spaces near the Shanghai riverside comes(proceeds) from their really useful ecologic function, like moving away the smog and creating an un-polluted area nearby.(all based in natural materials, excluding artificial ones) This makes a sustainable architecture for healthy living, away from carcinogenic materials,
Based on:
The idea of space-gardens comes from sponge structure and its spaces. The sponge is related with water which remembers us the main life-source and Shanghai’ history. Sponge’s spaces are the centers, which depending in density and pressure of water movements they adopt and change in different special forms.
The reason of this idea:
The reason of this idea is doubling the green spaces and making a direct connection between them and Sozhou river, the life, trading and economical source of Shanghai’ city and its inhabitants
http://petritpasha.blogspot.de/2012/04/competition-re-think-shanghai-1.html