Genealogy of Bassac

The mapping exercise took place within, and was informed by, the artistic residential community of the iconic White Building, designed by Lu Ban Hap in 1963, and demolished in 2017 (see Moritz Henning’s article in this issue). Key objectives of the project were to find new ways of visualizing ruptures in urban form that have occurred in the area over different historical eras; to record the past and present of the Bassac Riverfront; and to start a new dialogue that could serve as the basis for developing ideas for the future of the city.

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