With contributions by architects, academics, artists and activists Progress & Prosperity is a powerful and timely book, edited by Daan Roggeveen. It questions, investigates and reveals the current condition of the (Chinese) megacity and its shift from prosperity to progress.
Provocative yet intelligent essays, and reflective interviews tell a new understanding of the 21st century urban condition: globalized and gentrified, using spatial zoning, financialization, culture, and the virtual to safeguard its position on the global stage. We will launch this new book with an energizing program and four of its contributors in Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai.
The panel will question if China is indeed focusing on the so-called "soft side" of its urban development. What is the role of cultural buildings in place-making and city branding? What is the relationship between cultural institutions and their buildings? And what role play real estate developers in this?
通过建筑师，学者，艺术家和活动策划者们的共同努力，《进步与繁荣》得以出版。这是一本具有极大张力和符合时代背景的著作，由 Daan Roggeveen 创作完成。书中质疑、调查并揭示了（中国）特大城市的现状以及如何从过往的繁荣过渡到新发展的时代进程。
书中充满智慧又发人深思的散文和反思性的访谈都阐述了作者对21世纪城市现状的认识：全球化、中产阶级化、区域化、金融化、文化性和虚拟性，都将是特大城市维护其全球地位的重要手段。
专家们将重点分析当代的中国是否专注于城市发展中的所谓“柔软面”。同时，话题包括文化建筑在场所的打造和城市品牌塑造中的具体作用，文化机构和文化建筑之间的关系，房地产开发商在发展中扮演着怎样的角色，这些都将是发布会当天被重点讨论的部分。