Chongqing IFC or Hong Kong wannabe
In another case of copied architecture, the Chongqing CBD in Jiefangbei also includes an IFC office tower which is extremely similar to its Hong Kong building. Another case of how local urban planner loop up to famous cities and architects and try to copy / paste them instead of trying to come with their own identity. The Chaoptienman ( tip of chongqing peninsula ) is also seeing its old port destroyed to give a place to a similar building to the famous Singapore Sands hotel & casino... Chongqing, wannabe the modern metropolis of china but if the trend continues, it will look more like a mix of other famous cities paste into one.
Chongqing IFC in the middle of the Jiefangbei area
Fake Zaha Hadid in Chongqing
As Chongqing is running towards its urbanisation and modernisation, local urban planner and authorities want to have the best and the fastest, even if it means cloning famous buildings from architects from other cities. In the new development area of Chongqing, a copycat of unfinished Beijing Zaha Hadid project has been build in the middle of the fields
The copycat building is located in the Jiangbei district of Chongqing
Some workers taking a rest inside the project
the project is surrounded by farm field, factories and housing projects
The issues has been raised in many publications, you can read more here in an article from the Spiegel online:
here is a render of the original project currently being finished in Beijing | render from Zaha Hadid