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The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
This multinational collection of buildings, 17 buildings in seven countries, is a culmination of Le Corbusier’s work, breaking with tradition and creating a new architectural language. These buildings took half a century to build, a process Le Corbusier called “patient research.” The Town Hall Building in Chandigarh, India, the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, Japan, the Casa de Castro de Castro in La Plata, Argentina, and the housing estate in Marseille, France, embody the 20th century Modernist movement’s solution to the challenge of inventing new building techniques to meet social needs. These creative masterpieces also bear witness to the internationalization of global architectural practice.
Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes
The multinational site stretches for approximately 400 km along the left bank of the Rhine, from the Rhine Mountains in Germany to the North Sea coast of the Netherlands, and consists of 102 sections from a part of the Roman Empire's frontier that stretched over 7,500 km across Europe, the Near East and North Africa in the 2nd century AD. The site includes military and civilian sites and infrastructure marking the edge of Lower Germany from the 1st to the 5th century AD. Archaeological remains on the site include military bases, forts, small forts, towers, temporary camps, roads, ports, fleet bases, canals and aqueducts, as well as civilian settlements, towns, cemeteries, temples, amphitheatres and palaces. Almost all of these archaeological remains are buried underground. The waterlogged sediments on the site have resulted in a high degree of preservation of structures and organic material from the period of Roman occupation and use.
Western Tien-Shan
This transnational heritage site is located in the Tien Shan mountain range, one of the largest in the world. The Western Tien Shan ranges from 700 to 4,503 metres above sea level. It has a diverse landscape with extremely rich biodiversity. It is globally important as a centre of origin for many cultivated fruit crops and has a variety of forest types and unique plant communities.
Colonies of Benevolence
This transnational collection of sites includes the cultural landscapes of four settlements, one in Belgium and three in the Netherlands. Together they bear witness to an experiment in 19th-century social reform, an effort to alleviate urban poverty by establishing agricultural colonies in remote areas. Founded in 1818, Frederikshavn (Netherlands) was the oldest of these colonies and the original headquarters of a charitable association that aimed to reduce poverty at the national level. Other components of the site include the colonies of Wilhelminaoord and Veenhuizen in the Netherlands and the colony of Wortel in Belgium. As the income from the small farms in the colonies was insufficient, the charitable associations sought other sources of income and contracted with the state to house orphans and, soon after, beggars and vagrants, leading to the establishment of “unfree” colonies such as Veenhuizen, which had large dormitory-style buildings and larger centralized farms for them to work under the supervision of guards. The colonies were designed as panoramic settlements along orthogonal lines. They featured residential buildings, farmhouses, churches and other communal facilities. At their peak in the mid-19th century, such colonies in the Netherlands were home to more than 11,000 people. In Belgium, their numbers peaked in 1910 at 6,000.
The Great Spa Towns of Europe
The transnational European Spa Towns site includes 11 towns in seven European countries: Baden near Vienna (Austria); Spa (Belgium); Františkovy Lazne (Czech Republic); Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic); Mariánské Lázně (Czech Republic); Vichy (France); Bad Ems (Germany); Baden-Baden (Germany); Bad Kissingen (Germany); Montecatini Terme (Italy); Bath (UK). All of these towns developed around natural mineral waters. They bear witness to the international spa culture in Europe from the early 18th century to the 1930s and gave rise to large international resorts that influenced the urban typology of spa complexes, such as the kurhaus and kursaal (buildings and rooms for treatments), pump rooms, drinking halls, porticoes and galleries, which were designed to exploit the natural mineral water resources and use them for bathing and drinking. Related facilities include gardens, meeting rooms, casinos, theaters, hotels and villas, as well as spa-specific support infrastructure. These complexes are integrated into an overall urban context, including carefully managed leisure and therapeutic environments and picturesque landscapes. Together, these sites embody an important exchange of human values and the development of medicine, science and balneology.
Cold winter desert in Turan
The transboundary heritage site consists of 10 parts spread across the temperate arid zone of Central Asia between the Caspian Sea and the Turan Mountains. The climatic conditions here are extremely harsh, with severe winters and extremely hot summers. The region is home to an exceptionally rich variety of flora and fauna that have adapted to the harsh climate. The site also showcases a diverse range of desert ecosystems, spanning more than 1,500 kilometres from east to west, with each component differing in terms of biodiversity, desert type and continuously changing ecological processes.
Dawangjing Park, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Dawangjing Park is located in the eastern part of Beijing. The park is adjacent to Beixiao River in the north, Jingshun Road in the southeast, the Fifth Ring Road in the northeast, and Wangjing Outer Ring Road in the west. It is located in Dawangjing Science and Technology Business Innovation Zone in Chaoyang District. Speaking of Dawangjing, let me first introduce the origin of Wangjing to all leaders: Legend has it that one year, Emperor Qianlong went to the Summer Resort to spend the summer. He passed by this village (now Dawangjing Village) via the Imperial Road, stopped to rest, and when he was drinking tea, he looked back and saw Dongzhimen, and then named this place Wangjing. In the 21st century, Wangjing area has developed rapidly, and many multinational company headquarters and R&D centers have settled in Wangjing, and Fortune 500 companies have actively moved in. For example: Canada Nortel Networks China Headquarters and R&D Center, Motorola China Headquarters and R&D Center, Samsung Electronics (China) Service Headquarters, Germany BMW Automotive Electronics R&D Center, Beijing Benz Building, etc. In addition, well-known domestic companies such as Greenland Group and Poly Group have also settled in. Wangjing area should strive to create new highlights in Chaoyang's industrial development and urban operations, and create a shocking first image area of the country's gate. For this reason, Dawangjing Science and Technology Business Innovation Zone has also been listed as one of the top ten development bases in Chaoyang District during the 12th Five-Year Plan period. The Dawangjing Park located in it is a pilot construction project of urban-rural integration of the Beijing Municipal Government. The predecessor of the park was Dawangjing Village, a famous urban village in Beijing. In 2009, Dawangjing Village in Chaoyang District was selected as a pilot project and began demolition work on May 9, 2009. The demolition task was completed on June 10 of the same year. The entire demolition work took only one month, with a total demolition area of 486,000 square meters and 1,692 households involved. As an important part of this urban-rural integration pilot construction project, in order to enable the residents of the area to not only enjoy modern life, but also enjoy a high-quality living environment. The Chaoyang District Government increased its investment and decided to build a regional comprehensive park on the original site of the demolition to effectively improve the environmental level of the area. Dawangjing Park also got its name. Dawangjing Park started construction on June 28, 2009 and was officially opened to tourists on May 8, 2010. The park covers a total area of 33.4 hectares, of which 26.16 hectares are green, 4.9 hectares are paved, and 2.34 hectares are water. The construction of Dawangjing Park has greatly improved the quality of the surrounding environment and has become a green highlight in the Dawangjing Science and Technology Business Innovation Zone. At the same time, the park also relies on the regional advantages of the park to create unique conditions for the better development of the park. The park adheres to the concept of "green mountains and green waters, butterflies and flying warblers - beautiful Wangjing, my home", and follows the principles of people-oriented, ecological priority, urban-rural integration, and perfect system; beautify the city, build a park with culture; give full play to the multiple functions of green space and create the best living environment. In recent years, the park has continuously strengthened management and improvement, and strived to give full play to the ecological, environmental and leisure and recreational functions of urban gardens, and built a green oxygen bar with business and leisure as its characteristics to serve the Wangjing Business Park. Through reasonable planning, the park has carefully designed the main landscapes such as Wangjing Terrace, Qingyun Terrace, Ruyi Lake, Qingxi Waterway, Lotus Ferry, Tree-Shaded Square, Health Trail, and Ancient Tree Square.