In response to the invitation from the People’s Liberation Army (Hong Kong), IMCC took charge of the creation of the Hong Kong Central City Model.
The People’s Liberation Army (Hong Kong) are dedicated in protecting Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability, and are honourable generals with good abilities and reputations. IMCC, as the Communicator of Metropolitan Cultures, through the respect of the Hong Kong’s Army and an accurate understanding of the metropolitan cultures, kindled the heart of passion and reforming the true appearance of Central with detailed professionalism.
The first obstacle IMCC has to overcome was not the technical problems in creating a model, but the understanding of the current focus and aura of the Central. The Central district is situated at the heart of the Hong Kong Island, and is the heart of the Hong Kong financial trading. The developments of the international finance, trading, business and efficient city public transport systems are the key factors in the changes to Central’s image. In specialized urban places like Central, all kinds of political powers, economic strengths, cultural backgrounds, communities and personal desires intertwine, inter-react, and in time, creating a “Multi-cultural Reactor”. IMCC’s apprehension of Central is this “Multi-cultural Reactor”. In producing the city model, this understanding and appreciation is coherently prominent. The model is more than just a simple series of replicas of skyscrapers. IMCC incorporated the essence of the Hong Kong Central into the details of the model. Like a film production, a sense of the city’s reality is integrated in the real records, with Central’s daylight prosperity and dazzling night-lights.
The People’s Liberation Army (Hong Kong) was moved by the creative sensuality of IMCC. The Central City model became a compulsory “landscape” to be visited by National leaders when inspecting the army. Many important national political persons also praised the likeliness of the model to the real city. From a passion of the city and the sensuality to plainness, IMCC not only “observes” the pulse of the city but also “understands”. The pulse of the city is the city’s various appearances; and the understanding of the city is the culture that lies beneath those appearances.
IMCC took little steps over the paths crossed; the IMCC thoughts and suggestions to cities also originates, little by little, from these paths.
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