^^An apartment or what?

apartment. rural private house has been sold to my uncle.

apartment. rural private house has been sold to my uncle.
Is facebook and youtube blocked in China?

Is facebook and youtube blocked in China?

is google blocked wherever you are?

Can anybody post a google map link of were exactly this tower is build?
I can't find it with the use of the town name.

^^ This is the location of the traditional-Chinese shaped apartments next to the tower:
http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&ll=31.83285,120.425477&z=16

date and photographer unknown

http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2010/3/15/111.jpg

wow, best pic of this tower so far. The photo above reminds me of the Pudong bend. I really hope they don't do something like that as there are ancient buildings around.

wow, great progress!!!! thanks

Near from the top now. Another footbridge and the globe and it wxill be ok.

thanks,cool!

date and photographer unknown

http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2010/3/15/111.jpg

Comparing with the render on first page, it looks like concrete has topped.
The tower on the right has those steel columns sticking out, these will support the ornamental steel frame crowning.
The last skybridge looks ready to be hoisted and the globe at the top hasn't started yet.

It's pretty wild seeing a tower like this being built in the middle of no where.
^^

updates???

That‘s...quick...

Can't wait to see that top build. Beautifull tower

Everything is possible in China..... Woow

Any updates?

the user called 'place' is a spammer [post no.266], please ban him.

A skyscraper for farmers? That is definaltey something new! :D
The design looks good.

LOL this is what i like to see, such a contrast! good stuff

some old photos
http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2010/6/18/2141234-526f-672c.jpg
http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2010/6/18/7250099.jpg

http://img18.tianya.cn/Photo/2010/4/9/19943197_27661652.jpg
http://img17.tianya.cn/Photo/2010/4/9/19944030_27661652.jpg

the neighbourhood is pretty cool read about it but never saw before

:lol: Pagoda-like apartments.

Beautiful!!!

is google blocked wherever you are?

:lol::lol::lol:

A very chinese traditional looking city, the tower will fit well there in the middle :D

A very chinese traditional looking city, the tower will fit well there in the middle :D
yeah it's kinda very nice. :) like it a lot

Great structure, excellent progress.

I wish we could get a recent picture. The last update we had was from the middle of March. I try googling news, searches, gaoloumi forum, flickr... nothing. You'd think there'd be something.

I wish we had some Wuxi residents on this forum.

We probably do, but not many would want to make the trip from Wuxi to Huaxi just to take a picture for this forum. :(

You will find the tower and two pics here: 31° 49' 43.32" N 120° 25' 7.60" E . Google earth.
One of my fav's.

Damn, what farmers are going to be able to afford to live here?

- A

You will find the tower and two pics here: 31° 49' 43.32" N 120° 25' 7.60" E . Google earth.
One of my fav's.

Thanks so much! Here's an updated picture. Sorry for the large size.

by 谢铭军
http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/36265611.jpg

Another one from Google Earth.

by uffhsu

http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/33586306.jpg

July 23
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http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/79/f9/db/7fe41bb6de61d11770b9aa9c1f212b68.jpg

This looks like it might be topped out.

Too hard to tell, but I don't think so, judging by the curvature of the sphere I think it has to go a little bit higher to come to the complete top.

Not many farmers can afford buying condos like this in China. But it will be free for any person whose Hukou (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukou_system) is registered in this village to live in this building. The villagers do not own the condos (they can't sell their assigned condos to outsiders), since the building along with all other village properties (land, buildings and companies etc.) are owned by the village and distributed to its villagers. This is one of the very few places that still adopt the idea of communism/socialism in China, and surprisingly most of such villages are doing very well. More ironically, the village hires lots of migrant workers (much more than its registered residents) to work in its many factories, so basically the villagers are a bunch of wealthy capitalists who adopt communism among themselves.

Damn, what farmers are going to be able to afford to live here?

- A

Wow that building looks weird.

...so basically the villagers are a bunch of wealthy capitalists who adopt communism among themselves.

Love that irony...

^ yeah, that's pretty hilarious :D

It is, but in general, the Chinese are just the other way round I think. ;)

What is this tower for?

Love it. Is Farmer's Apartments just the name? I think Wuxi is a pretty urban metropolis near Shanghai.

What is this tower for?
Hint: It's in the name.

Love it. Is Farmer's Apartments just the name? I think Wuxi is a pretty urban metropolis near Shanghai.
This building is in Huaxi village near Wuxi, not in Wuxi city itself.

I did some online research on this tower, and I need to correct some errors in my previous post.

The tower is funded by 200 Huaxi villagers who each invested 10 million RMB in cash or share capital (about $1.5 million), and therefore these 200 villagers are the owners and shareholders of this building (I thought it was owned by the village like everything else). The least amount of personal savings among the registered residents is over 1 million RMB, so it is pretty easy to find 200 such investors within the village. Anyway, things are run in a really different way in Huaxi compared to the other villages in China. The village made a profit of 3 billion RMB ($450 million), so I guess money isn’t an issue for them to build such a supertall.

Here is video (in Chinese) showing the village and how they raised money for the tower.
http://news.enorth.com.cn/system/2010/04/16/004611848.shtml
These are the village share capital certificates they used to invest in the building:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4855154352_301bd138c8.jpg
Each certificate has a face value of 1 million RMB:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4855154312_f8302db8b1.jpg

Also I noticed in the news the building is called "新农村大楼", which is literally translated into "New Countryside Building", so I am not sure what they will finally use as the official title. This is indeed an interesting project like no others.



Not many farmers can afford buying condos like this in China. But it will be free for any person whose Hukou (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukou_system) is registered in this village to live in this building. The villagers do not own the condos (they can't sell their assigned condos to outsiders), since the building along with all other village properties (land, buildings and companies etc.) are owned by the village and distributed to its villagers. This is one of the very few places that still adopt the idea of communism/socialism in China, and surprisingly most of such villages are doing very well. More ironically, the village hires lots of migrant workers (much more than its registered residents) to work in its many factories, so basically the villagers are a bunch of wealthy capitalists who adopt communism among themselves.

Please don't bump threads for no reason.

This building is now T/O.

http://www.js.xinhuanet.com/jiangyin/2010-09/06/content_20821133.htm

After nearly 3 years of intense construction, with a total investment of 2.5 billion RMB, the 328 meters high 'New Countryside Building' in Huaxi Village was topped out yesterday (Sep 5th) according to Xinhua.

Any pictures of it now?

T/O. Posted by hyy_001
http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/38/c1/38/555eb5fd5bfe052664cabad63a2724ed.jpg

^^ Thanks for the great update, must be hard to find it. The building looks slimmer than the renders. seems they will be able to celebrate the village's 50th anniversary with it next year.

Also it is interesting to see one of the most frequently seen Chinese characters on that wall. quite unusually, it is not circled:lol:

T/O. Posted by hyy_001
http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/38/c1/38/555eb5fd5bfe052664cabad63a2724ed.jpg

Never thought I'd see a giant "disco" ball on top of a skyscraper. Crazy. But very cool. :cheers:

This is without a doubt the strangest skyscraper project ever.

thanks super

This is without a doubt the strangest skyscraper project ever.

yeah, its funding is a weird story and the design even weirder, and the location :ohno: :lol:

and the location :ohno: :lol:
at least it won't ruin any skyline :lol:

^^ i think it looks great by itself :)

An interesting skyscraper in a strange place. I wonder what it supposed to be inside that sphere.

at least it won't ruin any skyline :lol:

:lol::lol::lol: Nice one...

An interesting skyscraper in a strange place. I wonder what it supposed to be inside that sphere.

a rotating restaurant and the Exhibition Hall :cheers2:

visted the village ,and take some pics myself.
http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/54/6d/70/89fe6c95e7b50aa567351161242fa4da.jpg
http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/43/56/f2/b1f32f938b2f8f24e3f5b51d9bccf44c.jpg
http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/68/6a/2d/f9b41f47edd0a84eeb1a89cba4a7925c.jpg

^^ great! not quite often to see update on this tower

how do you like the village?

Such a cool tower! Thanks for the update.

The Tower makes a great location to film an Action Movie.

Wow! I really like this one! Especially nice is the way it contrasts in it's modernity against the traditional looking buildings near it.

Thanks oliver999.

from 小驽马

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Such an original design. Great for Wuxi, but this would get a lot more attention and notoriety in Shanghai or Hong Kong.

Such an original design. Great for Wuxi, but this would get a lot more attention and notoriety in Shanghai or Hong Kong.

Very true! It deserves much more attention, after all it is a completely unique design.

visted the village ,and take some pics myself.
http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/54/6d/70/89fe6c95e7b50aa567351161242fa4da.jpg
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Whats the meaning of this apparently "no trumpet allowed" sign?
You can see it right below the supposed 20 km/h (?) speed limit.

Whats the meaning of this apparently "no trumpet allowed" sign?You can see it right below the supposed 20 km/h (?) speed limit.

My guess, "No loud music" allowed in the park.

It's no car horns :D

in vienna also no car horns

Huaxi villagers really caught on the market reform train and I remembered by the early 90s many families already have cars, at a time when private car ownership is still a dream in big cities.

Why don't you be a good boy and stay banned?

Impressive progress and definitely an interesting addition to the skyline :)

utterly hideous in my opinion, as the saying goes money can't buy taste ;)

that said I hope the residents who have invested in it find it a worthy addition to their neighborhood and if they are happy with it then I guess that's all that counts

Looks quite "sci-fi" to me :D, reminds me of the movie "The Island", so I love it!

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It woulda looked futuristic 20 years ago.

this building looks simply amazing

Not much farming going on here I would imagine!

Dunno, maybe the disco ball is a grain silo. :lol:

Or a very large water tank to supply the rice fields surrounding the area?:lol::nuts:

Or a very large water tank to supply the rice fields surrounding the area?:lol::nuts:
That's what I was thinking. Looks perfect to be a big water tank.

when is the maiden launch?

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Can be more futuristic?! :eek:

Cladding could be beter then this one.

This building is just so amazing!

By ghhhjjkkkk
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I was in Wuxi in 2008, and I can say that Wuxi is already progressive during that time. :)

Amazing Tower!!


http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2010/12/6/005-5185-90e8.jpg

Reminds me a small version of Zion, the Matrix city :).

Sim City 2000 forever!!!

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.angelfire.com/hi/gigabyte2/images/forest.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.angelfire.com/hi/gigabyte2/arco.html&usg=__FoearkQh7VqjRNo4jyScXYvFL-w=&h=189&w=128&sz=9&hl=en&start=58&sig2=D1C2CndhyXd48b035WykQg&zoom=1&tbnid=B8-g6Z5Qym3yGM:&tbnh=150&tbnw=94&ei=Gvz9TPyJNZyW4gbYyKCyCA&prev=/images%3Fq%3Darcology%2Bsim%2Bcity%2B2000%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1G1ACAWCENBE361%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D685%26tbs%3Disch:10,1600&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=663&oei=-_v9TLY60LCEB_bNpcsJ&esq=4&page=4&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:58&tx=43&ty=59&biw=1280&bih=685

It woulda looked futuristic 20 years ago.

you must just really want to get that 34000 post to say something like that?

what a ugly tower, im sorry
what do the inhabitants of wuxi think of this tower? doesnt it ruin the skyline or do they love it?

Actually it was financed by a kind of neighborhood cooperative.

^^ :eek: they might be super rich..

Cool tower! Very Chinese :happy:

^^ :eek: they might be super rich..


They actually are. The government bought up lots to increase capacity for production and gave residents bonds in value of $250k to well over $2million. Doesn't take too many people to get togther and build a $150~ million tower.

Very neat and distinctive looking tower. I like it!

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China's wealthiest village
From: AlJazeeraEnglish | December 11, 2010 | 14,367 views

^^interesting kinnda wierd at the same time, can any one post a link on google maps?

This is just crazy.

what a ugly tower, im sorry
what do the inhabitants of wuxi think of this tower? doesnt it ruin the skyline or do they love it?

They wouldn't care, Huaxi Village is over 30km from downtown Wuxi.

What happenned to the old name? I loved it! Now it's just a Huaxi Tower. My ass.

What happenned to the old name? I loved it! Now it's just a Huaxi Tower. My ass.

I think the thread title should indicate its former name. On the other hand, Huaxi Tower is probably a better name for the building, Farmers' Apartment sounds too "countryside."

why it's in the middle of nowhere

What happenned to the old name? I loved it! Now it's just a Huaxi Tower. My ass.

The real name for this project is Hanging Village of Huaxi or just Huaxi Tower.

Source...
http://www.ae-design.cn/w_id_en.asp?id=45

The new name is so ungelivable.

double post

what a ugly tower, im sorry
what do the inhabitants of wuxi think of this tower? doesnt it ruin the skyline or do they love it?

did you honestly read a single post in this thread before you said this?

where is the exact location of Huaxi Village?

WOW, I did not know this building was actually built, seems like there are only two kind off people . People who hate it and people that love it. I would have loved to see this builing in a city like Tokio though:nuts:

The story behind Wuxi and their economic model of collective coop and a rare rural success at industrialization are far more interesting then the tower's design.

I like the tower mostly because of the very unique story behind it.:cheers:

is the cladding soon finished?

The story behind Wuxi and their economic model of collective coop and a rare rural success at industrialization are far more interesting then the tower's design.

I like the tower mostly because of the very unique story behind it.:cheers:

another village in this city,every village family gets 1KG gold and 1KG silver. there is a common factor of these kind of villages, they own a large factory.as a sharehold(naturally),villager gets bonus every year.

^^1斤(which is 500g), not 1KG. Unlike Huaxi village, that village has been keeping a low profile very hard for a long time. Now they blew the cover by distributing gold and silver. Jiangyin really is an incredible city.

I wonder how many units have been sold.

OH,STRANGE TOWER

January 28 by 增zz.
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Finally a new update. I can't wait to see this one finished.

I wonder when it will be launched?

I wonder when it will be launched?

Dec 19th, 2012.

Is this the twin of the Farmer's Residences Building in Wuxi?

It's the same thread, it was renamed.

Please ban Calic or warn him!

It's the same thread, it was renamed.

Ah, okay. I feel dumb now :lol:

By zilpho (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zilpho/), Feb 16th.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5294/5452462935_395dd12621_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5295/5452452727_17695f4b2e_b.jpg

From the 24th floor,
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5220/5452460703_c83a6d9a89_b.jpg

24th floor interior
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5055/5452459183_e8c540f3b7_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5212/5452451411_6f99f7e891_b.jpg

Those pagoda houses are incredibly funny. im guessing they house like 2000 people in each one?

2000? Impossible. Like the architecture of those buildings though. Traditional Chinese with a modern/21st century swing :D

I thought Chinese cities stopped building this sort of stuff like 15 years ago? :D
Anyway, I think we can nominate this for the ugliest supertall in China award. This building is freakin ugly. And that 24th floor interior picture... I think even McDonald's has more tasteful interiors these days.

I think it looks better than the randor at least

04/23 update
source: ifeng.com (http://news.ifeng.com/photo/hdsociety/detail_2011_04/26/5989681_0.shtml)

http://res.news.ifeng.com/b52d6dcee929704a/2011/0426/rdn_4db65cd255eb5.jpg

http://res.news.ifeng.com/b52d6dcee929704a/2011/0426/rdn_4db65cd295667.jpg

http://res.news.ifeng.com/b52d6dcee929704a/2011/0426/rdn_4db65cd2e0575.jpg

http://res.news.ifeng.com/b52d6dcee929704a/2011/0426/rdn_4db65cd36b648.jpg

Nice cladding on the ball on top, now it no longer looks like a disco ball.

04/23 update
source: ifeng.com (http://news.ifeng.com/photo/hdsociety/detail_2011_04/26/5989681_0.shtml)

http://res.news.ifeng.com/b52d6dcee929704a/2011/0426/rdn_4db65cd255eb5.jpg

http://res.news.ifeng.com/b52d6dcee929704a/2011/0426/rdn_4db65cd295667.jpg

http://res.news.ifeng.com/b52d6dcee929704a/2011/0426/rdn_4db65cd2e0575.jpg

http://res.news.ifeng.com/b52d6dcee929704a/2011/0426/rdn_4db65cd36b648.jpg

The ball's cladding isn't quite what I expected. Still an amazing and unique skyscraper.

It looks pretty futuristic, to be honest. I can imagine the lightning by night, should be quite cyberpunkish thanks to that large disco ball. Too bad the rest of the area isnt futuristic...

Nice cladding on the ball on top, now it no longer looks like a disco ball.

cant see much of the cladding

By feipeng8865
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^^the pics in the link that I posted are not shown properly but they are the same pics. these are not fan made pics but from the media.

Great Ball Gold

this looks like an alien base, a futuristic supertall outside any city :D

http://pic.gaoloumi.com/attachments/day_110604/1106042126e253edbe56ea6d26.jpg

http://pic.gaoloumi.com/attachments/day_110428/1104281718559b874536ce9017.jpg

^^ thats what i call cookie cutter

http://ditu.google.com/maps?q=31.828566,+120.426590+(Hanging+Village+of+Huaxi)&ll=31.828625,120.426979&spn=0.003724,0.008256&t=h&z=18&vpsrc=6&brcurrent=3,0x35b3dddc05fced87:0xda06dd7370cf14ef,0,0x35b3a0d19bd25e07:0x21e57f85bd766004%3B5,0,0

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Oh my god, it's so Chinese. Never in my whole life would I put my foot into this atrocious building...

It's actually quite goodlooking from the outside, but the inside is just... well... umm... lol (sorry out of words).

It's great!

Nice tower.

CTBUH list it as Completed:)
http://buildingdb.ctbuh.org/building.php?building_id=388

Oh my god, it's so Chinese. Never in my whole life would I put my foot into this atrocious building...

It's actually quite goodlooking from the outside, but the inside is just... well... umm... lol (sorry out of words).

...tacky? :lol:

This is in the news. The building is open for business today.
http://www.chinanews.com/tp/hd2011/2011/10-08/68506.shtml


Cheers,
Laojang

It's a freakin' awesome tower! Hope it'll get some tall neighbours!

http://www.afinance.cn/new/UploadFiles_2266/201109/20110906130831707.jpg
http://www.afinance.cn/new/UploadFiles_2266/201109/20110906130830838.jpg

It's actually quite goodlooking from the outside, but the inside is just... well... umm... lol (sorry out of words).

gaudy? :D

This is in the news. The building is open for business today.
http://www.chinanews.com/tp/hd2011/2011/10-08/68506.shtml


Cheers,
Laojang
http://www.chinanews.com/tp/hd2011/2011/10-08/U86P4T426D68506F16470DT20111008093319.jpg

http://www.chinanews.com/tp/hd2011/2011/10-08/U86P4T426D68507F16470DT20111008093347.jpg

http://www.chinanews.com/tp/hd2011/2011/10-08/U86P4T426D68508F16470DT20111008093445.jpg

should be renamed to COM :cheers:

epic building is epic

What an awesome unique tower. I wish we'd had more updates on its construction. Such a shame.

http://www.chinanews.com/tp/hd2011/2011/10-08/U86P4T426D68506F16470DT20111008093319.jpg

http://www.chinanews.com/tp/hd2011/2011/10-08/U86P4T426D68507F16470DT20111008093347.jpg

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turned out pretty nice:)

It's so strange to see a Chinese city adhere to their culture so much. Although the design of the tower may only have subtle elements of Chinese, its interior is extremely Chinese. Something people in the region should be proud of. Such a nice change from the usual 'modern' look that most towers in Chinese cities have.

the golden bull worth 30-40million RMB

In the news:
http://tv.sohu.com/20111009/n321586118.shtml

The farmers' tower costing RMB 3 billion was invested by villagers of Huaxi, each household investing RMB 10 million (USD c. 1.5 million).

The village is known as the NO.1 village in the world, attracting millions of visitors every year. It is celebrating its 50th birthday

The assets of the village are owned by the villagers, the village has been implementing socialism since its foundation

Cool tower:) If you have seen it once, you will remember it all time because of it's strange structure.

In the news:
http://tv.sohu.com/20111009/n321586118.shtml

The farmers' tower costing RMB 3 billion was invested by villagers of Huaxi, each household investing RMB 10 million (USD c. 1.5 million).

The village is known as the NO.1 village in the world, attracting millions of visitors every year. It is celebrating its 50th birthday

The assets of the village are owned by the villagers, the village has been implementing socialism since its foundation


^^ It's a nice tower, however doesn't it kinda destroy that 'village' feeling that al those visitors come look for?

:ohno:

Pretty Amazing that village people can accomplish something like this.

^^ It's a nice tower, however doesn't it kinda destroy that 'village' feeling that al those visitors come look for?

People visiting Huaxi are not looking for the traditional sense of village life, they come to witness how a village can transform itself to an industrial powerhouse through entrepreneurship. I remembered back in the 90s people visit Huaxi to see and marvel how their villagers can live in villas and own cars.