"I think that cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals; I mean the supreme creation of an era, conceived with passion by unknown artists, and consumed in image if not in usage by a whole population which appropriates them as a purely magical object." ?Roland Barthes, Mythologies

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Architects: Neri&Hu Design and Research Office

Location: 11 Hepingli South Street, Dongcheng Area, Beijing?China

Design Team: Lyndon Neri & Rossana Hu, Nellie Yang, Jerry Guo, Brian Lo, Nicolas Fardet, Christine Neri, Siwei Ren, Haiou Xin

Area: 2680.0 m2

Photographs: Pedro Pegenaute

Music: CHEN Sa
Video: XIA Zhi

Graphic Designer: Haiou Xin

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"I think that cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals; I mean the supreme creation of an era, conceived with passion by unknown artists, and consumed in image if not in usage by a whole population which appropriates them as a purely magical object." ?Roland Barthes, Mythologies

© Pedro Pegenaute

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In a city of 26 million inhabitants and 7 million vehicles, being trapped in a car in Beijing?s notorious traffic is a compulsory experience in the capital city. Neri&...