Parking areas changing into real estate models – is that a practical concept we should seriously take into consideration? According to San Francisco-based developer Aaron Cheng, who published this exciting concept to this season's James Dyson Awards, a building that alternates between real estate and vehicle parking is not only possible, but it can also be a remedy to frequenting for both people and vehicles. The Car vehicle parking + Housing venture is this innovative designer’s remedy to a prevalent issue – “During day time, the real estate models are compacted to make areas for vehicle parking, while at night, the process removes with vehicle parking going back into living places via a air-driven structure.”
Between 1405 and 1433, during the Ming era, Chinese Admiral Zheng He, who was also the court eunuch, commanded seven expeditionary voyages as far away as East Africa and Middle East. These expeditions, known in Chinese history as the treasure voyages, consisted of hundreds of ships of enormous dimensions carrying a crew as large as 28,000 and great amounts of treasures. The purpose of the voyages were to project Chinese power and wealth to the outside world, as well as to establish imperial control over the maritime trade.
