Balancity: Equilibrium key to German utopia

"Balancity", the name bestowed on the Germany pavilion, will serve as a miniature version of a utopian city of the future at next year's Shanghai Expo.

The pavilion will show what eco-conscious urban engineering can produce by balancing renewal and preservation, innovation and tradition, urbanity and nature, and community and individual development.

"You should develop a city in a manner that makes people (want) to live there," said Commissioner-General Dietmar Schmitz.