Student: Oliver Chau
This photo was taken on a plane which is about to land on Hong Kong airport, while the view outside is the manmade island of the Hong Kong – Zhuhai – Macau Bridge. This photo is chosen because it shows the interaction between two important transportation technologies and us, which is road transport and airway transport. No matter which form it is, transportation technologies not only shorten the distance between every one of us, but also contribute to the exchange of goods. Both of them are very important in the globalized society and also economic development. Imagine if planes and were not invented, what we can go in the whole life might be just inside our city, let alone saying connecting with other countries to achieve globalization. Therefore, in order to develop a place, transportation definitely plays an important role (e.g. in China the first step of rural development is to build a proper road connect it and the nearest city). Also, another reason I choose this photo is because the bridge shown here is one of the longest cross-sea bridge in the world. The improvement of architectural technologies creates more and more mega-infrastructures which serves millions of people.