THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE Explore the impact of different types of Super Gathering Places on the development of cities along the BRI

Through the ages, goods, ideas and people traveled along the road that connected ancient China with the Western world which is named "Silk Road". This road was blazed for those who are adventurous and courageous and actively connected civilizations of centuries. Since 21 century, this road has been given a new implication which is the inheritance and continuation of the past meaning called “the Belt and Road Initiative”. This thesis outlines the basic Information of “the Belt and Road Initiative” and on the basic of that we focuses on the development of the Architecture and construction industry along the Belt and Road and its influence on modern economic, political and cultural of related countries and regions. It aims to introduce a series of architecture of the Belt and Road Initiative which could be named “made in BRI”. And this thesis will discuss the difference between cluster buildings and non-cluster buildings on local economic and cultural development and the influence of single buildings in cluster buildings on this difference in important cities along the “Belt and Road”