There was a video game back in the days, on the sega dreamcast, Shenmue II, that was set in Kowloon city. it was great; elevated streets, high rises ... just what the modern told us.
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image gallery question and answering
to the person who posted this image
with the question "Can anyone tell me where this is?"
it was in Hong Kong. it was called kowloon walled city. it had one of the highest population densities on the planet.
if you are interested in kowloon walled city i would recommend MVRDV's book FARMAX which has some brilliant diagrams and analysis of the KWC.
John Jourden.....fascinating. I wasn't the one who asked, but I had no idea it ever existed. Thanks.
yeah, there's another great book on it, city of darkness.
Inspiration for Blade Runner????
glad i could offer up some food for thought wonder-k... hope the person with the question finds this as well.
i second city of darkness for the stunning photos and great interviews with the folks that lived there.
it does seem so surreal...i did not post the image, but was very intrigued by it...thanks for all the additional resources as well;
Farmax has some great pictures. I get uncomfortable just looking at them.
I'll have to check out City of Darkness.
kowloon wall city was one of important architectural piece in last century...
can u imagine inorder to leave ur apartment or go through others living room?
it was a master piece without architect... like an ant farm, things just build whereever there was space without masterplan nor plans...
typo> leave ur apartment u have to go through....
A from Hong Kong told me once that most of these residential towers take about a week to design.
Great photo, unbelievable place.
There was a video game back in the days, on the sega dreamcast, Shenmue II, that was set in Kowloon city. it was great; elevated streets, high rises ... just what the modern told us.
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