Kowloon Walled City
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Courtesy of Zoohaus
Now this is dense. Kowloon Walled City, a Chinese settlement in Hong Kong was at one time thought to be the most dense place on the planet. A Japanese team was able to document the city in section before it was disassembled in 1993.
Additional photographs following the break.
© Ian Lambot
Courtesy of Zoohaus
© Ian Lambot
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Great study of an amazing place. Although the living conditions were questionable, it seemed livable – a testament to our ability to adapt. In a way, I wish it still existed.
You must be joking. Place was a kip.
Very bad they turned the whole piece of land into a park…. with only the boundary marker left
great find! what an amazing section drawing.
one word: sheisse!
for a larger image of the section:
http://zuloark.es/escenariodetrabajovirtual/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Kowloon-Cross-section_seccion-Hong-Kong-ciudad-amurallada.jpg
Thanks! amazing piece of work
I’ve done a paper about the Walled City and it’s venue in a City park.
http://www.urbain-trop-urbain.fr/kowloon-walled-city [in french]
This park houses a permanent exhibition on the history of Walled City and its inhabitants, all in a surprisingly positive tone.
Amazing drawings. Does this section drawing appear in an publications?
i can just repeat: amazing section here………….
12:42 AM Dec 14th
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2:12 AM Dec 14th
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2:23 AM Dec 14th
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2:44 AM Dec 14th
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2:55 AM Dec 14th
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2:58 AM Dec 14th
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3:05 AM Dec 14th
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3:12 AM Dec 14th
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3:15 AM Dec 14th
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3:57 AM Dec 14th
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5:47 AM Dec 14th
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6:24 AM Dec 14th
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6:33 AM Dec 14th
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6:43 AM Dec 14th
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8:15 AM Dec 14th
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10:29 AM Dec 14th
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11:18 AM Dec 14th
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11:37 AM Dec 14th
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12:33 PM Dec 14th
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1:36 PM Dec 14th
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1:58 PM Dec 14th
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2:40 PM Dec 14th
En ik maar denken dat Nederland dichtbevolkt was, Kowloon City is nog drukker: http://bit.ly/f1gJ1H
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3:20 PM Dec 14th
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3:57 PM Dec 14th
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11:27 PM Dec 14th
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1:53 AM Dec 15th
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6:52 AM Dec 15th
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7:14 AM Dec 15th
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9:33 AM Dec 15th
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10:03 AM Dec 15th
Pics of the now demolished Kowloon Walled City. Population was estimated at 33,000: http://bit.ly/eggUmg #Dense.
3:34 PM Dec 15th
Hong Kong.La città murata di Kowloon è stata l'area a più alta densità abitativa di sempre http://bit.ly/dZE4Qt Un doc http://bit.ly/h91kKh
7:45 PM Dec 15th
Esto si que es un vecindario con unas relaciones estrechas http://kcy.me/1dcf
10:48 PM Dec 15th
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11:03 PM Dec 15th
Documentation of Kowloon Walled City (one of the most densely populated urban areas in history): http://bit.ly/e7rGcM (via @burnlab)
11:15 PM Dec 15th
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1:49 AM Dec 16th
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4:53 AM Dec 16th
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5:33 AM Dec 17th
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11:35 PM Dec 17th
전형적 서울 도시주거 형태를 수직으로 적층하면 이렇게 생길까? Kowloon Walled City http://www.archdaily.com/?p=95757
1:29 AM Dec 27th
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6:20 PM Jan 1st
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12:00 PM Apr 10th
@archidose out of date
http://www.archdaily.com/95757/kowloon-walled-city/