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Architectural cross-section of Kowloon Walled City

288 点作者 hampelm11 个月前

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JKCalhoun11 个月前
I am not sure why I am continually fascinated by this place.<p>I suppose, having written the old Mac computer game Glider, it might be obvious why I am drawn to it since it kind of looks like an insanely large &quot;house&quot; that someone might have created for the game.<p>On the other hand I feel like I have had dreams in spaces that I imagine are like this — and I feel like these dreams may have pre-dated the game I wrote?<p>Or maybe it&#x27;s a kind of <i>Blade Runner</i> vibe of the future that the city gives off — or like the early police chase scene in <i>Chung King Express</i> ... [1]<p>I imagine it as having both good and bad qualities. I imagine crime is always present — but that too exploration is always there too. A younger me would have loved to try to get lost, try to find my way home.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;0uMekCFDnkI" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;0uMekCFDnkI</a>
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mrtimo11 个月前
Don&#x27;t miss the link to the full res cross-section:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;staging.cohostcdn.org&#x2F;attachment&#x2F;11357255-b6b9-4a57-98eb-823776a4a828&#x2F;KowloonWalledCityGrandPanorama.jpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;staging.cohostcdn.org&#x2F;attachment&#x2F;11357255-b6b9-4a57-...</a>
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pram11 个月前
Something thats missing from this that I think is interesting was a temple on the ground floor that everything was built around:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.pinimg.com&#x2F;736x&#x2F;cd&#x2F;ed&#x2F;93&#x2F;cded9349a59088ff02dcf6017e66d281.jpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.pinimg.com&#x2F;736x&#x2F;cd&#x2F;ed&#x2F;93&#x2F;cded9349a59088ff02dcf6017...</a>
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temporarely11 个月前
Bird&#x27;s eye view<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;upload.wikimedia.org&#x2F;wikipedia&#x2F;commons&#x2F;a&#x2F;a7&#x2F;Kowloon_Walled_City_-_1989_Aerial.jpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;upload.wikimedia.org&#x2F;wikipedia&#x2F;commons&#x2F;a&#x2F;a7&#x2F;Kowloon_...</a><p>atm battling roaches in my apt so first thought looking at that ^ was wondering how many millions of cockroaches lived in that thing.
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jonfk11 个月前
Since finding out about Kowloon walled city, I have been fascinated with it. Most cities have sections (usually older parts of them) that are maze like, and they are often my favorite parts of those cities.<p>It reminds me of the hive cities of Warhammer 40k.<p>Another analysis of Kowloon I enjoyed is this one by the architect Dami Lee [1].<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;m.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=WLn_QTFVZgE&amp;pp=ygUFIzJhYWI%3D" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;m.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=WLn_QTFVZgE&amp;pp=ygUFIzJhYWI%3D</a>
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msephton11 个月前
Fascinating. I saw this earlier via waxy blog, who got it via colossal, which pointed to an interactive version that also referenced some short videos&#x2F;documentaries about it: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rioleo.org&#x2F;kowloon&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rioleo.org&#x2F;kowloon&#x2F;</a><p>It reminds me of &quot;Doubling Up&quot; the 1946 drawing by Saul Steinberg that was one of the sources for Georges Perec&#x27;s &quot;Life a User&#x27;s Manual&quot; which - no spoilers - is a book set in a similar densely populated building (aside: a couple of years ago I pitched a Playdate game based on these things) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fitzroyandfinn.co.uk&#x2F;journal&#x2F;georges-perec" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fitzroyandfinn.co.uk&#x2F;journal&#x2F;georges-perec</a>
refurb11 个月前
If you want to see something similar to Kowloon Walled City, just visit the old parts of Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi.<p>There are plenty of illegal buildings, modified for residence in a haphazard manner with shoulder-width roads passing underneath them.
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MisterTea11 个月前
This is from the Japanese book that is called something along the lines of Great Illustrated Kowloon City which I have a copy of. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Kowloon-large-illustrated-ISBN-4000080709&#x2F;dp&#x2F;4000080709" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Kowloon-large-illustrated-ISBN-400008...</a>
freitzkriesler211 个月前
Hong Kong was always one of my favorite cities and it breaks my heart what has happened to it.<p>I also wish I had a chance to visit his megastructure. Sure it was a slum but an epic one at that.
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ropable11 个月前
The Kowloon Walled City is probably the closest IRL structure there is to the (thankfully) fictional hive cities depicted in the Warhammer 40000 universe. Just image that structure, except scaled upwards and outwards by thousands of times.
bmalicoat11 个月前
You can see a bit of the Walled City in the old Van Damme movie, Blood Sport [1].<p>There used to be an incredible multi-story arcade outside Tokyo, あなたのウェアハウス [2], with two of the floors being themed as KWC. The weathering on all the elements (including the escalator and crane games!) was fantastic.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=smGHdOU4Qu4" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=smGHdOU4Qu4</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Warehouse_Kawasaki" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Warehouse_Kawasaki</a>
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AdmiralAsshat11 个月前
Kowloon was a sizable locale in the videogame Shenmue 2. I don&#x27;t know how true to life that section was, but it was honestly one of the most depressing environments I&#x27;ve ever encountered in a videogame. It was racing up and down dozens of identical floors featuring nothing but dank, claustrophobic apartments.
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smusamashah11 个月前
If you like very detailed art with so much going on like in the image in article you will be in for a treat at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;wimmelbilder" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;wimmelbilder</a>
gsuuon11 个月前
This is super cool - would love to see a version with translations
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Lio11 个月前
This seems to be a small thing but it&#x27;s odd to see people talking about how &quot;Kowloon&quot; used to exist. Kowloon <i>still</i> exists.<p>Kowloon isn&#x27;t the name of the Walled City, Kowloon is where the Walled City was located.<p>You can still visit Kowloon even today.
account4211 个月前
Direct linkt to the image: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;staging.cohostcdn.org&#x2F;attachment&#x2F;b21a60cd-a5df-49b5-96e7-2006d8ce91e7&#x2F;HitomiTerasawa-KowloonWalledCityGrandPanorama1997.jpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;staging.cohostcdn.org&#x2F;attachment&#x2F;b21a60cd-a5df-49b5-...</a><p>Only showing a tiny part and auto-scrolling at a fixed non-user controlled speed is an annoying choice.
wkat424211 个月前
One place I really wish I would have visited. It&#x27;s been the inspiration of so much fiction.
thomasfl11 个月前
Living in a place like Kowloon Walled City must be much better than living out of a car. Areas with no legal restrictions on what can and will be built, could help solve the extremely damaging housing crisis in western countries.
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kalaksi11 个月前
Contractors VR (a MP FPS game) has Kowloon as one of the stock maps. It&#x27;d be fascinating if it&#x27;d be modelled after some real location. Maybe it is, I don&#x27;t know.
throwaway203711 个月前
Read more about this place here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cityofdarkness.co.uk&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cityofdarkness.co.uk&#x2F;</a>
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treprinum11 个月前
That looks like the old Saboteur 1&#x2F;2 games... Wondering if they drew inspiration from Kowloon.
standardUser11 个月前
Oh great, now I have to play Sim Tower again!<p>Maybe there&#x27;s some newer versions to check out?
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initramfs11 个月前
awesome