Kowloon Walled City. It has been nearly 20 years, since the Kowloon Walled City has been destroyed. It plays still a vital role in the memory of Hong Kong, as it was the first urban development, which took place with the absence of any official authority. Nearly self organized, it utilized the political vacuum of power on a small plot of land in Hong Kong, to grow into a megastructure of extreme fascination. One of the last research that has been conducted before they destroyed the city in 1994, was done by Aaron Tan and Louise Low.
The research project was not the beginning and not the end of a longer investigation of the city: It has been a very draft intermediate product. The attempt was, to conceptualize the idea of such a self-organized system and derive an architectural theory and a set of analytical tools towards an architecture of complexity. Construction from Debris - The Kowloon Walled City Beyond Praxis 1. 2. 3. The Kowloon Walled City is an engine, albeit one in perpetual overdrive. The rhizome 1. A rare insight into Kowloon Walled City. By Pamela Owen Published: 12:21 GMT, 5 May 2012 | Updated: 14:45 GMT, 5 May 2012 Once thought to be the most densely populated place on Earth, with 50,000 people crammed into only a few blocks, these fascinating pictures give a rare insight into the lives of those who lived Kowloon Walled City.
Taken by Canadian photographer Greg Girard in collaboration with Ian Lamboth the pair spent five years familiarising themselves with the notorious Chinese city before it was demolished in 1992. The city was a phenomenon with 33,000 families and businesses living in more than 300 interconnected high-rise buildings, all constructed without contributions from a single architect.
Kowloon Walled City was notorious for drugs and crime but many of its 50,000 residents lived their lives peacefully until it was demolished in the early 90s Canadian photographer Greg Girard and Ian Lambot spent five years getting to know the residents and taking pictures of the densely populated buildings. Civilization. Ancient Egypt is a canonical example of an early culture considered a civilization. Civilization or civilisation (in British English) generally refers to state polities which combine these basic institutions, having one or more of each: a ceremonial centre (a formal gathering place for social and cultural activities), a system of writing, and a city. The term is used to contrast with other types of communities including hunter-gatherers, nomadic pastoralists and tribal villages. Civilizations have more densely populated settlements divided into social classes with a ruling elite and subordinate urban and rural populations, which, by the division of labour, engage in intensive agriculture, mining, small-scale manufacture and trade.
Civilization concentrates power, extending human control over both nature, and over other human beings.[1] Towards the end of the Neolithic period, various Bronze Age civilizations began to rise in various "cradles" from around 3300 BCE. Characteristics[edit] Religion and Ethics - Civilisations. Timeline of World History : 600-401BC. Ancient Civilizations.