Few months ago I was in Hong Kong. I wanted to visit not only the main Hong Kong City but also the new teritories. I was really interesting for me to find out that development of cities is concerned in relatively small space (less then 20 percent of land) while there are still nonhabitened green spaces (like Lantau island where is located the new airport)
Some of ideas like one that we will have very high building in future cities already came true in 50-60-ties in London City but they already were abandoned for a while. In London in eighties were already demolished modern high-rise building created on Le Corbusier ideas. In this place are usually created new, lower buildings. But in other cities like Seoul (Southern Korea) and Hong Kong (China) the authorities decided that it is the best and the most efficient way of creating living spaces.
In Hong Kong when you see 25 stores building is nothing special, the most popular new constructed buildings have 30-50 stores. For European people it seems surrealistic and inhabitable but it already present time, not future. I just wonder what will happen in 50 years with those building but I can only predict.
I attached picture(no computer manipulation) taken from above Hong Kong City. I have to say that it is for my the most spectactular city view from places I have seen. It will be really hard for my memories to beat it. Standing on a hill was really magic which you can feel only at night time. The light on clouds is from city, not natural.
Hong Kong city landscapes
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