Architecture of Density
October 19th, 2007
German-born photographer Michael Wolf documents the extreme densities of Hong Kong. His series ‘Architecture of Density’ rarely contain images of people, instead letting the extreme scale of the buildings remain as the focus. The images are stunning, though I’m not quite sure how to react. It’s overwhelming to view the scale and enormity of the buildings, and then realize that people live there. The post-modernist in me wants to decry the lack of humanity in the high rises. But these images aren’t hopeless. After all, we created those buildings, right?
from cpluv, magical urbanism
October 20th, 2007 at 4:35 am
Lack of humanity!? When I see that and think about it in context (that these buildings were constructed for people live, work, interact, communicate, learn, create, etc.) I see an abundance of humanity. That *is* humanity.