Architecture of Density

BingoTheClowno · Post by **BingoTheClowno** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:29 am

I was searching for a term (maybe someone here knows it) that builders in Hong Kong use to describe their philosphy of architecture (something about buildings facing East or something like that) and I found this instead

, Michael Wolf's photography of Hong Kong:

more here

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darkrezin · Post by **darkrezin** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:43 am

Incredible

Great photography.

BingoTheClowno · Post by **BingoTheClowno** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:51 am

One of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the world, Hong Kong has an overall density of nearly 6,700 people per square kilometer.

Post by **garyb** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:19 am

amazing the way the buildings stand....

Post by **garyb** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:21 am

On 2005-09-15 09:29, BingoTheClowno wrote:
I was searching for a term (maybe someone here knows it)

feng shui?

BingoTheClowno · Post by **BingoTheClowno** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:34 am

Yes, that's it! Thanks.

Obviously, feng shui philosophy applies only to the downtown area not the rest.

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BingoTheClowno · Post by **BingoTheClowno** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:03 pm

Those pictures remind me of the human crop fields from the Matrix movie...

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BingoTheClowno · Post by **BingoTheClowno** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:08 am

Again, on a side note, brothers Wachowsky the directors of the Matrix, are from Chicago, I believe they got the inspiration for the crop towers from the Marina City buildings (see below) in Chicago.

Post by **garyb** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:54 pm

plenty of room left.

BingoTheClowno · Post by **BingoTheClowno** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 1:11 pm

Well, with the current consumption pattern in US, if all people would consume as we do, there would be a need for 5 more Earths to sustain us all (according to [url=http://http:\eyesofnye.org]EyesOfNye.org[/url] )

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Post by **garyb** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 7:13 pm

liars.
all shortages are man made.
actually, consuming like in the USA is insanity anyway. no one needs to be THAT wasteful.

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Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:31 pm

I'd like to see another whole continent empty of people - just a few research stations like the Antarctice, and let nature go where it will.

I think a good population of people would be maybe 1 billion.

Post by **garyb** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:46 pm

choose who gets harvested.

everybody wants someone else to, and so they're allowing corporate entities to do it.

a less painful way would be to just take care of each other and there'd be plenty. there's a LOT more here than is admitted to, even if it IS finite. shortages of anything are like shortages of oil. when an army is to be mobilized, do you see a portion of what is possible? what if that entire energy was put toward making everyone's life decent and worthwhile, no matter what else happened? what world would that be and what would it be like? might there be bad people occasionaly? maybe. would they be that hard to deal with? any family knows what to do with it's bad apples if they are in a "traditional" culture. crime is unheard of there. everyone sees each other as family and it's clear that everyone is important. even the stupid ones(although stupid often does itself in).

it's bs to say that it must be like this. that's simply brainwashing, the empty repetition of familiar sounds. sheep get sheared, cattle get slaughtered. people help each other in the same way that you do what you can for your retarded aunt or troubled son.

i have no problem with some having more. there's plenty. some are overly greedy.

those people are living like that because they have flooded to the city from the country with dreams of making it big. they're there to work and they live like workers. the matrix is not so far off a comparison. they're not there like that because there's no other room for them, actually the opposite. many farming regions find dwindling populations and labor shortages. in fact, there are incentives now for college students to go to work in the country for a few years. hong kong is a special situation because of greedy landlords and the fact that one could leave china and defect to the west while staying in china. what a joke, work in factory for nothing, live in a deathtrap and you can't go home.

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Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:19 am

Two interesting features on that map: the 'thread' of the Nile, and the difference between north & south Korea.

Post by **garyb** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:18 pm

yeah, it's a map of electric lights....

and some kind of composite....

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