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July 23, 2006
The Abandoned City
On the outskirts of Taipei, Taiwan is an abandoned housing project. I think they were built in the early 80's as cheap housing that could expand vertically while maintaining a very small footprint. The 4 circular pods made it easy to manufacture meanwhile providing it's occupants with plenty of space. I also found some questionable info on its location. The riverbed on one side, the hills on the opposite, the materials used to build it, and the fact that they expand upwards were all intentional to satisfy traditional Chinese living methodology of the 5 elements.
I couldn't find any other information about it or even why it was abandoned. Ironically, if this existed somewhere in United States and were to be redeveloped, it would probably a cost an arm and leg to live in. I can picture the hipsters drooling now.
more pictures after the jump
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