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shoddy contruction, look, its falling apart already. ;)

interesting concept but a little too sci fi looking for any amerikan to want to own one.

Reminds me a lot of the Hatch of the Tv Serie "Lost". Are you sure that it doesn't says Dharma or Hanso somewhere?

reminds me of Habitat '67 (montreal Expo '67) the Safde stacking block apt complex that's now rat infested.
these are gorgeous pics btw.

Hi all.
This housing is build in the early 60s to the end of 60s.
this housing it look like a cheap housing but it have some expensive elements like the dam against the ocean waves and the stairs and floors is covered with marble stone. And the housing got a B1 Floor.

It must be scary inside this building if a big taifun is coming up.
the apartments looking like mushrooms roofs (fiberglass).
i was inside too, i was very happy to get out and feel real ground again.

and the author of this pictures (i have saw by flickr more photos of him) he must be crazy, he walks on the rusty floor, the cement and iron construction is over the years eat by the salty sea.
this housing never can reconstructed, it it better to build it new.
this Housing are in "San Zhi" Taipei County
more information please mail me.
cu kp2

P.S. coloured photos are more scary.

look for San-chih, north of Taipei to find the houses in google earth...

Rat infested .. I don't think so. See ... http://www.habitat67.com/residences_en.html

I lived in Montreal years ago & had a friend who abided there. It was amazing then.

To cool off ... run cold water or put ice on your wrists. It works.

"I can picture the hipsters drooling now."
um, excuse me, who's the hipster?

Hey there, I'm writing from Taipei as one of the editors of a local architecture/design magazine. I do have to say...I loved reading about one of my favorite mysteries on a foreign website! Now, some clarification (and yes, we actually did a photoshoot of the project for our magazine as well), the complex was originally intended to be a resort/hotel development. The entire area originally included an amusement park as well, though as you can see, the project was abandoned without it ever being completed. We have no idea who the architect is either, and would love to hear from anyone who does too....cheers!

Amazing pictures.

I really love the pods, this can be used here in the states as a concept for affordable "stackable" housing. Too bad it was abandoned and the thought of it being a resort is sad, it would've have been something the locals wouldn't be able to afford. A beautiful structure that is now abandoned and never completed which is even worse.

Great site btw!

for those who use google earth can check this out;
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Number/405410

I must go to Taipei now

Prospective buyers must have scared off by Sci-Fi UFO Base Look and potential for Godzilla like monsters to hit there. It would sure make a great SciFi movie set...Tsunami's and Typhoons
could rip these into flotation pods so easily...
They also serve brillantly to prevent Chinese attacks, as Chinese just dont want the Island now afterall...too tacky and trashed.

Is it abandoned city? I think it only four abandoned houses. Abandoned cities are like this.

The website Fark has done a Photoshop contest of these buildings. It can be seen here: http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=2424480

Can anyone contact me about the San Zhi story & images, we would love to publish them in our mag
cheers! Siegrid

The buildings look like they are falling apart because of the high humidity and pollution. Buildings in Taiwan do not stay clean on the outside for long unless the residents want to spend a lot of money to clean it once a year. And why do that?
Another thing to ponder: without maintenance for 40-some years any building will start to fall apart in Taiwan's climate. It has nothing to do with poor construction.

Hi Sam! Photos i send on e-mail.
Green

hi
and love the pics, there fab in every way possible!!!
but the reason why im writing this is that one of the pic had food left on the table if the food was not placed there by the photographer, then its offering to the dead, easteren people are very superstitious so something really bad could have happened in that place.

The architect was Matti Suuronen. The project was call "Futuro". The design origins are Finnish and were made of fibreglass and polyester. They were designed to be brought in by helicopter and stackable if they caught on. They were doomed by mass marketing and the deaths that occured there. They were space age mobile homes with retractable stairs. All of this info is paraphrased from AnOtherMan June 2007 issue with text by Hannah Lack.

Hola:alguien sabe quien esta a cargo dichas construcciones estaria interezado en saber si estan en venta