Cities Without Ground: A Hong Kong Guidebook

by Clara Wong, Jonathan Solomon, Adam Frampton

Hong Kong is a city without ground. This is true both physically (built on steep slopes, the city has no ground plane) and culturally (there is no concept of ground). Density obliterates figure-ground in the city, and in turn re-defines public-private spatial relationships. Perception of distance and time is distorted through compact networks of pedestrian infrastructure, public transport and natural topography in the urban landscape.Without a ground,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935935321
• ISBN13: 9781935935322
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Oro Editions
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 7.8"