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ConnectingPedestrianElements

HongKongsobsessionwithelevatedstructuresisnotonlyapparentinitsurbancorebutalsoinphysicalexistenceinitsnewtowndevelopments.ThistrendwasobservedduringavisittoShaTinNewTownwhichwasdevelopedinthe1970s.Elevatedconnectorsunitedifferentlayersofactivity,andaccommodatenewinterventionsrelatedtothethreedimensionalgrainofmovement.Inhis1978book,DeliriousNewYork,RemKoolhasprojectedthecityscultureofcongestionaslogicallyresultinginasituationwhereeverythingtakesplacehighabovethestreet.HongKongisalivingdemonstrationofKoolhassprediction.

Thisurbanrealityintroducesasystemofnavigationthroughpublic,semipublicandprivaterealms,whichsnakesthroughthestreets,acrossinterveningpublichousingcorridorsanddispersingpedestrianusersthroughamatrixofexperienceateveryturn.Whenmainroads,anelevatedwalkway,arooftoppublicspace,pedestriancrossingsandanundergroundsubwaycollide,achaoticvisualexplosionresults.

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