Book: Michael Wolf | Architecture of Density
Book: Michael Wolf | Architecture of Density
Hardcover: 128 pages
Publisher: Peperoni Books (Third Edition, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3941825054
ISBN-13: 978-3941825055
Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 0.6 x 12.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
Stunning and sobering, the photographs of high-rise apartment buildings in Hong Kong by German photographer Michael Wolf reveal his personal fascination with life in mega-cities. Having lived there for several years, Wolf began to document Hong Kongs extreme development and complex urban dynamics, and how these factors play into the relationships between public and private space, anonymity and individuality, in one of the most densely populated cities on the planet. His close-up view takes the repetitive facades and colourful palettes out of their architectural context, instead offering urban patterns. With an introduction by Ernest Chui and essay by Natasha Egan.