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Hong Kong Construction Buildings in Colorful Cocoons by Peter Steinhauer
Started by Night Angel 17-5-14 .

This is quite interesting. I have seen this many times in Hong Kong since I live here, but never really found any aesthetics out of them. Have a look!

From the link below:

Like a burst of color on an otherwise grey canvas, a single majestically colored building rises out of a sea of dull grayness. This is not Christo’s latest “wrapping” project, which is what the photographer Peter Steinhaur first thought, naturally, upon encountering the phenomenon. In fact, these are construction sites wrapped in a colorful mesh material, a traditional method employed in Hong Kong to prevent debris from falling onto the streets below. According to Steinhauer, who’s lived and worked in Asia for the last 21 years – but was stunned to discover this unique construction method in Hong Kong – buildings are wrapped regardless of whether they’re coming up or going down. I’ve seen a similar method employed in Japan with smaller houses, but never anything of such monolithic scale. You can see many more photos over on Steinhauer’s site, where he has two series aptly titled “Cocoon.” (via Featureshoot)

Photos of Hong Kong Construction Sites Wrapped in Colorful Cocoons by Peter Steinhauer | Colossal
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/05/photos-of-hong-kong-construction-sites-wrapped-in-colorful-cocoons-by-peter-steinhauer/

crays 17-5-14 2014-05-17 16:33:14

very interesting way of interpretation, but does it stays on? Or its just a temporary thing.

Night Angel 18-5-14 2014-05-18 01:38:59

The cover fabric stays on until major components like slabs are completed for curtain wall / precast facade installation

It minimizes the pollution and disturbance to the surrounding buildings, which is good

crays 31-5-14 2014-05-31 06:01:37

Actually it looks more interesting staying that way tho, i was exploring fabric in my final studio and found that it could be quite playful and poetic. I saw someone used it recently in a project in our PAM Award (something like an architect association group). Gotta search it up.

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