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gosplan, Francesco Librizzi, Raffaella Parodi, Valter Scelsi · Guggenheim Helsinki Design Competition
In order to achieve a result and to appraise the site, the prominence of architecture in the project demands from the beginning an operative policy which is able to measure the technical realizations with the need to protect the uses and the value of t...
Life in a shoebox
Hong Kong is famous for its expensive property market, considered the least affordable in the world. But for some 220,000 of the city's poorest people, home is in one of more than 110,000 subdivided units, most commonly in the crowded Kowloon district. These shoebox dwellings - units created by subdividing existing flats, usually in old tenement buildings - are well known for their poor, cramped conditions and shared facilities.