“空中停車場 Car Park in the Sky” / 城市人流建築之形 Urban Human Logistics Architecture Forms / SML.20130211.7D.22619.P1.L1

Usually car parks are built underground. But here in Hong Kong, some car parks are built above ground high up in buildings.

 

I don’t really know why this is, but I would reason that it might have to do with structural engineering. Most of the lands in Wan Chai were landfilled. There are also a huge networks of tunnels connecting all kinds of MTR lines underneath the downtown area. So it may be more economical and structurally sound to just build the car parks upstairs instead of downstairs. Thus creating these rather uncommon sights.

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-02-11 12:43:02 GMT+0800

+ Dimensions: 3108 x 4661

+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.6

+ Focal Length: 203 mm

+ ISO: 640

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III

+ 22°16'49" N 114°10'28" E

+ Location: 中國香港灣仔港灣道23號鷹君中心 中国香港湾仔港湾道23号鹰君中心 Great Eagle Centre, 23 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China

+ Serial: SML.20130211.7D.22619.P1.L1

+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4

+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms

 

“空中停車場 Car Park in the Sky” / 城市人流建築之形 Urban Human Logistics Architecture Forms / SML.20130211.7D.22619.P1.L1

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