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The Monster Building, located in Quarry Bay neighbourhood in Eastern Hong Kong, isn’t actually a single building, but an E-shaped 19-floor complex composed of five interconnected structures: Oceanic Mansion, Fok Cheong Building, Montane Mansion, Yick Cheong Building, and Yick Fat Building. It was built during a population boom in the 1960s to offer housing for low-income residents. The Monster Building has 2443 flats and is home to around 6 thousand people.
The Monster Building, located in Quarry Bay neighbourhood in Eastern Hong Kong, is an E-shaped 19-floor complex composed of five interconnected structures. It has 2443 flats and is home to around 6 thousand people. The blue building on the left is the Kornville Block.
We were a bit lost, to be honest. Wandering aimlessly around the side of the building, looking for the best way up. And, frankly, me being a bit too scared to just walk down just any path or up any staircase.
A man, on his own, seemed to have the misfortune to deal with a mound of rubbish bags and was slowly dealing with them. He could clearly see hapless tourists when he saw them because he gestured up at the staircase just across from us. Thank you, that man.
I’ve definitely played too many video games - my first thought when looking at this shot was it feels like taking the steps up to a big boss arena. I need more health points!
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I know, I know. Hong Kong, again! I’m not wealthy- I just keep spending all my money on going there. I don’t think they say ‘Fourth Times the Charm’ but this trip was just that - a success. For almost the entire time I kept my mental health issues at bay. It was a good trip. After three disasters - It is really nice to say that.
I guess this is the ‘classic’ shot of the Monster Building. I’ve certainly done nothing new or different here but it’s quite the view, huh?
At the very least, I’ve stuck to my guns and I haven’t massively oversaturated it or just destroyed the reality of the place. That’s the Tim guarantee.
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I know, I know. Hong Kong, again! I’m not wealthy- I just keep spending all my money on going there. I don’t think they say ‘Fourth Times the Charm’ but this trip was just that - a success. For almost the entire time I kept my mental health issues at bay. It was a good trip. After three disasters - It is really nice to say that.
One off the photography bucket list, as I finally visited the ‘Monster Building’ over in Quarry Bay. This was taken from across the road from it, where we saw a wild boar! It was quite something. I didn’t take any photos of it that were Flickr-worthy but it was a real highlight of the whole trip. We sat on a bench whilst the boar wandered around looking for food. Later, when walking down a hill we saw its little baby!
Back to the actual photograph…
It’s such an expanse of building, apparently housing around ten thousand(!) people! It’s a jumble with so many little details of all the different lives inside. All those different coloured lights, all those clothes and air conditioning units. To call it a hodge-podge would be the understatement of the century.
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I know, I know. Hong Kong, again! I’m not wealthy- I just keep spending all my money on going there. I don’t think they say ‘Fourth Times the Charm’ but this trip was just that - a success. For almost the entire time I kept my mental health issues at bay. It was a good trip. After three disasters - It is really nice to say that.
Bleak. The brown colour of the light-polluted sky added to the grim reality of the grubby flats piled on top of eachother.
The ‘Monster building’ is monstrously big from every angle, it seems. This was from the ground floor looking up at one of the exterior sides of the building - still not inside the main part yet!
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I know, I know. Hong Kong, again! I’m not wealthy- I just keep spending all my money on going there. I don’t think they say ‘Fourth Times the Charm’ but this trip was just that - a success. For almost the entire time I kept my mental health issues at bay. It was a good trip. After three disasters - It is really nice to say that.
I’ve been wanting to shoot this place for quite sometime. I finally got the chance on this trip. After having lunch with the family in Central, I ventured off on my own, got off the MTR at Quarry Bay, and it was a short five minute walk. Anticipation mounted as the Yick Fat, came into view, not unlike a hunter coming up on his prey. I walked around the back, up the steps, and entered the courtyard. I was surprised to see businesses like eateries, salons, and health clinics occupy the courtyard level. This was where Mark Walberg was being chased and tumbled down the side of the building in one of the Transformer films. As I hunkered down with my Nikon and tripod, I was not surprise to find other photo enthusiasts milling around, shooting, posing, strutting, jumping, with their smartphone, all for their IG account no doubt. As I sat on the floor, waited for nightfall and made some test shots, people came and went. 2 dark haired, attractive young women in particular were doing the same. I could tell they were not local. They struck up a conversation with a third, who was setting up a drone. I thought how cool that would be to get drone shots of this place. As I continue to do test shots, Claudia came over, curious as to what I was doing, with a mounted camera so close to the ground. She sat down next to me, and I showed her some of the test shots. As we chatted it up about her work with Emirates Airlines, traveling, and photography, the drone lifted off the ground. I envied at her life, to travel and see the world. As the conversation continued, we heard something crashing into the side of the building above us, the sound of the drone buzzing was interrupted, then bits and pieces of plastics came crashing down, landing just mere feet from where we were. Claudia joked that good thing we weren’t hurt, her face is her moneymaker and it was not insured. Shortly we were joined by her colleague Sabrina, and Marysha, a young Russian architect by day, and failed drone pilot in her spare time. Before my companions departed, they apologized for taking up so much of my time. I was glad they were there, because by the time they left, it was the perfect time to take the shot. Claudia, Sabrina, and Marisha, I thank you.
Discovering HK's beauty among the dense buildings - taken by GoPro
Inspired by 'the Grid' by Peter Stewart
Sadly, the resolution is not really good - should try with a DSLR camera another day!
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Walking Hong Kong at night is fun! We went to the "monster building" in Quarry Bay on Hong Kong island after dinner. This is an older building arranged in a W-shape. Adjacent to one of the two courtyards is a skyscraper that conveniently encloses the view on all four sides, symbolizing the cramped space in Hong Kong.
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Slightly losing my bearings as we wandered the streets of Quarry Bay, we came across a little park with this cool sculpture in a shallow pool. I’ve seen similar sculptures before- I wonder if they’re all by the same artist?
I’m such a fan of wide-open lobbies in newer towers. In and of itself the tower wasn’t particularly interesting but the huge pillars and cool, undulating roof of the lobby really caught my eye.
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I know, I know. Hong Kong, again! I’m not wealthy- I just keep spending all my money on going there. I don’t think they say ‘Fourth Times the Charm’ but this trip was just that - a success. For almost the entire time I kept my mental health issues at bay. It was a good trip. After three disasters - It is really nice to say that.
Considering the huge number of residents, it was a pretty quiet place.
When looking up the building prior to travelling, I really felt sorry for the locals. It turns out that the Monster Building had become something iconic due to Instagram with thousands of people coming to the area, climbing everywhere and just generally being obnoxious. I’m really hoping that Michael and I went relatively unseen during our time there.
I bet the view from the top of that tower makes these blocks feel really insignificant.
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I know, I know. Hong Kong, again! I’m not wealthy- I just keep spending all my money on going there. I don’t think they say ‘Fourth Times the Charm’ but this trip was just that - a success. For almost the entire time I kept my mental health issues at bay. It was a good trip. After three disasters - It is really nice to say that.
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At this point in the evening I had totally lost where we were. I’d made so many plans for our time in Hong Kong that they all merged together and unfortunately, the Satellite imagery of Hong Kong is difficult to work with due to the height of the towers everywhere.
Still, thanks to some road-crossing-ingenuity from Michael (basically him being braver than myself) we found the road bridge we were meant to be on.
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I know, I know. Hong Kong, again! I’m not wealthy- I just keep spending all my money on going there. I don’t think they say ‘Fourth Times the Charm’ but this trip was just that - a success. For almost the entire time I kept my mental health issues at bay. It was a good trip. After three disasters - It is really nice to say that.