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ConnectingPedestrianElements
HongKongsobsessionwithelevatedstructuresisnotonlyapparentinitsurbancorebutalsoinphysicalexistence
initsnewtowndevelopments.ThistrendwasobservedduringavisittoShaTinNewTownwhichwasdevelopedin
the1970s.Elevatedconnectorsunitedifferentlayersofactivity,andaccommodatenewinterventionsrelatedtothe
threedimensionalgrainofmovement.Inhis1978book,DeliriousNewYork,RemKoolhasprojectedthecitys
cultureofcongestionaslogicallyresultinginasituationwhereeverythingtakesplacehighabovethestreet.Hong
KongisalivingdemonstrationofKoolhassprediction.
Thisurbanrealityintroducesasystemofnavigationthroughpublic,semipublicandprivaterealms,whichsnakes
throughthestreets,acrossinterveningpublichousingcorridorsanddispersingpedestrianusersthroughamatrixof
experienceateveryturn.Whenmainroads,anelevatedwalkway,arooftoppublicspace,pedestriancrossingsand
anundergroundsubwaycollide,achaoticvisualexplosionresults.

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