About this place

An octagonal Brutalist residential tower with a massive hollow central courtyard, internationally recognized in architectural photography circles for its dystopian geometry and appearances in Chinese noir cinema.

Drifter says

"The holy grail for urban exploration photographers — but this is a real low-income residential community, not a film set or tourist attraction. Absolute silence is the minimum standard of respect. Lie on the ground floor courtyard and shoot straight up with a wide-angle lens: the..."

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