Compressed between the Bay the mountains, the tall and dense Hong Kong Island is full of architectural icons and exciting new buildings. Sci-fi dystop

Architecture from Ghost in the Shell in Hong Kong

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2024-12-01 04:30:02

Compressed between the Bay the mountains, the tall and dense Hong Kong Island is full of architectural icons and exciting new buildings.

Sci-fi dystopian movies tend to depict its cities as layers upon layers of tall buildings and structures. The ground level is usually dark, chaotic, damp, where the rain seems to fall continuously. Up above, huge, 3-dimensional billboards share the airspace with flying machines, highways and the pinnacles of skyscrapers. Movies like Metropolis, Blade Runner, Akira, Total Recall, Minority Report, to name a few; all show similar urban spaces to depict the future we will live in.

The latest adaptation of the manga classic Ghost in The Shell is part of that group. It is set in a dystopian future, where the urban environment is dark, wet, and damp, yet painted by lights and holographs. The main character, Major, is always perched on top of skyscrapers, listening to the city below. Every once in a while, she dives into the city's darkness below to do her tasks and missions. And wonderfully enough, most of the city in the movie is Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is the perfect scenario for all this. It is easy to look at the city and imagine a future where highrises multiply in quantity and height. A future where the city lights become three dimensional, the days are always dark, and the rain never stops falling.