HK's old public housing estate

  One day, I visited the Yai Oi Estate in Tuen Mun, -it is- a public housing estate built in the 1970's. I walked straight into it and I found the unique building structure of the estate. It is a twin tower building structure. It is just like two squares joined together with two holes in it, leaving the buildings’ inside hollow.

  My friends and I ran to the highest floor, the 24th floor, and looked down into the hollow part of the building. I felt absolutely frightened when I first looked into the void. Peering into the deep, cavernous hole gave me a panic. As imagined, the hole is similar to a bottomless cavern.


capture from upper floor

capture from lower floor

  This type of housing estates will be destructed soon and will no longer be seen or inhabited due to new construction. I took these pictures in hopes of reminiscing upon my experience.