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Beautiful!
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these are astonishing! do you know anything
about them... they were once occupied? for
how long and in what era? what are they made
of, metal?
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thanks spike and abrietta! my understanding
is that they were never occupied. i believe
the company manufacturing them went bankrupt
while building them and they were never
finished and just left to rot. i'm not sure
what the material is they are made of. i
think they were built sometime in the last 15
years, but maybe someone who knows more than
me will correct that number if its wrong. i
think they were supposed to be some sort of
resort.
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Great subject, great shot!
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Those buildings were built for housing around
1982. Some rich people bought these houses.
But for some reasons, they didn't want to
live there anymore.
I've heard that whenever someone tried to
demolish these buildings, they always had an
accident. That makes no one want /dare to
tear them down.
Have you noticed the dragon statue nearby?
That's the scariest part. It is said that the
statue is occupied by ghosts.
Ok, the tale above is the ghost month
bonus!
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thanks for the info liechtenrose! and yes, i
did notice the dragon statue near the
entrance. i took a shot of it which i haven't
posted yet.
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Oh my god!! :)
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i just posted it, so now you can really feel
frightened. :)
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When I saw these years ago, I thought to
myself, "What the...!?"
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because of the decay or because of the
design?
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Did you see the HDR images of these weird
buildings over on 詠潔's photostream? That was
the first I ever heard of this place....
creepy!
www.flickr.com/photos/cypherone/167289019/
www.flickr.com/photos/cypherone/167280555/
There are even a couple interior shots..
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This is awesome beyond belief. What's the
story on these things?
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thanks for those links mr. boboli. i don't
remember where i first heard about these
shots. i suspect it was someone in one of the
taiwan groups had posted them.
nicolai, i don't really know more than what
liechtenrose posted above. but it's
definately one of the coolest things i've
ever seen here in taiwan.
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S. McKay [deleted] says:
Other-world awesomeness!
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I can't find much information about these
buildings by googling it. I am not 100% sure
when and why they were built. I will try to
ask my brother to see whether I can get more
details.
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Wow. Great subject. Make me want to know
more, for sure.
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so cool!
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thanks everyone! liechtenrose any info you
can dig up on these buildings would be highly
appreciated since it seems like a lot of
people would like to know the background...
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The design :)
The first time I saw them they were still
new...
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ipernity.com/home/nicoleb / No to censorship [deleted] says:
WOW - I've seen pics of these about a year
ago here on flickr.
Cool to see them again :D!
(Thanks to Explore!)
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Somewhat reminiscent of Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion House design.
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I think they are here.
where is the dragon?
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thanks everyone for the great comments!
l'esorciccio - yes, those are them. if you
see the orange coloured building(the gate)
towards the top of the interior row of pods,
the dragon is just above that but you can't
really see it in that aerial shot.
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they look really interesting. i think i
would like to try living in a pod! too bad
they are in such disrepair, but it makes for
a great image!
saw on the explore reload pages!
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thanks. and i'd love to try living in them
too!
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wow...those are awesome. i wish they had
those in San Diego!
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thanks sanchez!
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Sweet... That place would make a great set
for a ghost/horror movie...
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thanks! it probably would make a good set for
a horror movie, especially considering it's
supposed to be haunted. :)
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these are really wonderful. i am strangely
attracted to derelict/desolate places. and
this one.. is just amazing. truly beautiful
pictures too.
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thanks pale spectre! i was really happy to be
able to see this place in person. :)
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A photographer featured in the Taiwan Review
Magzine shot some great photos of this place
too...! Interesting place.
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is that the december issue? i may have to try
to hunt a copy down.
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Hi,
I love these pods! But, I doubt my
husband-to-be will want to go there on our
honeymoon. I just read an article about them
in AnOther Man. They said,"Their design
has its origins in the Finnish fibreglass and
polyester pastic "Futuro", a
utopian, space-age mobile home created by
Matti Suuronen in the mid-60s. This was a
time in which commentators foresaw a future
of increasing leisure time in the face of
giant leaps in technology. Whereas the
Futuro was doomed by mass marketing ( and
perhaps the leisure age that never quite
seemed to materialise, these Taiwanese
flying-saucer holiday homes had an altogether
more supernatural fate.
Originally commissioned by the government
and local firms, the site was planned as an
exclusive and luxurious resort for wealthy
Taiwanese who were looking for sea air and a
break from city life in Taipei. While the
Futuro was built to be transported by
helicopter, and come with UFO-like
retractable steps, these pods were designed
to be stackable, so that as the resort grew
in popularity, it could grow upwards, layer
by layer. But a strange turn of events put
the complex on hold for good.
During the construction of the now lunar
looking site, a number of fatal accidents
occurred that cloaked the area in
superstition. San Zhi was soon believed to
be haunted by the spirits of the unfortunate
victims, unable to pass on to the afterlife.
Holiday -makers (and their cash) stayed away
in droves. And yet it's something of a catch
22: no one dare demolish or renovate the site
either, for fear of destroying the homes of
the spirits currently living there. And so
they remain in their twilight zone, a stabe
at the future, slowly decomposting into
ruins. (June issue AnOtherMan, text by
Hannah Lack)
I hope I can visit them someday. I love
abandoned places in general, but these are
just awesome!
Cheers!
beth
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You say it scanned poorly, but I think it
gives the picture a really cool touch.
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thanks joyeuse!
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thxs for sharing stories bout those building!
it reminds me of some building in ''The
Jetsons'' too
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yeah, they are very jetsons like. :) just not
up in the sky!
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very interesting architecture.....too bad no
one is enjoying them
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yeah, these days it seems only us
photographers are enjoying them. :)
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What a great place! You got some awesome
shots there--I really enjoyed this set.
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thanks! it's a really great place so of
course there are rumours(which i'm praying
are not true) that the governement plans to
tear it down.
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