The Densest City In The World Had a Strange Secret...(Remastered!)

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@DamiLeeArch 3 часа назад

We had to take down the original video due to a copyright claim, but we’ve reuploaded it with enhanced graphics for an even better experience :) I was truly moved by how many of you reached out, especially locals who recognized their parents who lived in Kowloon Walled City. I hope you enjoy the updated version!

@patmiller7045 2 часа назад

You and the team did a excellent job on this. Thank you for creating this content ❤

@Astria115 2 часа назад

Thanks so much for your work!

@efran216 Час назад

I'm curious, did the copyright claim have to do with "Blood Sport"? I don't remember exactly, but I thought there was a clip from the movie in there somewhere? I'm glad you didn;t have to remove the video, this is one of my favorite videos your team has done. This topic says so much about human determination to survive and make a home. It also sparks a conversation about societal structures, this was an extreme that should be analyzed at least by college level sociology courses.

@matthewrosborough2705 Час назад

was looking for this vid about a week or 2 ago. thought i was on crazy pills or something cause i couldnt find it anywhere. such a cool vid! im glad its back

@haydarakyol116 45 минут назад

@@matthewrosborough2705 same here!

@DeepWater-rm8vo 3 часа назад

My mother got to visit Kowloon walled city in 1989 while the ship she worked on was docked in Hong Kong. She said the word that came to mind when she experienced it was „Hive“. She went there because something on the ship had broken and every shop where she asked in Hong Kong proper told her if there is any place where she can find it, it’s there. She asked a guy in what to her appeared like a traditional Chinese pharmacy if he knew where she could get this part, and he took it and disappeared with it. Half an hour later, he resurfaced, and the part was repaired. It cost 10 HKS. She didn’t get to go deep into the city, but said that even then, it appreard like everyone in it was part of the whole, like Dami said, organism of this place. The guy in the pharmacy somehow immediately knew who could repair a ships radar shell cover. It was all connected in there, quite literally.

@oceanaxim Час назад

Great story my friend!

@DamiLeeArch 22 минуты назад

Wow thanks for sharing

@hawkeye454 3 часа назад

I absolutely loved the first version, now its enhanced?! Cant wait! Wish Dami would narrate an audiobook!

@deVryz 3 часа назад

Yeah! I suggest 50 shades of gray.

@mariuskraft3155 3 часа назад

Agree! Audiobook please!

@Khunal1 48 минут назад

What is it with her voice? I don’t understand why I love it so much. Like I can’t specify why.

@C0bra_Commander 3 часа назад

Kowloon City is what I imagine a real-life "Cyberpunk" city would look like at the ground level. It what happens when a lower income and or lower social standing group of people, just have to figure it out and make it work. Nice vid Dami!

@BB-te8tc 2 часа назад

In the PS1 game SaGa Frontier, there's a cyberpunk type city called Koorong that's inspired by Kowloon so you're not far off!

@barbarossarotbart 56 минут назад

A part of Shadowrun: Hong Kong takes place in Kowloon City. Shadowrun was created before Kowloon was demolished, so it still exists in that universe.

@tccandler 3 часа назад

To get a better visual idea of how Kowloon actually worked -- try watching TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN -- a 2024 martial arts movie that recreates the inner workings of the city. It is a pretty entertaining film too.

@AseAPS 3 часа назад

Your videos changed the way I look at the world. I don't know how much higher praise I can give. Keep it up! :D

@ratyjoona 3 часа назад

Phew...I was like where did the video disappear. As I liked to talk about it. Now it's back!

@feiyunslopebulletinboard7217 3 часа назад

Your flow is amazing, I feel such a strong nostalgia to a city I've never been to. And I'm left in a strange state, I'm defeated thinking about how my hometown has changed drastically and become sanitized comparing it to how you explained Kowloon changed. And I'm bearing the reality that my culture is losing it's character to a more artificial caricature due to governance and politics.

@LuxOgre 3 часа назад

I just broke my finger clicking on this video too fast. Also thank you for fueling my strange architecture addiction that you in fact gave me 😂

@elizabethbottroff1218 3 часа назад

I missed the opportunity to visit. My ship stopped in Hong Kong. Because of watch and day work, my first time off of the ship was only a few hours in the day. We went back to the ship to drop off our shopping and to get ready for an evening out. My plan was to enjoy the nightlife that night, and to go to Kowloon the next day. Instead, I wasn't feeling good. My friends went out that night without me. By morning, I was really sick. I didn't leave the ship again despite four days in that port. A lot of us picked up a bug in the previous stop in Indonesia unfortunately. My time in HK was spent asleep, or watching the busy port, cities, ferries, and airplanes, from the ship's fantail. Early '90 was one of the last great years there. I'm bummed that I was too sick to explore. I still have my tourist souvenirs depicting the upcoming changeover. It was a memorable time to visit.

@elizabethbottroff1218 3 часа назад

It also saddens me when I see that type of area sanitized. The urban planners get rid of the slum and the blight. But all of those businesses, and all of those residents, become homeless. Their lives are never the same. Yes, some are able to find new opportunities in their new locations and environments. But many are never able to recover from the loss of the environment that they had been flourishing.

@AnymMusic 2 часа назад

I'm honestly in love with Kowloon in a weird way. Cause yeah, obviously it was super dense and it basically being a lawless place, but that's what I love about it. It was a lawless hotspot, yet there was (a form of) order, business, entertainment and progress. The fact that, if the stories are to believed, a letter could be sent from one end of Kowloon, and end up fine at its designated address is incredible

@akikleist 2 часа назад

Not only have you convinced me that architecture is amazing, but you are the sole reason that I have bought every volume of Kowloon Generic Romance as well

@interestedparty7523 2 часа назад

Kowloon walled-city has always fascinated me. It was large, imposing, but intricate, and most of all, bustling. It wasn’t beautiful to look at, and yet, I can’t stop myself from gazing.

@pandusonu 3 часа назад

Kowloon is so fascinating 🙌 There are some examples of sentient buildings in fantasy (Urithiru from top of head) and IRL, the closest I can think of is Kowloon. I wish it wasn't destroyed 🤧 it feels like a being was killed, not a city was demolished

@Gromitwashere 3 часа назад

I think kowloon city is one of your best videos. I was so sad to see it disappear, so I'm relieved to see it back up.

@anonymousperson4214 Час назад

I've always been fascinated by places like this. They always seem to be the most human we ever get. The best of us and the worst of us, and everything in between. No matter who we are and what we do, we can't help but build communities around ourselves.

@ortegonadam 3 часа назад

Oh my god!! Demi releases an enhanced version of my favorite discussion... thank you Demi!! I clicked within 40 mins 😂

@squatch545 Час назад

Dami, you have become the David Suzuki of architecture. Thank you for all your videos, you are a Canadian treasure.

@blackfoxstudioX 3 часа назад

Amazing production as always! This city looks so dark, straight from cyberpunk universe but at the same time so organic. Would be cool to have some sort of modern movie based in this city.

@willbrolley262 45 минут назад

I was just looking for this video a couple of weeks ago, only to discover that it'd vanished. Glad to see it resurrected, better than ever!

@ix32able 3 часа назад

Thanks for uploading this again. I loved the first version, this one is good too. I kinda wish I had the original to see what specifically changed. Overall I feel like this version is snappier with faster cuts and more lively music. Where the previous felt more ponderous and reflective.

@ritagreenwood9397 3 часа назад

Love and appreciate this channel so much. The only problem I have with it, is whether to watch an episode instantly, or save them up and binge! I think the Kowloon Walled City, was as beautiful as it was scary (from and health and safety viewpoint). Reminds me of the old favela's of Rio, even if I am from London.😅

@waisuntsang7812 2 часа назад

Japanese Anime and Movies talked, mentions of featured about the Kowloon walled city a lot in the 80's and 90's, which made me really want to go and see it for myself when I was very young. yet soon that I know it was demolished even before I was born. KWC was only image from screen to me and I grow up with the question "Why do they tore down this place where everyone praises about?" Your first video about the KWC is that one that dragged me into this channel. Sorry to hear that your old video needed to be taken down, but I will love to come back and watch again every time you reupload or talk about anything new about the KWC. I like to see Dami with the glasses more.

@gamelover2222 3 часа назад

Dami, the only woman to capture my mind. I want to learn everything she has to teach!

@OkamiiRamii 3 часа назад

I woke up today and wanted a new video from you today. Thank you! 🎉😊

@gideonwilliams6307 2 часа назад

Thank you for reposting this! I thought I was going nuts trying to find this bc I knew I'd seen it before, lol. Great video, as a civil engineer, I love this stuff.

@shane2735 32 минуты назад

So glad this video is back up! My copy of the first book of the Kowloon Manga just arrived a few days ago and I was so sad that I couldn't revisit this video before reading, but now I can! :)

@bigsarge2085 36 минут назад

Interesting, I was just replaying your original Kowloon video last night after something I read reminded me of the city!

@haydarakyol116 24 минуты назад

Great vid Dami! Currently for my design studio, I'm reimagining KWC as a solarpunk realm and you already give me all of the motivation and initial information! Keep inspiring us gurl with your beautiful storytelling!

@nismobug4076 3 часа назад

I imagine living in a defunct space station-turned-city would be alot like living here

@TheFilmFatale 3 часа назад

Enjoyed the video first time around…While I do enjoy ebooks, this would be one of the cases where I would love a PHYSICAL “coffee book” of your Kowloon research.

@nad2137 3 часа назад

this might be the best day ever, cant wait to watch this! your previous video on this is one of my favourite on this platform :))

@danoconnell1833 3 часа назад

The story of the razing of Kowloon and the relocation of its residents would make a great video.

@patatas243 3 часа назад

This is an awesome remaster of the original video. Glorious!

@thomas6502 14 минут назад

Love these DamiLee et al. Thank you.

@esotericmissionary 3 часа назад

Thank you for continuing to humanize Kowloon, since ever other video acts as if it was only a criminal haven. I would love to hear stories from the people that actually lived there.

@jerrysstories711 2 часа назад

It's remarkable that no one ever cut into an overloaded load-bearing wall and caused a massive collapse. Constructions is usually regulated for a reason.

@devilmay 3 часа назад

FYI "Your Warehouse" in Japan you referenced closed in 2019 sadly.

@JonathanMartinez-ei4up Час назад

This dense interconnected style of space reminds me of Meow Wolf. The interactive exhibit originated in Santa Fe New Mexico and than spread to have branches in Las Vegas, Denver Colorado, Grapevine California, and now there’s one in Houston Texas. They all are incredible examples of architecture and unique uses of space. Passage ways under stair cases, through fireplaces and hidden behind refrigerators open up to completely new communal spots. Architecture like this is reminiscent to a Beehive or an Ant-Hill. It does have its own beauty, like stepping into the fey wild or the goblin market from Hellboy…But I can only imagine how dangerous it was too. I wonder what a modern city, intentionally designed from the start to be the densest possible, while also being safer would look like. Maybe Neo Tokyo from Akira?

@SteveNaranjo Час назад

The last 2 minutes of this video hits hard😢, the word "sanitizing" just hurt so much.

@CarsoDeck 3 часа назад

Nobody wanted to leave when china finally took over and had to pay people a ton of money to relocate and even had to forcibly evict a lot of people who wouldnt take the money. So many people were interviewed saying it was the best place they ever lived and they would have stayed if they could. It was one of the most amazing free communities to ever exist.

@Redacted-Information 2 часа назад

I was lucky enough to experience it and spend time exploring exploring it in 1987

@GlizzyTrefoil Час назад

There should be a city builder game with a Kowloon theme.

@AllanHoltzmann 3 часа назад

Thank you for all that you and your team do.

@lawrenceahtuck 43 минуты назад

Thank you again for another well put together video with your observations based on your background, existing structures and available media. It is always interesting to see how populations (re)act to limited spaces and adapt to them.

@DamiLeeArch 15 минут назад

Thank you so much! 🙏

@niklaswejedal463 Час назад

In his novels "Idoru" and "All Tomorrows Parties", (which I am re-reading at the moment) William Gibson describes a digital on-line version of this place called just "Walled City". Maybe you have read them too? If not, I highly recommend it!

@karalealynaeh.4500 3 часа назад

Thank you for making learning so much fun! The way you deliver information is fantastic. I always learn something new from your videos. ❤

@hamlowfilms634 2 часа назад

Yes! Love this video, so glad it's back up!!

@spencerbookman2523 43 минуты назад

One of the many examples of what will happen if "can" replaces "should" in our vocabulary.

@kenosabi 2 часа назад

Incredible. You make me care about things I didn't know I cared about.

@raymondsanchez808 Час назад

i would love an entire book with the artwork and know to do learn the process in which you make your videos :) . they're all so interesting and engaging, it what drew me in. the editing is definitely film quality Love this!

@yashvashistha7804 3 часа назад

She stresses so much while speaking that it is taking a toll on her vocal chords

@alexsch2514 3 часа назад

Love Kowloon content! Inspires you to think about how society might be.

@lain1755 3 часа назад

After her first video I bought the entire Kowloon generic romantic manga series

@alexsch2514 3 часа назад

@@lain1755 nice, lol. I am here more for the silent agreements between citicens and their implications on Marxist theory but that's just me.

@SeanBlader 2 часа назад

I decided I needed to look since Dami had the specs in the first 10 seconds, to compare the 0.027 square kilometers to something I can relate to. Since I live on 5 acres, I converted. It's 6.67 acres!! We have 2 people and 1 cat living on 5 acres, and I can't even imagine squeezing 33,000 people in me and my neighbors lot of 10 acres. I guess that doesn't count the vertical space, but that's still crazy.

@ebrock1972 47 минут назад

It's definitely a place I wish I could have visited. I have a weird enjoyment of some of those darker places in the city I guess you would say. They always lead to hidden gems.

@vipassana72 3 часа назад

wonder where all the families of people were moved to; all those businesses with their sales, those children needing schooled, those mouths needing fed? weird how the displacement of others elsewhere gives you a sense of contentment, isn't it?

@Sector_VII 2 часа назад

This was such an beautiful video! It made me feel sad and longing for someplace i've never been to and yet, given a deeper understanding of what this city was. Thank you for sharing.

@pyeitme508 3 часа назад

Plus one of the inspirations for cyberpunk theme stuffs, also HK citizens know this former city till local gov getting rid of it to make a park.

@firkinfright5168 2 часа назад

There are so many visualisations of this city in all kinds of media. I get it that the more popular ones would do a copyright claim. Perhaps even the less popular ones. What I like even more (compared to the original bit that is) is the more upbeat view of Kowloon when compared to the original one, kudos for that. Needless to say I just love that organic out spurt of the city and the way people managed to self organize. Would love to see other videos about organically growing communities.

@Solving_Engineer 3 часа назад

Damilee you should make longer videos 40-50 minutes like documentry

@RossellaScaringi 2 часа назад

Too interesting and suggestive to be lost! ....finally we can see it again 👏🏻

@Hammer1987 Час назад

I think much of the appeal of Kowloon Walled City was that it seemed like a place where you could disappear. An oasis of freedom in a desert of oppressive tyranny. Which is probably why it eventually got torn down.

@andrewchew9199 3 часа назад

Thank god this video is back up, and better than the original at that. But someone has to tell me y the original was taken down since it almost gave me a heart attack. 😅

@BooBaddyBig 3 часа назад

It's most surprising to me that it was taken down, that it didn't fall down, catch fire, get wiped out by a plague due to bad sanitation etc. etc.

@Rumade Час назад

When people hear the word "anarchy", they think of riots and destruction, but Kowloon was an actual example of anarchy in practice. The only things that have come even remotely close in terms of autonomy in behaviour and building, have been autonomous protest zones like Le ZAD in France. It's fascinating.

@SteveNaranjo Час назад

Like you said in the video...I am pretty sure it was needed (to destroy the place), but one can help but to feel nostalgic? Knowing that such a place existed and now it's gone it's actually sad.

@jonlava173 Час назад

Such a massive, organic, confusing, multilevel maze. It was like Elden Ring’s Lands Between and Lands Shadow but irl.

@Masahane 27 минут назад

I also really wish I could've visited it. Even the arcade in Japan closed before I could visit :/ But then again, I'm sure it would be overrun by tourists today

@cedricweidmann6012 11 минут назад

Don't know if you already know about them, but there is a french/belgian sci-fi comic series called ''The Obscure Cities" by Schuiten/Peeters. In every comic there is another city and another story, which revolves around the realtionship between architecture and the humans living in it. Might be of interest to you. :)

@DragonKingGaav Минуту назад

How does Dami keep getting prettier and prettier with every video?!?!?!?

@cartoon-network814 2 часа назад

reminds me of Lahore's Walled City (a 2000 years old city in Pakistan) the characteristics are similar to Kowloon. Its still a living city, still vibrant and still alive. The roof top were connected and a new kind of sport emerged "kite flying" called "Basant" in the windy Spring month of February. Thanks to its unique architecture. It still is the densest part of the city.

@superchargerone Час назад

The courtyard was built around the ancient "Yamen" (chinese magistrate court). Given its central role and importance in community governance this might explain the courtyard's preservation through the nonstop development of the walled city until demolition.

@anishshrestha8146 3 часа назад

The fact that we had a city like this blows my mind

@totalwreck7435 13 минут назад

How does she not have her own show on like national geographic or smt

@MaxWithoutTax 3 часа назад

Yesterday i told my girlfriend about this video and coudln‘t find it. I thought i was trippin because i could not find it. Now you re upload it? What an coincidence, can‘t wait to watch it! 🤩 Love your work! 🫶🏼

@JeevasJerico13 3 часа назад

YES YESSSS OMG I THOUGHT I HAD LEGIT HALLUCINATED THIS VIDEO GOD THANK YOU SO MUCH

@MidwestLori77 3 часа назад

I love anything about this city. I cant believe it actually existed.

@Realistic_Management Час назад

DamiLee x Archimarathon collaboration when??

@deVryz 3 часа назад

So good! Someone should make an interactive 3d model of the city and put it in a videogame imo :)

@djan0889 3 часа назад

It's beautiful because human brain likes new information. You can find interesting stuff constantly in that chaotic place. It constantly changes, optimizes, evolves to something different. In other way we build engineered designs and arts. That engineered stuff don't look as interesting as chaos. Because we find solution and implement them. But chaos constantly finds new solutions and evolves. It's not optimum way for living but it keep neurons active. If hive find a standart it will be boring just like most current structures.

@eric131313 27 минут назад

Whoever lived on boarders of this structure should consider himself/herself vip 😂

@lost_porkchop 14 минут назад

It sounds like the world's first cities. Just growing organically with no rules to suit the inhabitants needs.

@IlyasChaki 3 часа назад

It’s intriguing how, even in an anarchic society, some form of governance inevitably tends to emerge

@djparn007 2 часа назад

Thank you, Dami. ❤❤

@64maxpower 3 часа назад

Excellent video Dami

@nukiesduke6868 Час назад

It's a miracle a massive fire never broke out there destroying the whole thing :/

@stinkymccheese8010 Час назад

It would be interesting to see the results of a study on the effects of living in an environment like this on cognitive development and function.

@retro_451 3 часа назад

Haven't seen the original, so YAY!

@davidout89 Час назад

I love looking at good things 😍🤩 and learning

@Onitsutube Час назад

Thank You for the video, interesting as always 👍 (off topic alert: am I the only one who does kinda miss the glasses? 😃)

@robzo87 Час назад

Sad that I will never get to experience this place on person. I would have loved to have seen it and been there in person.

@Sturnburn772 57 минут назад

very fascinating, I would love to have visited it.

@Sidblue1983 2 часа назад

Wow Dami, you look amazing young lady!

@LGUG2Z 2 часа назад

Glad to see this video back! I would love to see a video from you on China's sponge cities! 🤞

@ConsciousConversations 2 часа назад

There is nothing quite as compelling as structures that we can recognize in some way..

@Forbidden-Yoga-Dot-Com 2 часа назад

the concept of MA you have so beautifully explained … this video has too much hypertension in it … too fast … not enough pauses … not enough of MA … please slow down a bit Dami 😂

@codyeasonBGR Час назад

Loved what you made

@colonylaser4860 Час назад

Have you seen the new movie "Twilight of Warriors Walled In"? Possibly old Hong Kong kungfu movies' last swan song, but it has the best recreation of the inside of Kowloon city in movies. Beyond that, some of the buildings in Chongqing is beginning to remind me of Hong Kong (not necessary Kowloon Walled City). That said Chongqing is way (central government) planned, hardly organically. Can't wait till you make a video of the various cities in China. So much character and variety and energy, though not necessary to everyone's esthetics and liking.

@user-rh6ru5oz2o 3 часа назад

Surprised the video didn't reference the recent HK action movie Walled In. And is my memory faulty, or is this video quite different from the old one?