how did the Kowloon walled city not collapse? Who were the builders and how did they safely construct a tall structure?
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The Kowloon Walled City was burned to the ground in 1950. So everything you see in photos was built in the 50s and 60s. They knew that housing was in high demand when the rebuilt the city so they expected the buildings to be tall when they poured the foundations. Most of the buildings were constructed using standard modules common to many Chinese highrises at the time so they were designed to handle the weight of the added floors on top of them.
But the premise of your question is wrong. The buildings only lasted about 20-40 years before they got torn down. Part of the reason for their demolition was because they started to deteriorate and were unsafe to live in.
Why would it colapse? The houses are just “regular” multistory houses like you see in a lot of cities, its not one single building. To who build a lot of diffrent people over a few decades.
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