Everywhere you walk in Hong Kong, you can’t help but feel towered over and squeezed by the cluster of buildings- at times, it feels like the buildings are crashing down on you. Indeed, as one of the most densely populated places in the world, it is easy to experience feelings of insignificance and intense claustrophobia amongst the massive stacked architecture. Its condensed living space and countless windows and floors in both older and newer establishments epitomizes the struggle for space faced by the country for decades.

Australian photographer Peter Stewart has documented this in his recent series focusing on the “stacked” urban architecture around Hong Kong. His extraordinary photographs effectively capture the density of the buildings by taking pictures from the ground looking up. He also takes shots from various levels within the building to revealing the vantage points of the residents. By adopting these various perspectives, he reveals the Hong Kong’s population density and its implications on sustainability in this relentlessly growing metropolis.

See more of Peter Stewart’s photgraphy  here

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