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Outposts of Postmodernism

ong months without travel have forced Hongkongers to become tourists in their own city, rediscovering old neighbourhoods and noticing elements they’d previously overlooked. While wandering around highly urbanised areas, one might spot the playful forms of ubiquitous urban features like public toilets, shade structures or the ventilation shafts of the MTR (Mass Transit Railway), to name a few. Going unnoticed next to skyscrapers and mixed-use towers, these architectural

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