Currently on show at Flowers Gallery in London, German photographer Michael Wolf's series, 'Architecture of Density', captures Hong Kong's crowded urban landscape. Pictured is 'Architecture of Density #39'. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery © Michael Wolf

迈克尔·沃尔夫的照片最早出现于20世纪90年代，它先于人们对大型摄影和其他世俗建筑的任何在线迷恋。“密度的建筑”系列目前正在伦敦的花卉画廊展出，它描绘了香港密集的城市结构-沃尔夫1994年开始居住的地方-在这座城市公寓楼的不人道大小和整体重复之间，以及在里面生活的私密细节之间。

我们对高层文化的看法已经变得相当模糊，但在过去的30年里，香港已经巩固了它作为地球上最密集、最珍贵的城市中心之一的地位。沃尔夫的项目一开始就严格关注城市外墙的无情统一，色彩的飞溅几乎没有缓解它们的单调，只有通过最初看不见的细节-打开的窗户，一连串的清洗-才能让它们变得人性化。

同时，他的相机捕捉到不可避免的混乱，从秩序出现-例如随机安装必要的空调单元。它们与每天的小图片配对，它们是神龛、街道旁的橱柜，或者仅仅是日常生活的证据。

Wolf's large-scale photographs depict the city's dense urban structure, veering between the inhuman size and monolithic repetition of the city's apartment complexes and the intimate details of the lives lived within them

Like with 'Architecture of Density #119', the images hone in on the relentless uniformity of the city's façades. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery © Michael Wolf

At the same time, Wolf's camera captures the inevitable chaos that emerges from the order, like the random streetside assemblage in 'My Favourite Thing #75'. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery © Michael Wolf

These are paired with smaller images of the everyday, be they shrines, street-side store cupboards, decaying taxis or simply the evidence of daily life carrying on in between the seams. Pictured is 'My Favourite Thing #90'. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery © Michael Wolf

'Architecture of Density Scout #61'. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery © Michael Wolf

'Industrial #1'. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery © Michael Wolf

In 'Architecture of Density #75', the building's monotony is alleviated by splashes of colour. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery © Michael Wolf

Installation view of the 'Architecture of Density' exhibition

'My Favourite Thing #06'. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery © Michael Wolf

'My Favourite Thing #21'. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery © Michael Wolf

In the past three decades Hong Kong has consolidated its status as one of the densest - and most expensive - urban centres on the planet. 'Architecture of Density Scout #36', shows a barely recognisable complex under construction. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery © Michael Wolf

The apartments in 'Architecture of Density Scout #22' are only humanised through the initially imperceptible details, such as an open window or a string of washing. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery © Michael Wolf

'My Favourite Thing #08'. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery © Michael Wolf

'Small God Big City #115'. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery © Michael Wolf

'Architecture of Density #13b'. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery © Michael Wolf

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