Abandoned Sanzhi UFO Houses!!!
March 17, 2008 Amazing things, Crazy Stuff, Pictures
I came across a flickr set today with some amazing pictures of an abandoned housing complex called San Zhi outside of Taipei, Taiwan. A google search didn’t bring up much information, but from what I can gather, it was apparently built in the early 1980s as a series of vacation homes marketed towards affluent Taipei residents seeking to get out of the city.
The speculation about why the site was abandoned varies, with the most interesting being that a series of fatal accidents occurred during construction, causing locals to believe the site was haunted, and therefore instigating the developer’s decision to stop construction (and also putting a stop to any future redevelopment). A more mundane reason listed for the abandonment was the developer running out of money, but I’ll go with the first reason, thank you!
Architecturally speaking the houses are super cool, being very futuristic for the 80’s (even by today’s standards) with the cantilevered, modular pods houses (think Archigram). Check out more amazing photos from two flickr sets after the jump! 
Comments (6)
looks rendered to me
That’s pretty cool! I love old structures like that. Would like to get in those and poke around. lol
“looks rendered to me”
give me a break! scepticism is so boring sometimes. these buildings are clearly visible on google earth, just type san-chih or maybe google earth is in on it too.
“looks rendered to me”
probebly because is hdr photo, gives cool rendering like effect.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/03/10/35-fantastic-hdr-pictures/
I would like to meet the architect that made the plans for these houses
wow looks like a round schoolbus!