Peperoni
Portraits from above: Hong Kongs informal rooftop communities
Stefan Conham
280 pages
23 x 25.4 cm
Hardcover
ISBN: 978-3-9809677-7-8
Self-built, informal settlements on the roofs of high-rise buildings are an integral part of Hong Kong’s urban landscape. The rise of rooftop communities is closely linked to the migration history from Chinese Mainland to Hong Kong. With each of China’s tumultuous political movements in the 20th century, like the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, there was a corresponding wave of Mainland Chinese migrating to Hong Kong.
