ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Ponte city tower is probably the most amazing and also terrifying piece of dystopian architecture I've ever seen.
The 55 stories tower in Johannesburg is the tallest residential building in Africa
and was used as a location to film
“District 9”, “Chappie” and “Resident Evil”.
By the 1990s, many gangs moved into the building and it became extremely unsafe.
Ponte City was symbolic of the crime and urban decay.
The core filled with debris fourteen storeys high as the owners left the building.
There were even proposals to turn the building into a highrise prison!
A place with a dark past but a bright future.

AUTHOR
Dimitar is an architect with a passion for travel and aerial photography.
After graduation he worked at the experimental practice ONL-Rotterdam.
Than moved to UK and worked for couple of years at Foster+Partners.
In 2007 he founded MESHROOM - architectural visualisation / CG art studio based in London and Sofia. (www.meshroom.com)
In recent years he’s been traveling on specialized photo expeditions worldwide, trying to capture authentic environments and portraits and unusual perspectives with his drone.
His work has been featured in National Geographic, Lonely Planet, Fubiz, Designboom and PetaPixel

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