Dangling from the blackened remains of Wang Fuk Court in Hong Kong this week, a broken patchwork of singed bamboo was testament to a centuries-old craft that may soon disappear.
Hong Kong is one of very few major cities in the world that still employs bamboo scaffolding on large-scale construction and renovation works, and its yellow latticeworks are one of the Chinese territory’s defining characteristics.
Proponents argue that as well as being sturdy, the material is cheap, adaptable and sustainable. Without it, they say, Hong Kong’s dense mesh of towering skyscrapers and narrow streets might not have been built so rapidly.
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