Beijing 798 as Space of Disappearance
In his book chapter “Building on Disappearance: Hong Kong architecture and colonial space”, Abbas conceptualizes the notion of “disappearance” in an insightful way. To him, the disappearance of Hong Kong architecture takes place at two levels. At the first level of disappearance, the city “reinvents itself every few years” due to the “domination of marketplace”. Buildings and spaces in Hong Kong, however monumental, are subject to demolition and destruction as soon as they become not profitable enough. This ever-changing city landscape reminds us of Karl Marx’s famous comment on capitalism, a system under which “everything that is solid melts into