The UFO houses of Sanjhih -as they were nicknamed- was an abandoned building project in the Sanzhi district of the New Taipei City in Taiwan. The futuristic buildings were intended to be a vacation resort marketed towards the US military officers coming from their East Asian postings.
Construction begun in 1978 but the project was abandoned 2 years later, due to investment losses and several car accident deaths during construction. Legend has it that the accidents were result of the blasphemus act of bisecting the Chinese dragon sculpture located near the resort gates for widening the road to the buildings.
After the resort’s abandonemend, the UFO houses became a tourist attraction due to their architecture. There were plans for conservation of at least one of the structures but between late 2008 – early 2009, all building were demolished to make room for a commercial redevelopment of the area.
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