Atomic Bomb Shelters In China Used As Housing Units

Atomic bunkers were created in the late ‘60s and ‘70s to withstand the blast of a nuclear bomb. Commissioned by Chairman Mao, roughly 10,000 bunkers were promptly constructed in Beijing. 

When the government gave the opportunity to lease the shelters to private landlords, these fallout sanctuaries became tiny residential units. Today, the underground bunkers house more than a million people such as migrant workers and students from rural areas.

Photographer Antonio Faccilongo, fascinated by the people that live in these bunkers, visited Beijing to document the phenomenon.

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