 A real way to rebuild the south after Katrina |
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  Sep 4 2009, 03:59 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 1-September 09 From: Chicago Metroplex Member No.: 17,582  |
Not sure if people saw this, but it's worth a look
http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/08/17/heavenly-abode/ |
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Sep 4 2009, 04:17 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 181 Joined: 8-July 09 From: The Caribbean League Member No.: 17,367 |
Neat design but it's not going to happen. It's cost prohibitive, the land isn't right for building something like that in the longterm and most of the people that were displaced by the hurricane wouldn't be able to afford to live there anyways not to mention there is no housing or space shortage right now. Arcologies aren't entirely feasible in the US right now. The best place to build one at the moment would be Japan where space *is* at premium.
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Sep 4 2009, 04:24 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,973 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Fairfax, VA Member No.: 13,526 |
It's gigantic, terribly inefficiently designed, ugly as fuck, and would be crushed under the weigh of injunctions from a swarm of special interest groups claiming that it was an attempt to lock away the "undesirable poor" of New Orleans someplace where the rest of the city didn't have to see or deal with them.
Did I mention that it's ugly? |
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Sep 4 2009, 04:40 PM
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Cybernetic Blood Mage Group: Members Posts: 3,472 Joined: 11-March 06 From: Northeastern Wyoming Member No.: 8,361 |
Aye, my first thought was, "God, what a waste of perfectly usable space."
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Sep 4 2009, 06:34 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 533 Joined: 26-February 02 From: In a hot tub, with lots of bubbles and champagne waiting for you. Member No.: 1,972 |
don't forget, down here the politicians are some of the most corrupt. So you need to greese the palms of many a representatives.
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Sep 4 2009, 06:39 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 1-September 09 From: Chicago Metroplex Member No.: 17,582 |
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or the business man and politician with the cash. I'd agree that Japan would be way more likely to get an arc before anywhere US side would. I posted more as something that caught my eye and reminded me that had Katrina happened in the late 2050's, Louisiana could have had it's own ACHE building issues.
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Sep 4 2009, 06:57 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 433 Joined: 8-November 07 Member No.: 14,097 |
How long after it's built until someone puts giant numbers (1-4) in the corners of the triangular faces... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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