I'll Take Really Stupid Designs for $1,000, Alex

Soon to be gracing the skyline of Seoul, South Korea.

Spoilered for size.

Besides the obvious bizarre nature of the buildings appearance, folks in portions of the building will never get direct sunlight and will almost always be in perpetual shade. Lots more pics at the link.

I'm totally fine with perpetual shade

Yeah, maybe they're thinking of the vampire renters.

Looks Ok to me.

Does no one else think that looks a little like the World Trade Center towers with explosions in progress? I know it's a stretch, I suppose, but it's the first thing I thought of.

Can anyone say, "alien planet/future Earth" Star Trek location shot?

Fugly

I hope somebody flies an airplane into it.

"South Korea: Where our buildings are 'ribbed for her pleasure.'"

Perpetual shade is a way of life in any city with tall buildings.

My second thought was - Dude's been playing too much Tetris.

Still and all, this pic...



With the green spaces on top of some of the blocks does intrigue. there's the gem of a good idea here, but I think the first step would be to go with curves instead of boxes.

Yeah, I thought of it that way too.

Unless they're artificial trees, they're only asking for trouble - roots can be very destructive.


Oh, and as an aside, it should really be "soon to be blown up by North Korea"

Damn, who designed that building... Ivo Shandor??

I believe the Bay Bridge in SF is about to be robbed of its status as "World's Landmark Most Used for Suicides."

I can't believe no one in some meeting didn't raise the possibility that it maybe, just maybe, could be construed as looking just a little like the world trade center attacks. Seems like they all just shrugged their shoulders and went "meh." Also, no fencing?

I know! Who DOESN'T want to live in a recreation of 9/11? Does it have a McDonalds?!

It's in Seoul, not NYC.

Look close and you can see clear glass walls around all the terraces.

Nothing a few swings from a utility hammer or fireman's ax won't fix, for the emo jumper.

And the architect firm is based in the Netherlands which lost citizens in the Bali Bombings and 9/11. Even then the images are so recent, and so similar that I think it's impossible to see how someone didn't see it.

I don't. In my travels I have found that 9/11 while a significant event, is not as significant and thus as iconic, as it is in the United States. Which makes sense.

Hell, I didn't see it and I am an American. However that might be a mental block thing due to me getting sick of it being exploited for political purposes.

So, you don't think that an architectural firm that had people killed in the attacks would notice the similarities.

Isn't understanding the way design influences people part of their job?

If they'd don't see it, I doubt they're a good firm.

To be fair the firm didn't lose citizens, the country did. Sorry about that, I could have been more clear. And I do see Anc's point, but I agree with everything you said. When you're dealing with projects are large as this, there's an added burden to do your due diligence.

Oh, I didn't realize they don't get world news... I thought only North Korea picked and chose what its people get to see and hear.

I'm sure they get world news and are perfectly aware of 9/11, but the images aren't necessarily as embedded in the popular consciousness as they are here, and even if someone sees a resemblance, it might not have the same emotional resonance.

I suppose that's sensible. "Insulting," but sensible. Sort of like our WWII memorial. It looks like an homage to the Third Reich, but it serves an entirely different function if you know what you are looking at.

Golden Gate, not Bay Bridge.

It looks like some Tetris freak's Second Life art project.

I wouldn't want to live there!

You don't want to live on:
911 New York St
Seoul, South Korea

I bet it'll have suites, McDonalds, Starbucks, and Fine Feline Eateries (what the Korean McDonalds have left over and throw out), as well as alot of sunbathing spots.