Ambitious even by Dubai's standards!!

[OzzyR1]

The Mayans and Egyptians constructed incredible feats of architecture able to weather the test of time, but they had no idea their pyramids would inspire the shape of the latest carbon-neutral super-structure to hit Dubai. Dubai-based environmental design firm Timelinks recently released some eye-catching renderings of the gigantic eco pyramid - aptly named Ziggurat - with plans for its official unveiling scheduled for the Cityscape Dubai event which runs October 6-9 of this year. The ginormous pyramid will cover 2.3 square kilometers and will be able to sustain a “community” of up to 1 million.




Hmm, can't remember there being that much green in Dubai...


http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/08/25/ziggurat-dubai...

[Rebuker]

Excellent.

People could be accommodated and treated literally according to their position on Maslow's hierarchy.

[AngryS3Owner]

1 million people, guessing the scale is somewhat grand then

[OzzyR1]

AngryS3Owner said:

1 million people, guessing the scale is somewhat grand then

Yeah, doesn't look big enough does it?

[minimax]

Rebuker said:

Excellent.

People could be accommodated and treated literally according to their position on Maslow's hierarchy.

[Justayellowbadge]

comment on that site said:

Just awful. I don’t think it’s the rich who will live in such dreadful “hyperstructures” but the indentured “guest workers” with no rights. No doubt they’ll be consuming recycled urine, feces, and corpses while being kept out of sight and out of mind.

Brilliant. Nutters are endlessly fascinating, at a reasonable distance.

[Rebuker]

Justayellowbadge said:

Brilliant. Nutters are endlessly fascinating, at a reasonable distance.

Disagree. You gotta get close and really cut'em open to see what fresh madness you might discover.

[OzzyR1]

Just been googling and found some more proposed towers for Dubai - how many do they need?!?

I like this one:




Also:

[AngryS3Owner]

I believe that rotating thingy is already being built, gotta love the nutters!

[The Black Duke]

Some of the buldings are absolutley amazing!

[hornetrider]

It's like SimCity, only for real

[gingerpaul]

I say go for it. The knowledge learnt will come in handy for when new buildings are built in the west. Are the exisitng buildings in Dubai full? I'm guessing not.

[OzzyR1]

How mad is this, an underwater hotel!!

I work in construction and I can't even begin to figure how they would start to build this or how much it would cost:

[Schermerhorn]

Problem with Dubai is that nobody wants to live there full time. Yes it has a growing population but many of these people don't spend all their time over there, they alternate between there and the UK/USA/Europe etc. I honestly believe that there is too much supply and not enough demand. Aside from shopping, the Wild Wadi and desert trekking what else is there to do in Dubai? It's too hot to lounge about in the sun (ala Europe), the beaches will become overcrowded, too much congestion and prices are starting to mirror Western prices too.

Be great to go out there and have a blast for a month but I'd hate to live there for a year, it would be too intense and I'd get bored of doing the same things over and over again.

[The Ben]

Rebuker said:

Excellent.

People could be accommodated and treated literally according to their position on Maslow's hierarchy.

What the more motivated they are(needs satisfied), the further they move up!! not a bad move... The people on top are the most satisfied... makes sence, better views...

[ALawson]

I expect that the under water structure will be constructed on dry land in a dry dock, floated out and then sunk. Once on the sea bed it will anchored and fitted out. The twisting tower is going to very different.

[ih8thisname]

OzzyR1 said:

Also:

That looks ace!

[The Ben]

ih8thisname said:

OzzyR1 said:

Also:

That looks ace!

Seems like an easy target for a 747

[bingbong]

A million people with 4 roads in and out, that'll be fun at 9.00 on monday morning.

[CLK-GTR]

All Dubai needs to do now is rename itself Oceania and that building will fit right in