Architect works out ambitious Dragonfly project for NYC

Read this in the newspaper yesterday. Apparently in comes down to stuffing a ginormous "farm", along with an entire community, in two conjoined 600m high towers and their conjunction. The ecological consequences should this project be all it promises would be obvious. Favored location: Roosevelt Island.

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What are your thoughts on this?

 

This is...strange. Good enough idea, but would be hard and expensive as hell to pull off correctly (They're not going to).

 

This is just ugly. it looks like a sci-fi writer's wet dream

 

I think it looks pretty nice considering the basis around it.

And wait a second is that the Empire State Building down there? ._.

 

I think it's the Chrysler building

 

All I can say is that New York City's skyline is going to change drastically, although the Dragonfly itself will look completely out of place.

That and this is a very interesting idea, as expensive as it would be.

And yes, that is the Chrysler Building in the corner.

 

Exactly my biggest concern with it. They'd want to do it by the book or not do it at all. They'll probably go for the second option.

I kinda like the design, and most of his designs to be honest, although I agree that they look out of place.
This one's the Lilypad, which is supposed to be a huge floating metropolis. Favored location was the coast of France.

 

This dude sounds like he could seriously revolutionize the world with his designs. I might want to look around him some more.

 

That is awesome looking. Be really cool if he could pull that off.

 

Look up Jacque Fresco.

 

^ This.

 

Yes. Their goals correspond on quite a few levels.

 

I am sensing a new architectural fad in the works if this plan actually comes to place.

I really hope it does.

What would be the term for this sort of architecture, anyhow? If it doesn't have a specific term besides being possibly in the abstract variety then I could simply call it something like "Biomodernism".

 

Thank you. I will.

Biomodernism. I really like that. Although this would be moving more away from modern standards and patterns. Possibly Bio-architecture.

 

I really like this guy's designs, especially the Lilypad one. I love the modern style, although I do love me some countryside style too. I think the NYC one would be a bit out of place though. It looks like there should be a windsurfer next to it.

 

Well, it is meant to expand agriculture into urban areas.

 

I've heard a lot about this kind of idea - moving farms into cities. It makes a great deal of practical sense, especially as the height our buildings can go gets higher and higher. I mean, why waste miles and miles of habitable land farming food the old-fashioned way, when you can get better production out of one skyscraper? That would also clear a bunch of land for industry, which, in the Midwest, at least, has already begun to encroach on farmland. We could basically triple our food output from one farm with only one city block of space (or less), if done right. And I am really happy about that design, too. Modern architecture has gotten so damn boring lately. And it's frikken everywhere. A while ago, you could go overseas, even to more developed areas, and see all sorts of exotic architecture. Not anymore. Everywhere looks exactly the same.

I swear, if I had money to donate to something, it would be this. Without question. I mean, cancer research, space flight, etc, those are all great, but things like this could save humanity (if it ever gets that bad).