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Give me your thoughts on this new Zaha Hadid Architects tower to be built in Shenzhen
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I like it a lot.
I like most (all?) of their projects that I've seen.
A bunch of really cool ones in Beijing.
I think these things never looks as good as concept images, but they do have a history of using green spaces really well in their projects.
I like most (all?) of their projects that I've seen.
A bunch of really cool ones in Beijing.
Here's a project they did in Beijing -
I think these things never looks as good as concept images, but they do have a history of using green spaces really well in their projects.
I like it. Kinda reminds me of some of the buildings from that city at the start of killzone shadow fall
Brutalism can be good, the challenge with it is it's very in your face about it's utility (perceived) and material choice, so the design itself has to be well thought or it's just gonna be bulky horrific nightmare fuel.
Check out some of these examples here, they're pretty neat IMO
https://www.creativebloq.com/features/10-iconic-examples-of-brutalist-architecture
Habitat 67, Montreal
Western City Gate, Belgrade
SESC Pompeia, Sao Paulo
Brutalism can be good, the challenge with it is it's very in your face about it's utility (perceived) and material choice, so the design itself has to be well thought or it's just gonna be bulky horrific nightmare fuel.
Check out some of these examples here, they're pretty neat IMO
https://www.creativebloq.com/features/10-iconic-examples-of-brutalist-architecture
Habitat 67, Montreal
Western City Gate, Belgrade
SESC Pompeia, Sao Paulo
Agreed, these are much more interesting than most of the brutalism that I've seen, which is are just rectangular concrete buildings.
Woah, did they wait a clear day to take that, lol. Honestly in my brief stay in Beijing, the only clear days were the super windy ones. I've actually be around there, and it looks pretty good especially at night.
I didn't know that overlapped prism style had a name, makes sense though, I've seen it used a couple times before. Sustainable architecture is the future for sure, specifically infrastructure and public areas IMO.I like this Shenzhen building even as a Brutalist hipster.
Glad to see Habitat 67 posted. I love green architecture in general.
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Not Brutalist or uh, whatever the Shenzen building style is called, geometric futurism? This is the "Vertical Forest" in Milan.
First thing I saw too. Tower on the left really wants the other inside it.
More often than not it was chosen as an excuse to reduce costs. Or it was used to give an imposing air or to intimidate passerby, which I believe a disservice to the style which was supposed to be about honesty and showcasing concrete as a beautiful material.
Concrete was prevalent everywhere back in the day. Now we know it is an incredibly environmentally-unfriendly material - that one aspect of brutalism will likely keep it from ever coming back, unless someone decides to make an environmentally sound substitute of concrete.
my college library is supposed to be a brutalist representation of the flagship building 20 feet away :)
if the person taking the above picture turns 90 degrees to their right, they see this:
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If you go by real estate hype reels, Beijing has the best air quality in the world lol.
But yeah, Beijing has shitty air quality and shitty weather but it teases you with handful a days a year when it's super nice.
I'm sure they are all like black Friday in retail for the people making those kind of videos.
It was announced earlier that Zaha Hadid Architects will build Tower C (both towers named this) at Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base after winning a design competition. Thoughts era arch nerds?
They completed this last year.
I believe less in God after seeing this.
It looks like the shorter tower is kidnapping the taller tower by throwing a bag over it. Perhaps the architect designed it as a warning for all skyscrapers to be wary of their surroundings, lest they end up as another victim to the illicit skyscraper smuggling trade.
Tall tale aside, I like it.
Looks like something from Final Fantasy.
I don't associate brutalism with racism - I think that building looks amazing.
Nice catch!
Looks amazing to me, like a mix of a steppe
no why
There is nothing that reminds you you're under the heel of the government than Boston's brutalist city hall and all of those buildings around New England built in the 60s/70s.
I can't think of any theme that captures systemic racism more than fucking brutalist police HQs from the 70s.
just these towering concrete monstrosities that turn any blue sky gray
I don't associate brutalism with racism - I think that building looks amazing.
lol, love working in Blade Runner to the concept art. So future. 😎
Nice catch!
Finally getting into that hyper-future Sim City 2000 arcology shit.
I dig it.
I WILL BE YOUR SAVIOR
FIGHTIN' THROUGH THE FLAMES, YEAH
WHEN THE WALLS COME FALLIN' DOWN
WHEN THE WALLS COME FALLIN' DOWN
I dig it.
I WILL BE YOUR SAVIOR
FIGHTIN' THROUGH THE FLAMES, YEAH
WHEN THE WALLS COME FALLIN' DOWN
WHEN THE WALLS COME FALLIN' DOWN
I don't understand all of these meandering walkways to nowhere amongst the green space. Unless they're jogging paths or something, who is ever going to use them? The rendering shows people milling around them, but they're just doing nothing? Like who is going to say "Hey meet me on the third-and-a-half floor walkway during lunch and we'll just chill"?
Public spaces. Believe it or not, in the Before Times people used to do this. This being China I expect old people playing mahjong and doing tai chi.
Check out my mans going for shousangen + honitsu. The mad lad.
My point was more of why make your greenspace all these thin little pathways layered on top of each other rather than one big one? Who has room for anything more than mallwalking on those pathways?Public spaces. Believe it or not, in the Before Times people used to do this. This being China I expect old people playing mahjong and doing tai chi.
Check out my mans going for shousangen + honitsu. The mad lad.
Looking around briefly it looks like the current trend. Green walkways and layers.
There might be some structural component to the layers I'm not privy to. Maybe an anti-flooding thing?
BP Pedestrian Bridge - Wikipedia
Your comment about mallwalking makes me think of our High Line park, which is, as you say, primarily for walkers and is not really an activity space.
