Exploding Twin Towers are Korean blueprint

[Jacob]

This is an interesting choice of design in S Korea:

[landpoke]

This is an interesting choice of design in S Korea:

I can't remember the last time I said this, but that's bordering on poor taste.

[FN Phat]

That's disgusting.

[pellegrino]

It would be an impressive feat of engineering, but it's damn ugly and could easily be interpreted as offensive.

[lambdacoug]

This is an interesting choice of design in S Korea:

They could have gone over the top if they built that in the middle of an RC plane field...

[il Padrino Ute]

It's time to close down all military bases in Korea.

[All-American]

It's time to close down all military bases in Korea.

Or open up seven more.

[SuperGabers]

I'd like to know their reasoning behind this.

[Indy Coug]

I'd like to know their reasoning behind this.

Could it be that the Koreans view it as a fitting tribute to the memory of the WTC and cultural differences cause us to see it as less appropriate than they do?

[beefytee]

Looks like it was done by a group from the Netherlands and it is supposed to look like clouds not smoke. Or so they claim.



http://www.nydailynews.com/news/desi...sEnabled=false

[RobinFinderson]

The project is designed by MVRDV, a MAJOR design office out of the Netherlands. As far as premiere design goes, MVRDV is up there near the very top.

Here is a statement from the office:

“MVRDV regrets deeply any connotations The Cloud project evokes regarding 9/11,” it wrote on its website.

“It was not our intention to create an image resembling the attacks nor did we see the resemblance during the design process. We sincerely apologize to anyone whose feelings we have hurt.”

To be fair to the architects, who are stationed in the Netherlands, two towers connected by a 'bridge' has been a 'type' of building style since... the Petronss Towers in Kuala Lumpur? I'm not sure, but it has been around for a while now, and the pixelated look of these towers fits into the larger oeuvre of MVRDV.

So, I guess you can be offended if you like, but you don't have to be offended, and it IS your choice.

[Jacob]

The project is designed by MVRDV, a MAJOR design office out of the Netherlands. As far as premiere design goes, MVRDV is up there near the very top.

Here is a statement from the office:


To be fair to the architects, who are stationed in the Netherlands, two towers connected by a 'bridge' has been a 'type' of building style since... the Petronss Towers in Kuala Lumpur? I'm not sure, but it has been around for a while now, and the pixelated look of these towers fits into the larger oeuvre of MVRDV.

So, I guess you can be offended if you like, but you don't have to be offended, and it IS your choice.

They also said it was inspired by the twin towers. Now they are backtracking/lying.

[CJF]

The project is designed by MVRDV, a MAJOR design office out of the Netherlands. As far as premiere design goes, MVRDV is up there near the very top.

Here is a statement from the office:


To be fair to the architects, who are stationed in the Netherlands, two towers connected by a 'bridge' has been a 'type' of building style since... the Petronss Towers in Kuala Lumpur? I'm not sure, but it has been around for a while now, and the pixelated look of these towers fits into the larger oeuvre of MVRDV.

So, I guess you can be offended if you like, but you don't have to be offended, and it IS your choice.

Oh brother.

[RobinFinderson]

They also said it was inspired by the twin towers. Now they are backtracking/lying.

Where did they say that?

[Devildog]

It would be an impressive feat of engineering, but it's damn ugly...

Yep.

The Petronas Towers aren't ugly in my opinion, but I think these buildings miss the mark.

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas_Towers"]Petronas Towers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]