What do you think of these "Towers"?

shel90 said:
I cant speculate but the picture did remind me of that day in such a way that I dont want to be reminded. Maybe I am more sensitive because I was in DC when all of this happened. Who knows?
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Probably had a lot to do with you being in DC. But the whole point is, you would never have even seen this if the NY Post hadn't run the picture and it was posted here. That is what I meant about the buildings being in South Korea, and Americans not even seeing it.
 
Beach girl said:
That firm seems to enjoy putting a thumb in the eye of people who are suffering. Did you read down the page and see the "home" they designed for people who had been displaced by Katrina? It looks like it has been broken and bent by high winds, about to float away.

Nice, huh?
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How are they putting a thumb in the eye of people who are suffering. How much suffering does this create for South Koreans? The suffering of the Americans in regard to this building can be laid at the feet of the N Y Post. Otherwise, Americans would never have seen the buildings, so nothing would ever have been put in their eye.
 
Beach girl said:
That firm seems to enjoy putting a thumb in the eye of people who are suffering. Did you read down the page and see the "home" they designed for people who had been displaced by Katrina? It looks like it has been broken and bent by high winds, about to float away.

Nice, huh?
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Yea I saw that too! I thought it was an ad from another company? It was designed by the same firm?
 
jillio said:
Probably had a lot to do with you being in DC. But the whole point is, you would never have even seen this if the NY Post hadn't run the picture and it was posted here. That is what I meant about the buildings being in South Korea, and Americans not even seeing it.
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I dont know because we are, if not already, entering global economy with more people traveling all over. I am sure not many Americans would have any business in South Korea since we are not really on friendly fire with them but in this information age, you would think the designers know about the WTC attacks? If they had happened in the 1950s, then yea, I would agree with you but I have to disagree with you on that one.

I agree with you about the agenda behind the NY Post. It was wrong of them to do that.
 
Beach girl said:
That firm seems to enjoy putting a thumb in the eye of people who are suffering. Did you read down the page and see the "home" they designed for people who had been displaced by Katrina? It looks like it has been broken and bent by high winds, about to float away.

Nice, huh?
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Wow, I didn't notice that before
 
shel90 said:
I dont know because we are, if not already, entering global economy with more people traveling all over. I am sure not many Americans would have any business in South Korea since we are not really on friendly fire with them but in this information age, you would think the designers know about the WTC attacks? If they had happened in the 1950s, then yea, I would agree with you but I have to disagree with you on that one.

I agree with you about the agenda behind the NY Post. It was wrong of them to do that.
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We are on good terms with South Korea and do a lot of trade with them.

Free Trade Agreement signed with South Korea two months ago:

http://www.ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/korus-fta


"As the first U.S. FTA with a North Asian partner, the KORUS FTA is a model for trade agreements for the rest of the region, and underscores the U.S. commitment to, and engagement in, the Asia-Pacific region."
 
Beach girl said:
We are on good terms with South Korea and do a lot of trade with them.
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Then, it has to be North Korea that I was thinking of? I could never get those two right.

Ok, so we are on good terms with them and we have a lot of business dealings with them? That means Americans are traveling there, right? If so, then that was tasteless of them to want to build something liek that.

I am sure Japan wouldnt appreciate us building a building that looked like the Hiroshima (spelling?) bomb?
 
shel90 said:
Then, it has to be North Korea that I was thinking of? I could never get those two right.
Ok, so we are on good terms with them and we have a lot of business dealings with them? That means Americans are traveling there, right? If so, then that was tasteless of them to want to build something liek that.

I am sure Japan wouldnt appreciate us building a building that looked like the Hiroshima (spelling?) bomb?
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Yeah, condensed version: South Korea - good guys; North Korea - bad guys.
 
Beach girl said:
Yup.

Jillio, slow down. Go look at the house designed for Katrina survivors. Tell me what you think.
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Why Jillio slow down? Are you saying that Americans would even have been aware of this without the N Y Post? How many South Koreans are having someone's thumb put in their eye by these buildings being built in South Korea?

How many of those "designs" were built in New Orleans, or anywhere that Katrina left devastation? I scrolled all the way down and cannot find anything related to the design that you say is there. All I see are a bunch of National Enquirer type ads about cats with extra toes and such.
 
TXgolfer said:
Nah, I think almost anyone that saw those towers fall would have that reaction seeing these buildings.
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I agree. It was my very first thought too.

It's weird -- there was a time when I didn't use to put CNN (or the TV at all for that matter) in the morning while getting ready for work. Something told me to put the TV on that morning, I can't explain it. (Now I do put the TV on in the mornings, but never used to!)
 
The home for the Katrina survivors was "proposed." I doubt it was ever built. But the principle is the same: a building designed to mimic the appearance of a tragic event.
 
I should look up that firm and see if they have a reputation of creating designs inspired by tragic events...
 
shel90 said:
Then, it has to be North Korea that I was thinking of? I could never get those two right.

Ok, so we are on good terms with them and we have a lot of business dealings with them? That means Americans are traveling there, right? If so, then that was tasteless of them to want to build something liek that.

I am sure Japan wouldnt appreciate us building a building that looked like the Hiroshima (spelling?) bomb?
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That would not be architectually feasible.
 
The firm's philosophy

MVRDV is well known for its philosophy of densification and multiple space use. Their Studies in Density implies a city that is not only in front, behind or next to, but also above and below.

The design that we are all arguing about does fit in with their philosophy of designing.
 
Beach girl said:
The home for the Katrina survivors was "proposed." I doubt it was ever built. But the principle is the same: a building designed to mimic the appearance of a tragic event.
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Then what's the point? The homes were never built. Would you have even known about the "proposal" without the Post article that was replicated here? I'd say, no, you wouldn't. And that is the point.
 
jillio said:
Yeah, I have. :lol:
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Whoops, I just googled and Fat Boy was dropped on Nagasaki. Fat Man was dropped on Hiroshima.
I bet I could duplicate the bombs in cakes.
Not that I would.
My Japanese friends would turn their backs on me and bow the other way.
 
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