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MAD architects live up to their name with a futuristic city center for China
I don't think it's a stretch to say that this planned Huaxi city center for Guiyang, China is just bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S! It's an architectural fever dream created by 11 different firms, invited and overseen by Beijing-based MAD architects. It's supposed to mimic nature rather than cater to the traditional design of a city: "The city is no longer determined by the leftover logic of the industrial revolution (speed, profit, efficiency) but instead follows the 'fragile rules' of nature," MAD said in a release.
You may remember MAD for their work on that crazy floating star-shaped city we showed you. While neither this nor that will probably ever be built, MAD is still known for pushing the limits — even when designing real buildings, like Sinosteel Plaza.
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MAD Architects, via Dezeen
By iori at 12:19 AM ON 02/18/09
Apart from those fugly 3D asterisks and the misshapen doughnut building those are actually some pretty cool, and realistic designs.
By HIGGS at 12:07 AM ON 02/19/09
the only "nature" this mimics is the nature of quantum mechanics over a plank length.
By Skepticist at 12:10 AM ON 02/19/09
My only question:
What will the archaeologists of four million years from now think?
By Thomas at 10:28 AM ON 12/13/09
well, most obviously it would need gigantic funding and especially a planner's attitude to build an actual city center and not let it evolve over time.... what's natural about that?
By mem at 8:21 AM ON 12/17/09
As is the case with just about every MAD surreal concept design, it's excitingly unconventional, nigh-impossible to pull off, and simply gorgeous
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