Hallucinatory Architecture of the Future
Hallucinatory Architecture of the Future
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2010...of-future.html Quote:
Some examples of the early pulp illustration (still unmatched in their retro-futuristic grandeur) - New York in 2032: From 1931 http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/S4...w4rgtewarw.jpg http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/S4...345tew4tew.jpg http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/S4...6ur5tes5re.jpg San Francisco http://www.vhxn.com/hydro-net-projec...-city-in-2018/ Quote:
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San Francisco has the highest consumption per capita of LSD in the USA.
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That Depth Scraper is a pretty interesting concept, to make the best use of city space by building down as well as up.
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I don't know whether this can be classified as hallucinatory or not, but this is what one illustrator in 1910 thought Downtown Saint Louis would look like in 2010:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2592/...7207d010_o.jpg Source Missed it by that much. -RBB |
these people are definitely halucinating if they thing this will be done in 8yrs and allow sf's skyline to look so homogenous.
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^That St. Louis one is pretty wild, and that wonky observational tower looks anachronistic.
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Trippy and a half.
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the funny thing is, some of these then-futurist masonry structures with sullivanesque/art deco/whatever detailing is too intricate for current labor constraints.
apart from the hordes of flying cars/planes/hovercraft, at least these designs depicted vibrant downtowns. |
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:previous: That 'tower' in the background resembles something that might actually get built. Imagine how weird Shanghai's Pearl Tower would have looked to people a century ago.
And the buses/trams don't look that far off of today's models. |
^Not that that vision was ever meant to be taken seriously, I think you'd really have to stretch things to call it realistic.
This is the modern outcome of St. Louis' Olive Street. http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/1730202.jpg Source: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1730202 No airships (nor weird airship-docking tower in the background), no trams, no packed sidewalks, no carless culture, no solid walls of 40+ story brick-clad buildings. No monumental lions. |
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this would be a nice addition to portland. i think it would get lost in the sea of buidling in nyc.
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As always, the ersatz art-deco-futurish New York illustrations take the cake. I love the likewise scenes from Metropolis (1925?)
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There's no reason why we can't have flying croissant-airships nowadays. Its not like we lack the technology to make it work...
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Oh yeah, do the same to New York. That would be cool. |
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