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WonderlandPark Jun 17, 2007 5:30 PM

DUBAI | The Cloud | 985 FT / 300 M | VISION
 
Gotta Love It: :worship: Lucas eat your heart out.


The Cloud is a speculative design for a resort city elevated 300 metres in the air above Dubai and supported on slanting legs resembling rain.

all the photos here:
http://www.dezeen.com/2007/06/14/the...tus/#more-3114

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/upl.../0dayview1.jpg

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/upl...upfromdown.jpg

Mr Man Jun 17, 2007 6:42 PM

What the hell?!

http://www.30doradus.org/spaceships/images/ccity2.jpg

You got to hand it to Dubai for thinking differently.

Cataclaw Jun 17, 2007 7:02 PM

I wouldn't want to live in that thing, as cool as it looks.

300m in the air supported by (relatively) thin 300m-long beams?

I have my doubts about safety.

Michi Jun 17, 2007 7:48 PM

double you tee eff!

TMitch Jun 17, 2007 7:51 PM

Don't rain on my parade.

mdiederi Jun 17, 2007 8:29 PM

Reminds me of those buildings built at the top of poles in the Jetsons.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...rs/jetsons.jpg

ardecila Jun 17, 2007 8:34 PM

Hmmm.... interesting.

Has anybody considered the tremendous waste of water created by generating a 24/7 cloud around the structure, especially when Dubai is in one of the world's hottest deserts?





I didn't think so.

Rise To The Top Jun 18, 2007 4:06 AM

wth? are they really that crazy? out of all of the things ive ssen so far proposed for Dubai, this is on a whole new level of crazyness.

aluminum Jun 18, 2007 6:24 AM

The is absolutely ridiculously weird ..............don't think this is gonna be constructed. Too unsafe to build that...

koops65 Jun 18, 2007 11:36 AM

I think its simply amazing the stuff they're even willing to consider in Dubai, regardless if it gets built or not. 5 years ago I looked at all the proposals there and said to myself 'none of that stuff will get built', and now I'm seeing whats actually being built, and I cant be so glib about it any longer. Dont dicount this kind of fantasy stuff so quickly.

eburress Jun 18, 2007 3:28 PM

Now that is INSANE!!

roadwarrior Jun 18, 2007 3:46 PM

As much as I think this building and others in Dubai area very cool looking, I'm not sure if these are all going to have the intended effect. Some of these buildings look more like they belong in Disneyland than in the up-and-coming "business hub" of the Middle East.

edsas Jun 18, 2007 4:07 PM

I love Dubai. But this is stupid.

NYC2ATX Jun 19, 2007 12:38 AM

oh my god. :uhh:

Wild Onion Mike Jun 19, 2007 2:56 AM

I really appreciate the bold vision of designing/proposing this, but I can't imagine I would like my city to have a permanent rain cloud affixed in the skyline. Would anybody here?

djvandrake Jun 19, 2007 3:37 AM

Someone please make them stop! :sly:

Seriously, long column's like that are rather unstable without lateral connection. No visible lateral bracing means that thing is going to wobble like mad. No thanks. I mean, sure it's a desert and all and a rain cloud may look refreshing, but this is nuts. :koko:

Thskyscraper Jun 19, 2007 9:09 PM

This can't be for real...

Raraavis Jun 19, 2007 9:32 PM

What the Hell is this guy doing???

Playing Cricket by himself in the middle of a fountain?

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/upl.../0through2.jpg

DUBAI2015 Jun 19, 2007 11:52 PM

I give this a 3.0010279003% chance of getting built.

newstl2020 Jun 20, 2007 7:10 AM

more importantly what in the hell is that guy wearing???;)


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