Pixelated cloud or WTC on 9/11?

[Skyrad 0]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16161065

So what do you think about these building design, a pixelated cloud or the WTC on 9/11? Offensive or just novel architecture?

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[GeorgiaDon 379]

Looks like a tumor, one of those giant boles you sometimes see on trees. Not offensive, but not attractive.

Don

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[MikeJD 0]

Whether deliberate or not, you'd have to be incredibly insensitive not to notice how that design echoes the attacks. It's very similar to some of the most recognisable images of the century, worldwide.

Is that enough reason not to build it? I don't think so. But I'd feel pretty uncomfortable in one of those outlying blocks. Especially in the event of an earthquake!

[popsjumper 2]

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[Marinus 0]

Yes, I can see 911 in it if I use my fantasy and look hard. If I try a little less I see a nice example of innovative architecture.

[wmw999 2,543]

I could see where an American would think it looks like 9/11. Something to consider is that 9/11 really isn't that important to any other country.

Does look innovative. I wouldn't have thought "9/11" if someone hadn't said it first.

Wendy P.

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[aphid 0]

Not dissimilar to this image I captured at the Dubai Gulf Cup in January this year...

[lawrocket 3]

I can see the similarities to it. But I also think that it's a stretch. Sure, it’s got a twin towers look. But it’s also a functional appearance. There are good reasons for the design looking as it should.

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[Kennedy 0]

It's ugly, but I don't care. Yeah, I suppose that one picture has a twin towers look to it, but I'm sure if one were there in person it would not brign up any 9/11 memories or images.

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[lurch 0]

Wheres the vote for "Looks like 9/11 and I like it"?

Soon as I saw the image in the video I said "Holy Shit" and busted up laughing... It looks like a middle schoolers' rendition of 9/11 done in LEGOs. There is no WAY the designers did not catch its resemblance to some of the most famous images in human history. Its got to be one of the most awesome examples of tackiness and bad taste I've ever SEEN!

It will inevitably be known as the "911 building" and it is going to cause an amazing amount of outrage. I hope they build it.

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[sacex250 0]

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16161065

So what do you think about these building design, a pixelated cloud or the WTC on 9/11? Offensive or just novel architecture?

That's a fuk'n awesome building! I'm impressed.

It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

[tkhayes 348]

who gives a shit abou a building in Korea....?

[piisfish 140]

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It's very similar to some of the most recognisable images of the century, worldwide.

did you mean LAST century ?

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[MikeJD 0]

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It's very similar to some of the most recognisable images of the century, worldwide.

did you mean LAST century ?

Good question - I'm not sure what I meant. Let's say this century so far.

Admittedly, the century is young - there's plenty of time for more shocking images yet. Actually gives me chills to wonder what they might be.

[MikeJD 0]

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I could see where an American would think it looks like 9/11. Something to consider is that 9/11 really isn't that important to any other country.

Wendy, I can't speak for Koreans but I think you underestimate the significance of 9/11 for non-Americans. Certainly we in Europe were shocked to the core, and you only have to see the photos and video footage a few times to have them indelibly imprinted on your brain. Given the nature of media now, I'm sure people of all nations saw them many, many times in the following days - and even for those who didn't feel personally threatened, or particularly empathic, they must have left a strong impression.

In the years since the attacks I've seen a number of very affecting photos echoing those images, even vaguely. For many of us, any picture that puts an airliner and tower-like structures in the same frame still resonates - like this (admittedly deliberate) book cover from 2002. That's London's Battersea Power Station in the foreground, by the way.

The pictures of the resulting explosion are equally well-known. I'm pretty sure, at least from the angle shown of that building design, that I'd have made a connection even without the context of the post.

[Andy9o8 2]

Architectural design is art, and innovative art sometimes offends. People need to get the sand out of their vaginas.