“MVRDV regrets deeply any connotations The Cloud projects evokes regarding 9/11. It was not our intention to create an image resembling the attacks nor did we see the resemblance during the design process. The design inspiration of The Cloud is visualised in the first image on our website, a cloud covering the centre of the Sky scraper.”
Another moist musing (wet dream) from the design department to be dumped on the engineering department’s desk after a period of “reaction” from higher-ups, out-of-touch senior exectutives, real estate asshats and potential financial backers.
When reality sets in, the expense of connecting two large towers so they are forced to work as one will be over-ruled as “too costly” (read “impractical”). All praise and reward for their innovative thinking will go to the design department. The engineering department will have coal in their stocking…since those reality-based people with their calculations *always* ruin an interesting concept.
Correct! Plus I am not sure if I would have even made the connection if I was not told.
To all the firemen in NYC –
Ir’s been a decade.
Don’t forget – never forget.
But move on.
Japan Airlines fly into Hawaii.
You don’t hear all the sailors at Pearl Harbor crying about it.
FOOKIN CHINERS
Never mind the superficial resemblance to the tt’s. Not only do I see things like plumbing problems, water runoff issues and the like, but if those middle units were apartments, I see privacy issues.
Looks like Escher hiccuped.
This clearly was not a misunderstanding but a deliberate affront to the thousands who died in New York. I for one, would like a military retailation.
If you cross your eyes a little bit and make your vision blurry and dim the lights, it does kind of resemble the exploding Twin Towers.
Or it could be twin towers designed to appear to be reaching up through the clouds.
Place one thumb over each tower and stare for a little while at the cloud between the two towers.
It takes a little bit of practice, but eventually you see the face of Jesus.
Ooops!
You are supposed to pan away from the explosive charges being set off — even people across the sea should know this by now.
Why do we have to be so FULL of ourselves to point this out to foreign nations? We are NOT the center of the universe as much as we continually think so.
911 was Americas tragedy, and isn’t necessarily front of mind for anyone else. Get over yourselves.
looking at the design firms website, this is really quite beautiful.
KMFIX : All other considerations aside, yes the design was lovely but the execution? Not so much…
Publishing an actual image of the exploding twin towers is not as egregious as an architectural design that may, or may not, resemble the exploding twin towers?
I am baffled.
Didn’t we already kick Kolea’s ass once?
Jus’ the top half, Sis.