Comments on: DUBIOTECH: New Largest Green Building in Dubai

By: Guilherme Reichmann

Guilherme Reichmann — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:43:59 +0000

Muito bom o site e o trabalho de vocês.

By: emeka

emeka — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:26:15 +0000

a nigerian who\’ll love to work in the middle east

By: bushra58

bushra58 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:51:46 +0000

I would like to join the team work in green building in Dubai, as I am a civil engineer worked as material engineer and now are working as admissions officer in Zayed University.

By: nathan

nathan — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:44:14 +0000

i am not the one to comment on a structure, i am concerned about the activity inside that. It was hyped as the first biotech free zone, gonna make a change in that part of world and all. But the info I have about it says no true biotech research or industry has started functioning there. It will be nice to see some agri, pharma biotech activities addressing the needs of the region happening there.

By: Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:10:19 +0000

It may be green, but it is sure is ugly!

By: dubious student

dubious student — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:38:37 +0000

So I suppose all the people in the top image are walking to and from their cars? There seems to be nowhere else to walk in that sea of asphalt.

By: Christopher P.

Christopher P. — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:24:06 +0000

…”[A] lot of what we see being touted as “good design” [in Inhabitat's postings] is all style and ‘dubai-ous’ substance. A lot of contemporary design merely imitates the classic Modernist aesthetic [and mocks] the idealistic social agenda that made Modernism such a groundbreaking movement back in the early 20th Century [by flaking for amoral corporate PR]. The flip side to this is that oftentimes real technological innovations – the ones which will eventually change the way we live our lives [fails to] move beyond niche circles and crossover into mainstream popular taste. ‘Green Design’ as good design is not about color, style or trends – but instead about thoughtfully considering the user, the experience, the social context and the impact of an object on the surrounding environment. No design can be considered good design unless it at least attempts to address some of these concerns.” The architectural corporation CUH2A is simply providing more “bells and whistles” for this ‘dubai-ous’ premise – corporate wish-lists for an ivory-tower enclave built on beach-sand and “free trade” revenues will rain down pharmacutical benefits for all mankind. Follow the money, and ask, “to what end?” Less than 6% of Dubai’s income in 2006 appears to come directly from oil revenues. However, its rise as the 21st century Bierut and Zurich, and its location, make this Xanadu kingdom a house of cards….

By: fortitudine

fortitudine — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:08:56 +0000

Am I the only one who noticed? Talking about puns… how about “Dubious-tech”? I reiterate “ben G’s” comment and add that not only is it just more “corpora-greening” mostly for marketing purposes, but it also is yet another monster-building in a location that is about as “natively” unsustainable for humans as any place on Earth… Without the petro-oil sucked out of the ground there, and the false-wealth it creates, Dubai as a “sustainable” high-density environment would literally “dry up and blow away”. All “achievements” (and I say that most “Dubia-usly”) like this accomplish is to convince more and more people that all we need do to save our species is come up with better and better “tech”, and more and more of it. Unfortunately, this is still “over-consumption” by any global measure, no matter how much better. It also convinces other corporations that there is “green gold” to be had in doing projects like these in places like this, if only from the marketing standpoint. The “ecological footprint” of residents of Dubai is among the highest, if not the highest, and least sustainable of any population on Earth. No amount of corporate behemoth “green bandaids” are going to radically alter that.

By: Agonom » Blog Archive » Dubiotech: New Largest Green Building in Dubai

Agonom » Blog Archive » Dubiotech: New Largest Green Building in Dubai — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:29:58 +0000

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By: ben G

ben G — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:02:31 +0000

man, i don;t care what cost saving facts anyone could tell me about this one…it’s just not Green…it’s corporate cost saving..great! good for Dubiotech…when are our standards going to raise on the corporate level?