Comments on: THE SUPERSTAR: Self-Sustaining City of the Future

By: Lynad

Lynad — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:05:52 +0000

I agree that this project is certainly creative and awe-inspiring, and it is valuable for that sole reson. However it simply is not practical. Ignoring any questions i might have about movement or anything else, it is not a good sustainable project. Agreed, it may be sustainable, but the construction would not. The huge amounts of material and work involved in crerating it would be, no doubt, not only entirely economically unfeasable but also ecologically unsound (as with the construction of any large and complex structure). When it comes to designing eco-friendly architecture, in general it is best to go for simple and cheap (after all, that IS, essentially, the whole point).
Im not saying it couldn’t be built. Maybe someday in the future, if mankind can live in peace in a war and violence-free society…
Which is unlikely, not to say impossible. But hey, we can all dream…

PS: kanenas… i would appreciate it if you could tell me what your claim of existing anti-gravity propulsion is based on. As far as i know, although many models which reproduce the effects of anti-gravity exist, there is no “true” anti-gravity technology out there.

By: kanenas

kanenas — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:53:34 +0000

has any1 heard of anti-graviry propulsion? u should have it exists.. and though it wouldnt work at 40000 feet it could at a low altitude.. i would think that thing would run with a couple of nuclear reactors plus whatever solar energy it will produce.. so it will be a nuclear disaster waiting to happen besides that constant eye twitch it should produce to those that would it added at any juncture of their panoramic vision. Ow and the cylon spaceship is so so so much prettier then that.. People go to china town for good noodles and beijing duck not to give back their super-power or get the latest goss from planet kryptn.. i mean seriously..

By: etherworkshop

etherworkshop — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:12:23 +0000

Ludicrous physically and even more ridiculously described. The feasability of this idea does not merrit comment,
however the description is something that is here and now and… who wrote this? Maybe it is a poor translation, but wow.
\”first destination of the super star will be on the outskirts of Rome, where it will provide “an unexpected, ever-changing future imbedded in the Eternal Past.\”\”-What? Either this is written by an 8 year old given an assignment for a Montessori philosophy class, or someone is in need of some fresh air.
-Stamper

By: Dormammu El-Salami

Dormammu El-Salami — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:35:08 +0000

In the distant future maybe not this design but ,there will be may mind-boggeling cities in the sky .And they will look unimaginable aswell as a lot of evrything else ,how about enormous hovering cargo moth vessels ,
different climate major politcal changes and advances in medica and gene science.
this shit is for real my friends.,

-Dormammu El Salami-
Third Priest Of The Order Of The Azarus Ancients -

By: guiome

guiome — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:08:03 +0000

This building looks like the AIDS virus… it hurts the earth with its picks. It is for Aliens, not for terrians.
Just worthless !

By: ArchiPaul

ArchiPaul — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:50:51 +0000

Principles of physics seem to be tossed out the window,
An update to Chinatown is approptiate albeit but what’s that power cord look like that plugs this thing in?
Call me “old school,” but I still prefer the timeless apses of Arcosanti over this, when it comes to form-of-density, but then – I still like stone, wood, glass, metals. . . .
paul

By: sethe

sethe — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:51:14 +0000

it’s really amazing how short-sighted and boring most of you seem to be. this is obviously a diagram of a beautiful concept, and regardless of whether or not something like this ever comes into being in this physical form or another, it qualifies as visionary. dreamers past and present have given us amazing weapons of progress both cultural and technological to create a better future for ourselves. perhaps this is not always with the detail of a fully-fledged blueprint, but planting an ideological seed is infinitely more valuable than sitting on the sidelines and nay-saying due to the ignorant inability to see beyond infantile immediate needs.

true masters of science, design, and planning would view the reification of such an ideal as a challenge to be met with boundary-breaking disection, analyzation, and implementation. true small-minded shit-heads, however, would prefer to ridicule the creative thinking and desire for a better (or at least more interesting) future rather than offer praise or submit their own alternative solution as riposte.

By: phatphatty

phatphatty — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:56:35 +0000

While I tend to gravitate towards conceptual architecture like this, I have a lot of problems with this design. The problem that I have is not with the utter infeasability of the project, but rather that it is an idea that has already been done 30+ years ago. This design basically copied the ideas of Archigram\’s Walking City and Super Studios Continuous Monument. There is nothing wrong with using a previous project as a precedent. I actually used the Continuous Monument as a precedent for a project I did in school, but the project went beyond the ideas of what super studio had chosen. It seems like this project just took the narrative for the Walking City and gave it new renderings, which are not as cool as Archigram\’s original design.

By: numb766856

numb766856 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:08:20 +0000

one spike of super star will be the food supply . containing millions of rats , rats eatting rats and multiplying the perfect reproducting food supply . at each stop they will gladly take all stray dogs and cats etc

By: Androo

Androo — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:06:48 +0000

And plasticanimalz, I have yet to find an actually intelligent comment about why architecturally or technologically this SHOULD be in the future.

Anything’s possible, but where’s the merit? In fact, your flying car metaphor is an absolute perfect parallel. That was an idea of the future born of the 50s when the absolute adulation of technology and progress was king – we have seen, since then, that our faith in that kind of ‘progress’ was misplaced. Why does anyone need a flying car? Why should anyone WANT a flying car, when we can instead develop transit alternatives and compact, walkable, livable communities?

Big ideas are fun, but it’s silly to look at this as anything but an inspiration in the same way as one would look at Star Trek. Yes, zero energy, zero waste, closed-loops etc… are all good ideas – but I don’t need a cartoony rendering to tell me that. Big thinking can be its most inspiring when there’s an element of pragmatism, when you can actually envision it happening.

By: plasticanimalz

plasticanimalz — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:48:57 +0000

This is awesome. And honestly, I’m surprised at all of the negativity posted on this site. This is exactly “why” they’re looking to create something like this to escape all the negativity of people who are clearly jaded, bitter, and have no hope for a positive future. What if the Wright brothers listened to you people? We wouldn’t have planes. And I have yet to find an actually intelligent comment about why architecturally or technologically this can’t be in the future. Do any of you actually watch scientific programming, read the news, know anything about architecture, green technology, etc? Major companies have already created flying cars that work that aren’t anything like jet airplanes or regular technology, and you are trying to tell me this can’t work? Has the Bush administration really jaded you so much that you all see nothing but the future of “Soilent Green?” Pathetic.

By: akria2040

akria2040 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:40:00 +0000

Este sin duda es un de los proyectos mas osados que e visto en mi vida… es mas increíble que el LHC la verdad, no me justan que gastan tanto millones de dólares en esto aviando tanta gente que se muere de hambre, pero bueno el ser humano es ambicioso en todos los sentidos que lo podemos imaginar…..
hay muchas preguntas y miedos en el proyecto como por EJ. como se estaviliza, como se transporta, y mas inportante si esta micro ciudad flota, que seguridad hay que no se caiga, saven cuanta personas van a morir la ciudad se estrella por ej……

By: Avarana

Avarana — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:45:24 +0000

From the makers of Jacks!

By: tino

tino — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:50:11 +0000

like a circus? =)

it looks impractical maybe. if its made solely for a living space… but if you think of it as a solar conductor, movable by a large helicopter and an eye catcher i think its fits the design. And it supposed to be fun.

By: griz1978

griz1978 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:23:07 +0000

Why do people get paid to develop something as ridiculous as this? This is the most unpractical design I’ve ever seen. I won’t even mention how out of scale this is to the surrounding areas…..it looks like a huge piece from my old jumping jacks game……Honey I blew up the Toys.