the mandragore eco-tower
 

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the french architecture team rescubika imagine a 2400' tall tree lined eco tower for roosevelt island:



Roosevelt Island building proposal has ‘air-scrubbing’ feature

By Kate Sheehy September 21, 2020 | 2:57pm



Now this is a climatic scene.

A behemoth air-scrubbing high-rise that looks straight out of a sci-fi flick has been designed for the middle of Roosevelt Island.

The tree-studded, 2,400-foot-tall, futuristic proposal is planned to loosely resemble a mandrake plant — with a base like a cruise ship morphing into a gleaming twisty tower a la surrealist Salvador Dali — and take over much of the East River isle off Manhattan.


more:
https://nypost.com/2020/09/21/roosev...bbing-feature/


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Spectacular!

Just WOW

very impressive, but it would look awkward without a few other megatalls on manhattan as well... i think its about 60 years ahead of its time.. these guys are real visionaries

This is awesome. What are the chances this gets built?

Yes well, there'll be spandex jackets, one for everyone.

^ haha — yeah exactly!


zero. i think it was just an architectural firm’s visionary exercise. it sure would be cool to see happen though, right?

and yeah i think practically its just a bit too ahead of its time. still, you gotta love the creative thinking here, its inspiring.