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Old Posted Sep 22, 2020, 2:50 PM
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the mandragore eco-tower

fun stuff!

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.


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


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Spectacular!
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Old Posted Dec 18, 2020, 4:25 AM
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fun stuff!

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.


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


Just WOW
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Old Posted Dec 18, 2020, 5:07 AM
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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
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You guys are laughing now but Jacksonville will soon assume its rightful place as the largest and most important city on Earth.

I heard the UN is moving its HQ there. The eiffel tower is moving there soon as well. Elon Musk even decided he didnt want to go to mars anymore after visiting.
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This is awesome. What are the chances this gets built?
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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

Yes well, there'll be spandex jackets, one for everyone.
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Old Posted May 17, 2021, 1:22 AM
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^ haha — yeah exactly!


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