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IwamotoScott: City of the Future



ISAR Hydro-Net 42, courtesy of cs@sf’s Flickr stream

I love the Dezeen design magazine website. Every day, you get glimpses into some stunning architectural and design ideas for the future. Many of them seem like something out of science fiction, while some are in production right now. Above:

San Francisco architects IwamotoScott (it’s an all-flash site, but worth it) have won a competition to propose a futuristic vision of their city, organised by the History Channel. Hydro-Net proposes a new, underground network of tunnels for hydrogen-powered, hovering vehicles plus a forest of new towers sprouting from lowland areas inundated by rising sea levels.

Check out the full set of images on IwamotoScott’s Flickr page.

[via Dezeen]

  • http://www.mStudiosTALK.com/ mStudios

    When I see images like I feel torn. In a way they are beautiful, tantalizing… but would I really want to LIVE there? Love some of the other architectural work on http://www.iwamotoscott.com/, especially the sponge house.

  • http://www.mStudiosTALK.com mStudios

    When I see images like I feel torn. In a way they are beautiful, tantalizing… but would I really want to LIVE there? Love some of the other architectural work on http://www.iwamotoscott.com/, especially the sponge house.

  • Oluseyi

    More “architecture as liveable sculpture.” Not a fan. I mean, look at that bland white and leaf-green, drearily homogeneous “cityscape.” Despite the flaws and criticisms of John Silber’s work, the above is aptly described as the “Architecture of the Absurd.”

  • Oluseyi

    More “architecture as liveable sculpture.” Not a fan. I mean, look at that bland white and leaf-green, drearily homogeneous “cityscape.” Despite the flaws and criticisms of John Silber’s work, the above is aptly described as the “Architecture of the Absurd.”

  • Animelissa

    Hi, I’m Melissa O’Brien, a current student in cape breton, taking a course at marconi campus called acap which is a mixture of graphic design, moving images, photography, and illsutration. We are currently doing a project that is due on tuesday where we have to find a student or current graduate from a canadian college and interview them (the interview isnt much) and give some examples of their work and whatnot, I really like your work, it’s very cool (unique) and I was wondering if you could help me out. If you could please kindly reply to me asap that would be great. Thankyou.

    Anime__kittie2@hotmail.com

  • Animelissa

    Hi, I’m Melissa O’Brien, a current student in cape breton, taking a course at marconi campus called acap which is a mixture of graphic design, moving images, photography, and illsutration. We are currently doing a project that is due on tuesday where we have to find a student or current graduate from a canadian college and interview them (the interview isnt much) and give some examples of their work and whatnot, I really like your work, it’s very cool (unique) and I was wondering if you could help me out. If you could please kindly reply to me asap that would be great. Thankyou.

    Anime__kittie2@hotmail.com