Comments on: eVolo 2009 Skyscraper Competition Winners

By: lenny T

lenny T — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:31:46 +0000

well, for people who say these things never get built, the chinese and some in the middle east are building them, so nothing is utopic or imposible anymore, yes theres a global economic crisis & blah blah blah, but it wont last forever, so keep your negative comments to yourselves you simple minded morons.

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:06:59 +0000

I agree that most of these are a bit absurd and merely pretty pictures. After reading the briefs, 0575 is quite interesting. The project retains believability formally, and asserts an interesting stance about the economic reality of architecture being pushed formally.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:52:14 +0000

As an architect with more than 20 years of experience I never stop being shocked and appalled each and every time I analize one of these theoretical and useless exercises of creative vanity.
Is this the role of an architect in an extended global crisis era even at exercise proposal level?
Are here the concepts of future architecture?
Is there any feeling of what’s going on in the world and here in America with tent camps developing in every corner instead of these housing and public futilities?
Why currently anybody will finance this madness?
Even at theoretical stage why spend time on something that everybody knows is not buildable?
These things are getting so boring that the proposal that twists more the structure and gets closer to an allien dream of outerspace will sure win the competition. I can’t see in any of these exercises the required interpretation of the limits that allow the current conceptual need of “venustas, firmitas, utilitas”.

By: ariel

ariel — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:56:50 +0000

well…

somebody here knows about “exploring new ideas” mean?

u forgotten how the modern architecture began, and theii critics, forgotten how the urbanism begun, with utopics ideas, the archigram…

this si just the prelude of somethings, u dont need to build these things, only extract good ideas for real….

By: GeeBs

GeeBs — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:42:03 +0000

At least these entries are trying to push the notion of what it means to make architecture. When have we ever gotten anywhere as a profession by repeating the same mistakes over and over again?

I always read negative reviews of projects like these on the web and I’m starting to suspect that the majority of the naysayers are people who are intimidated by ‘scripting’ and can’t figure out how to do it themselves.

These projects-and renderings- are beautiful. Well done!

By: a_o

a_o — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:33:10 +0000

I agree with claude, Project 0463 is one of best among the finalists in terms of Practice and Theory combined. Well done!

By: NMiller

NMiller — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:03:26 +0000

Nothing wrong with a little fun. But the ideas never seem to go beyond highly formalistic, singular objects. None of the latest 2009 submissions really challenge the idea of a skyscraper in terms of planning the city or linking into existing infrastructures.

The first two years of this competition (06, 07) are still the most interesting to me… after that the overall conversation goes into “repeat” mode and gets boring.

By: claude

claude — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:59:02 +0000

agree with above first two comments, but hey have a second look at…
http://www.evolo-arch.com/dskyn.html

By: Norman

Norman — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:23:56 +0000

Cool, Magias!!! Can wait to see it get built

By: ARQPOLI

ARQPOLI — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:16:31 +0000

I’d really like the magia’s idea

By: magias

magias — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:31:56 +0000

i have a BIG crazy idea for the next competition http://www.linkmesh.com/imagenes/temas/ovnis/a_alien_enojado.jpg

By: gonzalo

gonzalo — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:05:32 +0000

For an exercise… well done.
For the development of architectura a lack of humility that worries me.

By: Wyatt O'Day

Wyatt O'Day — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:55:14 +0000

I am getting so sick and tired of this kind of so-called “architecture”. It is just terriable. I do however enjoy 0244, which responds very well to our current problems. But anyway, this computer generated architecture crap need to stop, and this evolo competition isn’t helping a bit. What an abosolute waste of time.

By: james

james — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:42:46 +0000

i think it is great. we need big, crazy, idea driven ideas…elements can be expanded upon and incorporated in future work. very good, kudos

By: AAA

AAA — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:25:28 +0000

Soo, i looked at the evolo website. And i have to say i really don’t understand where that’s going. What are they trying to prove? The ‘work’ in there is a disgrace. Yes, they can make pretty images – are those buildings? Doubt it. Yes, they have spent months working in maya and rhino pulling out those shapes from their scripts and some other dark and obscure places – will they ever get built or even taken seriously by someone other than your looser-studio-professor-who-encourages-this? Doubt it. C’mon! let’s get serious!

That skyscraper in machu picchu is just absurd. but even more absurd is the fact that architecture faculties promote this kind of nonsense.

Ridiculous…

By: stepan

stepan — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:09:33 +0000

do not believe in god, but thank´s god for the CRISIS! it is sure that architecture needs it, this competition is just a wonderfull proof of it…