That's a lot of useless space in those "rafters" in the lobby. Good luck finding someone to fund it.
As much as I would like to work in a clinic like that, I don't think we'll be seeing it come to reality anytime soon.

Hvedhrungr

no, but it does exude awesome, and that's all you could ever ask for

citizen.lambda

Doesn't really scream handicap accessable!

beefsuperior

this is a very unrealistic concept, but neat non the less.

that would take ALOT of windex to clean that place too

halfpastme

@beefsuperior: I don't see any stairs...

Oh, and people in the future aren't handicapped.

Eruanno

This looks like a winner in the "who can design the most expensive to build lobby....EVER.

Does anyone who reads Giz know how to hang drywall (gypsum board for your European types) other than me? There are virtually no flat surfaces here. Imagine all that hand sanding work. GACK! The labor costs alone of finishing that lobby would double the budget!

AndrewJayPollack

Apartments for the sick.

hu_hu_cool

that should be apartments, looks like a fail at medical center design.

Benjaminx

Cool concept but the real beauty is seen from the top, so only people flying over get to see the best part. Not very pracitcal.

Curves

@AndrewJayPollack: I think the building material is polymetafusium!

brutek

it's bad enough as it is finding where to go when you have a fork lodged in your head from your nephew playing "Star Wars: attack of the kille utensil". Going into a lobby like that and looking for the ER... might as well just sit down in the center of the room and start hari-krishnaing

User Formerly known as Arelar

@Curves: Good point, but it looks like the people inside it are in for a treat as well. I guess everyone wins. =)

Errrm... unless you're there because you're dying. Dubious honors, to be sure.

novacthall

@Technogen: unobtainium does not need expansion joints, nor traditional structures like beams and joists.

Gann

Could work if they build it out of new materials instead of the current once, but biggest problem is movement in the structure, there needs to be more seams for things to expand and contract.

Overall I'll say the same I did for the other building, pretty, pointless but pretty.

Technogen

it looks like a spill lol

willfromtexas

Very very future...ish.

strider_mt2k

The Shining:2010. First snow storm the ghosts start talking to you.

Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity

1. Bond villan esque lair

2. Blackwater Worldwide HQ

Wait a minute, they're both the same thing...

SyphonFilter

"As much as I would like to work in a clinic like that, I don't think we'll be seeing it come to reality anytime soon."

Perhaps not in the US, but Europeans place a higher value on things like that than Americans do. To them it's not always about the cost. My bet is this thing gets built.

soulfinger

@soulfinger: I am a European, and in medicine.
There's not a single country that could afford to build a public clinic like that. Not with tax payers' money. At least noone with access to the Alps. Have you seen Swiss hospitals?
And private clinics look for snazzy and practical designs. With good reason. I'd like my employer to put the new MRI before a lobby with round windows.

Hvedhrungr

@Hvedhrungr: Agreed. This design would be far more practical as a resort than as a clinic.

behavin

It's Blofeld's "allergy research center"!

LittleJon

it looks like icing...

Amiash is walking (again)

Errmm. Maybe it's just me but I feel like I keep seeing vaginas, throughout the design and especially the first pic!
Anyone?

Parker. A

@Parker. A: Now that you mention it, yes. It didnt reach out and grab me like it did you though. ;) Good eye.

Curves

@Hvedhrungr: i have to agree with you. I'd NOT like to live in a world where the public health sector has the amount of resources to fund this. looks more like the project in The Island than an actual health clinic.

also, since when getting snow-blinded and freezing your ass off are beneficial to rehab patients?

the interior would be good for skateboarding nonetheless. horrays for deaths in a wheelchair!

chamychan

I think they used this at a set in one of the Bond movies, no? The ice hotel ring a bell, anyone?

FritzLaurel

beautiful

DeathGrind

Reminds me of the castle/ship from Krull

Vjeszczi

@beefsuperior: "Doesn't really scream handicap accessable! "
The whole thing is one big ramp. What could be more handicap accessible?

@AndrewJayPollack: "Does anyone who reads Giz know how to hang drywall (gypsum board for your European types) other than me? There are virtually no flat surfaces here. Imagine all that hand sanding work. GACK! The labor costs alone of finishing that lobby would double the budget!"
Yeah, you're right. We might as well stop dreaming and just keep building big square boxes. Wouldn't want to try and improve on design or aesthetics or anything. :rollseyes:

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ninjamurf

Paging Dr. Mephesto, Dr. Alphonse Mephesto to pod 6.

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