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Sky Village 'Pixel Tower' is Sustainable, Adaptable and Really Weird Looking
Posted by Sean Fallon at 3:45 AM on November 5, 2008
Today's crazy building comes to us via the architects at design firms MVRDV and ADEPT. And no, "Sky Village" is not headed for Dubai. Instead, the 380-foot "pixelated" structure will rise above the city of Roskildevej—just east of Copenhagen, Denmark. The building will include apartments, a hotel, retail shops and offices as well as sky gardens for residents. The most interesting aspect of the design however involves the adaptability of the pixel living spaces.
These pixels are arranged around a central core and can be moved about—so the layout would constantly evolve. On the downside, the ground floor was designed to be as thin as possible in order to make room for the surrounding plaza, so the whole structure looks bloated and precarious. Hopefully, they won't sacrifice strength and stability for eco-friendliness when it comes to the foundation. [Contemporist via Ecofriend]
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future-proof
Posted 6:24 AM 5/11/08
Is this the future ghetto project? I can already see all the kids from the white houses flocking there to get their fix.
future-proof
cafenitro
Posted 6:20 AM 5/11/08
It's fine until the tornado comes along.
cafenitro
designguybrown
Posted 6:15 AM 5/11/08
no sale. they did it better with concrete 40 years ago in Montreal, where every little hovel-unit got a backyard in the sky.
And i doubt they move stuff after initial construction - you get it like it comes.
Habitat - by Moshe Safdie
designguybrown
The 12 Men on the Field Watch Intern
Posted 6:07 AM 5/11/08
It's like a kid playing Tetris with his eyes closed.
The 12 Men on the Field Watch Intern
Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine
Posted 6:04 AM 5/11/08
@Hot_Carl: A lot of them might actually use bath oils a lot, so maybe you are correct, though I think you mean crude oil, which is sorta wrong.
Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine
Hot_Carl
Posted 6:00 AM 5/11/08
OF COURSE its not in Dubai! 380 Feet? Maybe for the slaves that make the skyscrapers, but no oil-soaked Dubain (sp?) would right call such a minuscule structure their home.
Hot_Carl
swoyekr
Posted 5:59 AM 5/11/08
<3 Architecture
swoyekr
Lite
Posted 5:56 AM 5/11/08
I think I built one of these in Sim Tower once.
Lite
Ehrich Blackhound
Posted 5:52 AM 5/11/08
Er, I don't think I would want to live in Jenga Tower, thank you very much...
Ehrich Blackhound
Joseph
Posted 5:47 AM 5/11/08
Haha I just looked at the picture and seriously thought it was going to Dubai, until it read the post.
Joseph
burninator
Posted 6:47 AM 5/11/08
Where are the tree roots suppose to go? i see trees on the roofs
burninator
Lite
Posted 6:30 AM 5/11/08
This really is no good unless it plays Mario sounds in the elevator.
Lite
Brogen
Posted 6:30 AM 5/11/08
Hmmm, on the idea of downsides. If they "add on" to it, will you then lose your view? Seems likely.
Brogen
Gann
Posted 6:27 AM 5/11/08
Looks like crap. Literally. It looks like a white, 8-bit turd.
Gann
Fierock
Posted 7:12 AM 5/11/08
@designguybrown: yeah I too was thinking very Montrealish circa '76
Fierock
crapcakes
Posted 7:06 AM 5/11/08
No surprise this isn't in Dubai.. It's way too understated and un-chromey for those criminals.
crapcakes
DeusExMach
Posted 6:58 AM 5/11/08
@Ehrich Blackhound: I've said it before, and I'll say it again: "JENGA, motherfucker!!!"
DeusExMach
Harlan
Posted 6:58 AM 5/11/08
I think the intention is that when the Borg assimilate those living here, it can just snap these residences into that big cube-shaped spacecraft.
Harlan
SewerShark
Posted 6:57 AM 5/11/08
Lucky me I don't live anywere near Denmark
SewerShark
scarbrtj
Posted 6:52 AM 5/11/08
@Ehrich Blackhound: beat me 2 it
scarbrtj
FritzLaurel
Posted 7:43 AM 5/11/08
It would be COOL if someone could come up with a design with modules like pictured here that migrate up and down the building. That way, everyone gets a chance to have a view. That would be a cool gadget building!
FritzLaurel
xThadd
Posted 7:40 AM 5/11/08
It's just outside Copenhagen on the way to Roskilde - Roskildevej means the road to Roskilde.,
So shoot me for being a pedant.
xThadd
Symbient
Posted 9:20 AM 5/11/08
I've been waiting for one of these since Sim City 2000...
Symbient
TheLostVikings
Posted 12:13 AM 6/11/08
@Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine: They used to bathe in crude oil back in the days, then a sheik accidentally dropped his cigar and invented the BBQ.
TheLostVikings