Comments on: Dubai Renaissance by OMA

By: tyk

tyk — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:25:34 +0000

the architect’s intention purports to be noble. i cannot but help agree on the ego-building tirade. but what’s the point with the rotating? please don’t.
maybe if it could tilt too.)

and the sculptural (anish k?) conference looks a little ill. i am surprised. perhaps more fotos search for.

By: razif

razif — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:40:57 +0000

hmm….actually, i do like this look. Nothing personal, don’t fancy Rem too much either.. but this is one of the better skyscraper from OMA. The context was right on point. .

I was just thinking .. how does the helicopter land ?

By: Dubai

Dubai — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:51:12 +0000

Pey. CN Tower is the tallest building in the world today bu not for long.

By: Pey

Pey — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:38:46 +0000

where is CN Tower. Isn’t CN T ower the longest tower in the world??

By: Erickfer Salas

Erickfer Salas — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:10:05 +0000

these projects will really portray Dubai’s international growth and city development. An will also portray Dubai’s diversity of foreign investments. these beautiful projects are ambitious but at the same time it’s a vision of the sheiks of Dubai that have been passed along their ancestors.

By: giorgio

giorgio — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:29:09 +0000

simple modern style, but the big surprise will be in interior, because oma is a genius for spatial inventions.

By: kemorrr

kemorrr — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:05:31 +0000

OMA says whatever is needed by them. What is the CCTV if not an icon? How about Porto, Seattle and others? OMA have change their way of designing in 90. from conceptual, boxy objects to shapeful icons – no doubt about it. Now sometimes it seems to be a really disgusting intellectual attitude. A true and profound example of post-modern dogma of being relative in every aspect of life.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:36:49 +0000

“The design of the building wastes no energy on useless invention. It proposes a single monolithic volume constructed, like an elevator core, in one continuous operation – 200 meters wide and 300 meters tall. Instead of competing with the Burj Dubai merely in terms of height, it overshadows it in terms of presence and substance…”

A rotating building is not a useless invention? Pot meets kettle and I am really sad to say so because when this building first came out I praised it for being so crisp and refreshing..but now it just looks like a microwave re-heated dish

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:47:56 +0000

I think that Rem is concluding his theory in a building form. I mean anti-ego anti-overdose-themed projects? The fact that he has lost the competition and persuading the client to reconsider a second site for his proposal, THAT is EGO. THAT is OVERDOSE of THEME to start a new RENAISSANCE in Dubai.

I can understand the educational value of it to other architects but I also understand the answer of any architects to a Dubai client’s brief. IT’s just not gonna happen when your clients want you to build something ‘wild’

I think honesty is important when you are a theorist in architecture and knowing the influence that you have on other people(especially the young architects), contradictions and irony sometimes could happen. I mean look at the Public library in seattle. It’s well resolved but not covering the fact that Rem was building his ego! anyway – something to think about.