Thursday, October 8, 2009

Graft Lab's Towers in Dubai will embrace the sun

Yes. Those are Solar Panels...

At first glance, Graft Lab’s dazzling complex in Dubai may appear to have a cluster of sparkling geometric pools at its base. But upon further inspection, the web-like structures are actually something even more desirable than a place to take a dip in the hot desert – a means of collecting the scorching rays of the sun and transforming them into energy. Dubbed the Vertical Village, this multi-use building and accompanying massive array of solar collectors was designed to work smarter, not harder, which is expected to earn it a LEED Gold certification when it is completed..... via Inhabitat

I have always been a fan of GrabLove...especially when Brad Pitt worked with them and came up with pink houses for Katrina. LOL...

This project reminds me of a complex of skyscrapers proposed by Asymptote for Malaysia. There is some semblance:

Well the language will always be the same, from Zaha, Meyer, Berkel, Asymptote etc...It is all about this form now.
Fluid, strange, cold but definitely sexy. (wink)

2 comments:

  1. Graft and Graft Lab are not the same firm.....Brad Pitt works with Graft.

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  2. thanks for the correction anony...

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