Where's that nuke? (Final Freedom Tower design) (new WTC)

Ryoga · Post by **Ryoga** » 2003-12-21 12:54am

Shinova wrote:I think they should've made just one thick building, preferably cylindrical in shape and converging on top. And make it 2000 feet tall or something.

Admit it, you just want them to build the GENOM tower.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-12-21 02:05am

Well, I dont understand the desire to build giant towers. Am I being simplistic by thinking its just big dick syndrome?

With that said, I think this is design is attractive. I thought the original towers where not terribly attractive. So I guess Im an asshole like Hipper.

Bob McDob · Post by **Bob McDob** » 2003-12-21 02:56am

It looks like a less attractive version of that China bank building

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2003-12-21 02:58am

You know with a bit of imagination I can see a bird being flipped on that building

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-12-21 03:01am

I've seen first year archies turn in better projects than that fucking travesty. It's a pure PoMo Piece of Shit!!!!

Bob McDob · Post by **Bob McDob** » 2003-12-21 04:01am

Damn, that was supposed to be another thread.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2003-12-21 10:01am

Raxmei wrote:What kind of name is Freedom Tower?

A better one than the original choice, "French Tower."

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2003-12-21 10:05am

I've got mixed feelings. My practical side says it's a horrible monstrosity even at the same time that my inner little kid that likes really big shiny stuff jumps up and down and shouts "Cool!"

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-12-21 10:42am

KhyronTheBackstabber wrote:I still like this concept better. It really captures the spirit of New York, and her people.

[img]http://thanos.free-host.com/Wtc-futuretowers.jpg[img]

*DIES*

I had to explain that joke to Nitram!! He thought it was a symbolic 'we stand together' kind of thing. Until I flipped him the bird, then he got the reference.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2003-12-21 11:33am

They don't even look like they fit in with the rest of the buildings in that first one...

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2003-12-21 12:44pm

That's an incredibly shitty design. Is NYC Krypton, now?

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-12-21 01:01pm

I still think that they should have just designed two taller, more durable towers.

The WTC towers were kind of bland, but at least they didn't stick out like a white guy at the Apollo like that design.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-12-21 02:20pm

I'd rather the WTC have been this design:

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-12-21 02:37pm

SylasGaunt wrote:You know with a bit of imagination I can see a bird being flipped on that building

I was thinking the same thing.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-12-21 02:48pm

I'm going with Ein. Instead of this PoS, we need a classic stone tower of pure evil like Isengard where a holographic projection of a flaming serpent eye shoots a beam of light death at any incoming terrorists or commies.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-12-21 03:01pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:I'm going with Ein. Instead of this PoS, we need a classic stone tower of pure evil like Isengard where a holographic projection of a flaming serpent eye shoots a beam of light death at any incoming terrorists or commies.

Isengard? ISENGARD!?!

That is not Isengard, my dear Tokien-Heathen. That is the Dark Tower Barad'dur itself. Home of the Dark Lord of the Rings himself, Sauron!

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-12-21 03:03pm

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote: That is not Isengard, my dear Tokien-Heathen. That is the Dark Tower Barad'dur itself. Home of the Dark Lord of the Rings himself, Sauron!

To be fair, a recreation of Isengard and it's tower Orthanc would be pretty cool as well.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-12-21 03:08pm

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:I'm going with Ein. Instead of this PoS, we need a classic stone tower of pure evil like Isengard where a holographic projection of a flaming serpent eye shoots a beam of light death at any incoming terrorists or commies.
Isengard? ISENGARD!?!

That is not Isengard, my dear Tokien-Heathen. That is the Dark Tower Barad'dur itself. Home of the Dark Lord of the Rings himself, Sauron!

I know that, my flagrantly gay railgunner friend, but Isengard would look cool as you could have the surrounding area flat like the circular area around Isendard for stuff, say, Starbucks (because they're evil).

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-12-21 03:10pm

Here's where your tower Barad-dûr idea comes in.

http://www.antiwar.com/orig/zmirak3.html

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-12-21 05:49pm

Two boxes on end was "classic"? Give me a break, Shep. You're telling me that if the WTC had simply burned down on accident rather than being destroyed by terrorists, you'd give a shit about how the new one looked?

Bob McDob · Post by **Bob McDob** » 2003-12-21 07:32pm

I liked the WTC design, actually; it was pretty in a businesslike, conservative way. Still, I an't help but wish they'd go for more of the art deco design of the thirties. Stupid architects

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-12-21 07:34pm

Durandal wrote:Two boxes on end was "classic"? Give me a break, Shep.

Ah, so you completely ignored the steel cladding that surrounded
the towers and gave them their distinctive look?

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 2003-12-21 08:02pm

I always like Xanatos' tower. That thing was bad ass, have a castle on it too so that we can have Gargoyles come down and hunt terrorist at night.

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2003-12-21 08:06pm

Looks shiny~ NYC is due for a makeover anyway

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-12-21 09:13pm

The original WTC towers completely destroyed the symmetry of the Lower Manhattan skyline. They blended with the prewar skyscrapers about as well as two giant alien spaceships. They were part of a trend in the 50's and 60's by modernist architects to ignore the past and make no attempt to harmonize their designs with existing work (the Pan Am building was the most egregious example of this trend). They had about two interesting architectural features: the Gothic arches at their base and their aluminum skin, which did interesting things with the sunlight. Oh, and building the WTC interrupted the lower Manhattan street grid and obliterated an entire neighborhood.

The new design at least tries to fit in the skyline better with smaller towers around a single large tower, and restores the street grid. And the slope of the lower tower roofs is designed to cast a beam of light down into the memorial plaza every September 11 morning, so they're not just randomly sloped. But other than that, I can't think of very much about this design that I like.