Comments on: NOAH: Mammoth Pyramid Megacity for New Orleans

By: Scott MC

Scott MC — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:13:26 +0000

I’m thinking it wouldn’t stay that shiny for long….

By: lazyreader

lazyreader — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:59:35 +0000

Billionaires snort cocaine, crack is for poor people. During the 1993 Mississippi river floods, no one commented on gradual designs to re-engineer a bunch of tiny towns for the future. They were some of the costliest floods in recent years, where were those architects then?

By: anothervoice

anothervoice — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:45:29 +0000

Just imagine the public hearings when the property owners in the french quarter and garden district realize this thing will be in their visual environment continuously. Not gonna happen.

From a ROI standpoint, it’s stillborn. Imagine what you’re paying for that huge void of open space in the middle. You’re going to need a billionaire investor who inherited all of his money and smokes crack.

Didn’t they build a ginormous three-sided resort/hotel in North Korea? I believe it’s a complete ruinous failure. But then, they had their crack-smoking billionaire dictator to underwrite the project.

Your honor, I rest my case.

By: droidster

droidster — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:58:06 +0000

You can put the worker’s factory in the middle.

By: Lionarons

Lionarons — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:22:08 +0000

I think it’s quite nice, but there’s really no reason to place it right in front of the French Quarter.
Other than that, I’m loving the whole “being able to house 40.000 people, give or take” part.
It would be nifty to move a great deal of the citizens to such a structure (or two/three) and thus minimizing the actual size of New Orleans. Even now it kinda spreads out way too much. Cities in general actually have quite a large footprint and I would love to see that reduced by utilizing arcologies such as these. All the land that comes free can then be scraped clean and returned to nature. Who wouldn’t like that?

By: beth419

beth419 — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:42:02 +0000

I live in Louisiana and most people who live here know this is going to be another opportunity for New Orleans to blow some more money.

By: grandsecretarty

grandsecretarty — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:00:51 +0000

Visually and conceptually it is quite fantastic. I love the design. My only concern is that it should enhance New Orleans and should be challenging, but also in sympathy with its surroundings. I have been very fortunate in my life to have visited New Orleans on many occasions.

By: Jayoutside

Jayoutside — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:16:58 +0000

Um…..great concept. Wrong location.

Am I the only one who has been to New Orleans lately? Am I the only one who sees that there is a MASSIVE surplus of housing in this town with no industry and jobs to support it? Am I the only one who sees that there is a massive surplus of commercial and industrial space? I am from NOLA and love my city dearly. My immediate and extended family still lives there. I love to see projects that will promote the quality of life for those in NOLA and increase the safety for those who live there. This does neither. Well…..maybe the safety part. It would be a great evacuation shelter.I love my hometown – lets think smarter than this huh guys??????

By: Kylem

Kylem — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:12:05 +0000

While this concept may look good, there are sooo many problems with it.

From the graphics, its placement at the turn in the river in front of the french quarter will pose a serious threat to navigation as it appears to close off more than half of the river. In addition to reducing the width navigable width of the river it has been placed at a bend in the river. Ships often swing very wide while being pushed thru the bend in the river, and the NOAH would be right in the path of these ships. Obviously they haven’t heard of the brightfield incident where a ship lost power and collided with the Riverwalk Mall and HIlton hotel parking garage.

The fact that it floats frankly scares me. With the surges from severe hurricanes running up the river, the NOAH would pose a sever threat to the river levee system. In katrina there were dozens of ships and barges that broke loose and were found high and dry on the levee’s. The weight of this structure being pressed against a levee by hurricane force winds would be immense and far greater than the current levee’s were designed to take.

There are many more issues with this concept but I will not comment on them at this time.

It is a preety looking structure and frankly I can’t imagine looking up at such a modern structure while standing in the heart of the French Quarter.

By: vanderleun

vanderleun — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:34:39 +0000

A floating version of “The Projects.”

By: Stefan Vittori

Stefan Vittori — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:14:30 +0000

Thank you very much for your interest in NOAH. My firm, Tangram 3DS LLC, is responsible for the computer-generated images posted here and partnered with the designer Kevin Schopfer to visualize his concepts throughout the design process. While we appreciate the attention this project has generated, we must ask that you credit Tangram 3DS as we are the creator and rights holder for these renderings and animation.
Please visit : http://www.tangram3ds.com/projects/neworleans/
to read more about NOAH and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Flnbn53dY&feature=channel_page
to see our cg animation in HD.

By: erglv

erglv — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:55:06 +0000

New Orleans has plenty of buildings that withstand hurricanes — they just flood. Also, its primary industry is based on the port (the River). So anything that would encroach on that is not a favorable development. And the floods caused by the Mississippi are different than tidal surges caused by hurricanes.

I also notice that this building (while interesting) is placed directly in front of the French Quarter — in fact it would have a number of historic structures demolished to make way for it. Why not put it on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain where its presence wouldn’t affect an already working city?

By: modular buildings

modular buildings — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:55:39 +0000

It does not look extremely inviting but for its purpose i can see its benefits.

The fact that it would be able to withstand hurricanes is a massive benefit.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:02:00 +0000

It would be much cooler if it had a planet-destroying death beam.

And operators with ginormous helmets.

By: r08

r08 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:00:03 +0000

sim city 2000 features acrologies