Future: On Office’s Turbine City- 01.22.10
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So on future possibilities ~ perusing DesignBoom this morning, i became totally fascinated by the possibility of living in a turbine… or vacation in one… as a floating island… just imagine the views! And the bizarre potential of such a structure? On Office has been researching and visually exploring the potential of Turbine City to perhaps live off the coast of Stavanger, Norway. Apaprently Norway has the best conditions in the world for utilizing offshore wind power with its longest windiest coast! Don’t mock, but this world feels very Waterworld meets scandinavian design meets dubai architecture at the moment… See more images on the next page!
in response to JEN, that is completely false, I have been up to see a wind turbine in person and it was completely silent. A massive turbine like these would probably generate more noise, but it isn’t like anyone is living close to the actual engines.
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