Waterfall Skyscraper Zoo

November 25, 2009 by Ned Dodington in Posts

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We feel that we’re a fairly adventurous group, but every now and then we come across a project whose sheer braggadocio and outlandishness defies all commentary.

From Inhabitat:

Costanera Sur is a proposal for a vertical zoo in Buenos Aires that transforms a pile of rubble into a towering pillar of falling water. Designed by Visiondivision, the project aims to reclaim debris left over from the construction of Buenos Aires’ decades-old highways, is entirely self-sufficient, and could theoretically provide water and energy to surrounding structures.

A towering pillar of falling water? Animals running wild in a diagrid water-purifier skyscraper? We don’t know where to begin. Maybe our readers can help us with this one. Watch out Lion!

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About the Author: Ned Dodington

Ned Dodington received a B.A. in Art History from Carleton College in 2003 and an M.Arch from Rice university in 2009. While at Rice Ned devoted his graduate career to studying potential points of architectural design intervention in biological systems. His work has/will be soon published in Architectural Design Magazine, Brkt Magazine, and the Columbia University GSAP yearly student review. He has written for The Architetureal Society in New York, Manifold Magazine, and the Houstonist. His built installations have been shown in Minnesota and Houston and he has been awarded both the Technos international traveling fellowship in 2002 and the Mitchel Travel Fellowship in 2006. Ned is currently employed at PDR in Houston, Texas and manages two small businesses devoted to fostering creative communities in Houston.

4 Comment on “Waterfall Skyscraper Zoo”

Pentagram’s Vertical Zoo | Animal Architecture

January 4, 2010 at 10:24 am

[...] have been Pentagram’s proposal for the Buenos Aires competition a few weeks back, and while the winning entry was a bit outrageous, it certainly had more inventiveness than this version. But first from [...]
Amartya Deb

April 27, 2010 at 7:23 am

wonderful concept…..but the location needs to be defined as it may be situated below an existing waterfall. or a stream diverted to get the water to save energy.
Buenos Aires Vertical Zoo Competition 2010 | Animal Architecture

October 19, 2010 at 7:37 am

[...] might remember the winner of the Buenos Aires Vertical Zoo project from November of last year (2009). It was the vertical water fall with the lion standing on a vertiginous precipice looking somewhat [...]
Amartya Deb

February 24, 2012 at 10:34 pm

I posted that comment when i had joined college.. and i came across it now.. and it feels so stupid!! haha!! can’t believe i actually wrote that!!