Dubai island developments - How bizarre !

Ok this might seem a bit off da track,but actually it isn't.Because urban planning and the way we interact with our environment is very much married to archi.

Y on earth would you want to live like this (refers to da photo of da man made island below)!Ppl can be really sad.Money and ppl's egos continue to drive the world.

I find the whole concept so bizarre and particulary alarming having now joined da archi world even only as a student.I feel that being future practicing architects we should have some kind of obligations to the world around us,and promoting this sort of development is definately not on my agenda.Especially in an age when we are supposedly so 'environmentally conscious'.While the whole concept might be interesting.This type of development is completely unsustainable! Environmental impact huge!Let alone cramming people in such a arid region that depends so heavily on desalinated water to survive - which is so energy intensive in itself.........(could go on further!)

I believe having to meet customers demands will be a real problem for me in my future profession,should da client start requesting for unsustainable finishes which stem from say old growth forests like mountain ash .

I could go on ranting but I'll save u!

my fav archi - zaha hadid

Below I have attached some images of Zaha Hadid's work.I was first introduced to her last year in the monumentality project .Her monumental deconstructavist work seems to almost defy gravity itself,which is why alot of her work has perhaps never actually left the drawing board.I'm particulary fond of the way she plays with light in her structures using the most random of slits.Her designs never seem to follow the same kind of prototype as you would find with say Mies.I find her work very conceptual as she works with a degree of unpredictability of scale and manipulates geometry.She expresses the true fluid nature of concrete.Moreover Zaha was chosen as the first female pritzker prize winner in 2004,along with a long list other international awards in her design portfolio.I find her particularly inspiring considering that most of the greats in archi seem to belong to an 'exclusive mens club'.Furthermore she is a great all rounder dabbling in visual arts like painting,creating installations,furniture right through to product design.