The picture of Juba in the link is worth taking a look at.Southern Sudan Reveals Plans for Animal-Shaped Cities
Southern Sudan’s government revealed this week a multi-billion dollar plan to build new urban centers in all ten of its state capitals. The cities would be animal and fruit-shaped. Blueprints and maps illustrate Juba in the shape of a rhinoceros, Yambio fashioned after a pineapple and Wau as a giraffe.
So, what do cities you know look like?
Hat Tip to the Freakanomics blog.
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It sure looks like they are trying hard to make the shape work. The drawing is somewhat funny, but if this catches on, why wouldn't you want to live in a rhino? I know it would be easy to tell a cabbie where you live..."ya go to the left leg of the rhino and it is the third house on the left..."
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My city looks like a tumor.
I think this is an interesting idea, but like people said in an article I read about this - I'm not sure this is really a priority for southern Sudan. I am somewhat familiar with the area and it lacks infrastructure, many people have been displaced for the last 20 or so years, there is very little economy to speak of (they are counting on oil revenues, but really, how many regular Sudanese do you think will directly benefit from this enough to buy a house?) and education and health care are huge priorities. I hate to be a wet blanket and the designer had a point about the value of making a bold move given these circumstances and emphasized this would be undertaken in conjunction with addressing the other stuff. But still...
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Not quite at the same scale, but if you look at a map of Ontario, you'll see that the portion of the province adjacent to Michigan is shaped like an elephant with the City of Owen Sound holding the nether position. My Canadian grad school friends referred to it as the A-hole of Canada.Originally posted by SlaveToTheGrind
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I would say that my city most resembles a jagged amoeba.
Referring to the topic, this has been done before. There are "The World" and the two "Palm" cities in Dubai.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_(archipelago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Jumeirah
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Brasilia was built to be shaped like an airplane in the 50's. It's still really cool looking from the air (from a plane or from the giant radio tower in the middle of the city). The city doesn't really work from the ground level though...
As others have said, I'm thinking that building rhino-shaped cities should probably not be at the top of the priority list for Sudan.
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