North Korea's vision of the future looks like classic sci-fi

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When a country is essentially cut off from the rest of the world, peculiar things can happen. In Cuba, the half-century-plus trade-embargo means antique Chevy Bel Airs roam the streets like pigeons, and apparently North Korea's communist ideology translates to some pretty interesting views of the future. A tourism firm in the region gave a state-employed architect free reign to imagine how the mountains of Myohyangsan would appear with a high-rise bridge connecting them in one instance, and what a floating house/hovercraft hybrid (seriously) or a hotel and gondola in Nampo's port would look like in others. The whole of the idea was to experiment with what a "sustainable tourism model" might resemble, according to CNN. And, if you ask us, the four-year project has a certain pulp sci-fi vibe to it. The concept drawings will be on display at Venice's Architecture Biennale until November if you'd like a first-hand look, otherwise hit the source if you can't make it to Italy by then.

[Paralectic]

North-Korea is a joke and should be bombed IMO. They are retards

[ijKs Snow]

I was expecting some sort of steam punk concept.

 

This on the other hand... I don't even..

 

Are those buildings like some scotch tape design solar panel power plants?

[Paralectic]

Also, this reminds me of Rollercoaster Tycoon.

[Askew]

North-Korea is a joke and should be bombed IMO. They are retards

 

What's really funny is that despite never actually having said it, I secretly sometimes think that too, maybe not the people they would be perhaps evacuated, but definitely the moron leaders and flatten the derelict place, let the South Koreans take over and rebuilt it and help the citizens.

[Paralectic]

What's really funny is that despite never actually having said it, I secretly sometimes think that too, maybe not the people they would be perhaps evacuated, but definitely the moron leaders and flatten the derelict place, let the South Koreans take over and rebuilt it and help the citizens.

China should stop supporting North-Korea and force all the KIm Jong faggots to be executed and make everything normal.

[Albatross]

Aspirations:

 

 

Reality:

 

[Karumu]

North-Korea is a joke and should be bombed IMO. They are retards

and then they would start a nuclear war

[Askew]

China should stop supporting North-Korea and force all the KIm Jong faggots to be executed and make everything normal.

 

NK leadership is completely ridiculous, yes I agree, let all the people who want to defect leave and then cleanse the fools.

[Albatross]

China should stop supporting North-Korea and force all the KIm Jong faggots to be executed and make everything normal.

 

I don't think China would do that.

[ericlee30]

Now thats the way of the future.

[Tech_Dreamer]

 

here's the leaked alternate design...

[Bagmup]

Was expecting Bioshock and Kim Jong-Un was Andrew Ryan...

[JellySicklez]

China should stop supporting North-Korea and force all the KIm Jong faggots to be executed and make everything normal.

Just like killing Saddam was supposed to make everything normal and make iraq the most democratic country in the middle east, oh wait. 

[Paralectic]

Just like killing Saddam was supposed to make everything normal and make iraq the most democratic country in the middle east, oh wait. 

Saddam wasn't even active anymore on it's own.

[deviant88]

Iran has a new rival on designs....

[JellySicklez]

Saddam wasn't even active anymore on it's own.

Yes he was, Iraq had a functioning government that used force to stabilize the sectarian conflict, the US came in acting as world police, removed him from power to give people "democracy" and now the country is gone to shit and is on the verge of being split into 3 states. 

 

you can't just go around bombing governments willy nilly creating power vacuums and expect people to suddenly become civilized and cooperate with each other to create a western style state. 

[Thorium19]

I'll be honest and say the majority of it is absolute bollocks, but some of it, like the stilted hotel and the dock hotel look doable and appear to be quite sensibly designed. They just need to make the stilts shorter and it would be quite a good idea.

[The_Strict_Nein]

I still don't understand the words tourist and North Korea being used in the same scentence

[Goldilock]

We all know that one that north and south korea are gonna fight once again sooner or later. Maybe this the vision of the north win the game.

[StingBull]

The picture looks possible but impractical.

[ACatWithThumbs]

China should stop supporting North-Korea and force all the KIm Jong faggots to be executed and make everything normal.

China only does it because they don't want millions of uneducated people to flood their borders.

Otherwise they would've probably got rid of that dictatorship years ago.

Also how are you supposed to explain a few million people that everything they know about todays world is a lie ?

 

[kuddlesworth9419]

North-Korea is a joke and should be bombed IMO. They are retards

Like every government then. All governments and parties are shit are they not.

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

Yes he was, Iraq had a functioning government that used force to stabilize the sectarian conflict, the US came in acting as world police, removed him from power to give people "democracy" and now the country is gone to shit and is on the verge of being split into 3 states. 

 

you can't just go around bombing governments willy nilly creating power vacuums and expect people to suddenly become civilized and cooperate with each other to create a western style state. 

Someone is thinking around here!

[Socky]

I mean, it looks cool to blow up with an American Nuke.