silence7@slrpnk.net to Solarpunk Urbanism@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 months agoThe scaling back of Saudi Arabia’s proposed urban mega-project sends a clear warning to other would-be utopiastheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down11
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-linkThe scaling back of Saudi Arabia’s proposed urban mega-project sends a clear warning to other would-be utopiastheconversation.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to Solarpunk Urbanism@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squaremindbleachlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoOh fuck off. This thing was always a joke. It’s not “utopian,” it’s a sultan’s vanity project. One building, the size of a country, arranged as inefficiently as possible, is not even an “urban megaproject.” It’s a one-dimensional suburb.
Oh fuck off. This thing was always a joke. It’s not “utopian,” it’s a sultan’s vanity project.
One building, the size of a country, arranged as inefficiently as possible, is not even an “urban megaproject.” It’s a one-dimensional suburb.