+ From: "Architexturez." <interface.services@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+ Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:12:49 +0530
INTERVIEW: Koen Olthuis of WaterStudio.nl
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From what I can see in New Orleans, they could certainly use the help!
Yeah. In the states, the problem is if there’s a big disaster like Katrina, then all the media totally focuses on that problem. And everbody gets really excited and says, “Okay, we’ve got to solve this.” But then a few months later, nothing has happened. And then the problem is no longer the focus of the media, and it’s back to the same old, waiting for the next disaster….
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The most interesting city for us right now is Dubai. There’s amazing investment going into the waterfront right now, and it’s the first place where people are actually designing and building right in the water. We were asked to design a water taxi, and when we showed them that design they liked it so much that they wanted more. Now we are working on structures for part of the Palm resort and also this floating mosque. That will be for the Waterfront area
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http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/08/29/interview-koen-olthius-of-waterstudionl/
and video: http://www.waterstudio.nl/en/pub060424_dc.html
(image) Floating Mosque in Dubai
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From what I can see in New Orleans, they could certainly use the help!
Yeah. In the states, the problem is if there’s a big disaster like Katrina, then all the media totally focuses on that problem. And everbody gets really excited and says, “Okay, we’ve got to solve this.” But then a few months later, nothing has happened. And then the problem is no longer the focus of the media, and it’s back to the same old, waiting for the next disaster….
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The most interesting city for us right now is Dubai. There’s amazing investment going into the waterfront right now, and it’s the first place where people are actually designing and building right in the water. We were asked to design a water taxi, and when we showed them that design they liked it so much that they wanted more. Now we are working on structures for part of the Palm resort and also this floating mosque. That will be for the Waterfront area
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cont'd....
http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/08/29/interview-koen-olthius-of-waterstudionl/
and video: http://www.waterstudio.nl/en/pub060424_dc.html
(image) Floating Mosque in Dubai
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