Icelandic Company Designs Human Pylons 142
Lanxon writes "An architecture and design firm called Choi+Shine has submitted a design for the Icelandic High-Voltage Electrical Pylon International Design Competition which proposes giant human-shaped pylons carrying electricity cables across the country's landscape, reports Wired. The enormous figures would only require slight alterations to existing pylon designs, says the firm, which was awarded an Honorable mention for its design by the competition's judging board. It also won an award from the Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture competition."
In 3000 years.. (Score:5, Funny)
... archeologists 3000 years from now will puzzle over their purpose. Obviously such a primitive society couldn't have had electricity.
What a good idea... (Score:5, Funny)
... Terran-shaped pylons! That way you can disguise one in their base until you're ready and then bam! warp in dudes.
Are you really glad to see me? (Score:4, Funny)
Or just carrying a lot of voltage on the third phase?
Obligatory: (Score:1, Funny)
Must construct additional pylons.
Re:In 3000 years.. (Score:1, Funny)
Maybe we need to reassess our thoughts on the dinosaurs...
And on a related aside, the "man-shaped pylon" has room for one more cable connection point...
Nightmare Fuel (Score:4, Funny)
Re:In 3000 years.. (Score:4, Funny)
Maybe we need to reassess our thoughts on the dinosaurs...
Dinosaur shaped pylons? Add it to the list!
They might be giants (Score:5, Funny)
Note to self, don't invite Don Quixote to Iceland.
Re:In 3000 years.. (Score:5, Funny)
Obviously such a primitive society couldn't have had electricity.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and be confused.
Re:What a good idea... (Score:3, Funny)
You require more minerals.
No. Seriously dude, get out into the sunlight more often, get some vitamin D.
in a few years (Score:5, Funny)
confused hippies will assume the burning man festival has been moved to iceland and multiplied by 1,000. they will proceed to inadvertently bring down the entire country's electrical infrastructure during the namesake ritual of the closing of their festivities. iceland will discover they can successfully drive the hippies back into the sea with the playing of bjork music over loudspeakers. but the smoke from the burning human pylons will result in europe closing down their entire airpace for a week
Re:In 3000 years.. (Score:3, Funny)
I vote for Cthulhu shaped pylons.
Easter Island Statues (Score:3, Funny)
Um, has anybody checked if the Easter Island Statues had signs of carrying power cables? That answer might clear up a lot of riddles.