Icelandic Company Designs Human Pylons

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday August 17, 2010 @05:12AM from the anthropomorphic-power dept.

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."

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Re:Yeah, they look cool but.... by Bai+jie · 2010-08-17 05:43 · Score: 4, Interesting

Pylons typically have four large legs widely spaced apart for good reasons.
No they don't, Pylons typically only have one large Octahedron crystal in which the tip barely touches the ground.