Swedish Firm Proposes City Buildings On Rails

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Swedish Firm Proposes City Buildings On Rails

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday January 5, 2011 @05:35AM from the jesus-does-not-have-wheels-ralph dept.

Lanxon writes "A Swedish architecture firm that came up with a plan to roll buildings through a city on rails has won third prize in a competition to develop the Norwegian city of Åndalsnes. The company, Jagnafalt Milton, suggested that existing and new railroads could be built to provide the base for buildings that could be positioned differently depending on the seasons and on the weather. It proposed designs for rail-mounted single- and double-berth cabins, along with a two-story suite, reports Wired."

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Like birds by devxo · 2011-01-05 05:35 · Score: 3, Funny

This also means that cities could just move south when the winter comes. It's not like some roadblock is going to do much when a whole city rolls in.
1. Re:Like birds by gclef · 2011-01-05 05:47 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I feel sorry for the mailmen in that town. (Wait, wasn't there a building here yesterday?)
2. Re:Like birds by SnarfQuest · 2011-01-05 06:32 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Imagine the new ways people would live, and be shown on TV...
  You come home from vacation, only to find out that your house has already gone south for the winter?
  Your wife gets mad at you, and instead of throwing your clothes out in the front yard, moves the house without telling you.
  Two neighbors start fueding, and instead of a fistfight, start bashing their houses into each other.
  Survivor (what's it up to now, 856?), when you get voted off, they send you away in your house, pathetically waving "bye" from your bathroom window.
  Demolition derby, using houses instead of cars.
  House racing. Imagine the high octane flames spewing out the back and sides of a house during a drag race. Or the crashes (which is the main reason most of us even bother watching NASCAR).
  You hit the mid-life crisis, sell your old house and buy a high powered two wheel house, and a toupee.
  
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Cue the Ruby jokes by dkleinsc · 2011-01-05 05:46 · Score: 3, Funny

I mean, those guys can do absolutely anything on rails, and I'll bet it only took a few lines of code.

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1. Re:Cue the Ruby jokes by Ukab+the+Great · 2011-01-05 05:52 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  With rails you can easily migrate your buildings.
2. Re:Cue the Ruby jokes by Steauengeglase · 2011-01-05 06:00 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  It is great for prototyping your city, but beware the syntactic sugar, it can gum up the line.
3. Re:Cue the Ruby jokes by calexontheroad66 · 2011-01-05 06:08 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Does not scale.
Swedish guy fucks with Norway by ReallyEvilCanine · 2011-01-05 05:48 · Score: 5, Funny

Film at 11.
Choo Choo! by PingPongBoy · 2011-01-05 06:01 · Score: 3, Funny

When they're going down the track, they can say "We built this city on rock and roll!"

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Oh No! by ThatsNotPudding · 2011-01-05 06:15 · Score: 4, Funny

It's the Crimson Assurance!!