In this week's comments update, readers are baffled by Bjarke Ingels' plans to build a city in the US desert and discussing other top stories.
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels is master planning a city called Telosa for entrepreneur Marc Lore, which is set to be built "from scratch" in the US desert.
Telosa would be built on an unoccupied 150,000-acre site in the western United States.
"Our vision is to create a new city in America that sets a global standard for urban living, expands human potential, and becomes a blueprint for future generations," said a statement from Telosa.
"The word sustainability is thrown around a lot"
Commenters aren't sold. "This is a truly terrible idea on so many levels," said Brian. "It's hard to know where to start." "Nothing says sustainable like building an entirely new city in the middle of the desert for no reason other than to showcase sustainability", added Joe Ziggler.
Magda agreed: "So... like a greenwashed Vegas" Uttering the phrases 'the world's most sustainable city' and 'built from scratch in a barren desert' in the same breath is unconscionable. Ugh, everything about this is so wrong."
"Do they need water"" asked David Marquette. "Where does it come from" Presume solar is the electricity source. Great images, but is this fantastical vis-a-vis sustainability" That word is thrown around quite a bit."
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