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Unbuilt Dublin - U2 Landmark Tower

Architects: Yushi Uehara
2003


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This symbolic project can deliver its worth when the Tower represents the imago of Dublin, a future metropolis.

What form can we choose to symbolise, in order to portrait the promise premise in the world-class city quarter, a place that offer a symbol of the new Engagement, to celebrate a place of new encounter?

Dublin dockland expects large-scale metropolitan developments. We are delighted to be given a chance to take part in the creation, the symbol of the Dublin Docklands. In this historical occasion, the presence of International hero U2 band is nothing but encouraging, we believe it set the ambition of the project clearly. To house U2 in the development means to sing a glorious song of Dublin, with a form of architecture. This, as a consequence, brings in innumerable emotions in the project, a wish to materialise a future of Dublin city.

We believe to symbolise the metropolitan co-inhabitation of Dublin City: Distinctive agglomeration of metropolitan architecture in 3 dimensional manners.
This portraits here the promise of this strong city, by materialising powerful symbioses, a symbol of Dublin's future.

Great opportunity to design architecture where U2's studio is going to be housed, a warm hart breaking drama of architecture is expected.
A great city of co-inhabitation, an Engagement to the new urbanity

A symbol tower is a collection of small estates that creates greater totality.

A symbolic architecture that symbolizes the 'giving hand' a symbioses.

A promised real estate in Dublin Dockland is a collection of urban settlement.

Here by we hope to join forces with you and U2, to push the future of Dublin further, further than where we can precieve…

The heart is bloom, shoot up through the story ground
But there is (no) Room, (no) Space to rent in this town….
Someone you could lend a hand in return for grace….

Further Information
Yushi Uehara
Website: http://www.zerodegree.com/