The rendition of the algae bioreactor is scary because it looks like the arms swing out over the streets of the city.

I kind of like the boardwalk one with the farm animals below grade until I realize that people would just toss garbage in the holes and the animals would be covered in filth. If I had to pick one Id go with the urban garden with a waterfall.

That slide show is a crystal clear example of how what 99% of architecture schools teach, the design media promotes, and mass design culture celebrates, is utter useless garbage.

At one point I had considered becoming an architect, but one of the things that always turned me off from it was that so much of it didn't seem based in reality. There seems to be a lot of effort put into designing things that are impractical and will never get built. I suppose there are a lot of architects who are designing buildings and places that are supposed to actually be used, but most of what we see in the media is more like whimsical art than anything else.

I have no problem in trying to push the boundaries of what is possible but these schools really seem to be setting kids up to be frustrated underlings for 20 years.