155. Bond 007: The Hat as an Underwater City (for Harold Sakata)
atelier ying, nyc.
The elite Bond arch villains tend to have fantastic abodes at equal locations of distinction. I've been making a small set of designs for the humble golf caddy to Auric Goldfinger, Oddjob. This is my third installment, the others to date are no. 141 and no. 84, and they all revolve around the theme of community/camaraderie. The characterization of Oddjob wasn't much. The plight of minor Bond film henchmen became better by the reappearance of Jaws ( a distant cousin to Oddjob who also used his teeth) in Moonraker. With this proposed design Oddjob is brought closer to the megalomaniac Karl Stromberg (The Spy who loved me) with an underground city.
The design aims to be green. There are organic systems inside that move towards self-sufficiency. Being Asian, Oddjob manages an Asian-styled mall (and a Pro Golf shop) inside the vast complex. It is futuristic, but in a nostalgic sort of way, linking the 60's with the asian boom decades later. Ken Adams' elaborate entrances are humbly substituted with a "beaver dam" architecture. Lastly, a reverential nod to Tadao Ando via a gutter pipe passageway from above ground plays subtly with light and darkness. A nod to Renzo Piano arranges a glazed roof structure to filter the sunlight. A distinct feature in my design is that the entire city structure is tilted at an angle to partially submerge it underwater as well as to only track the sun's path so that the light comes in at 11 a.m., the hour when Asian malls and shops usually open up for business and follow the sun as late as possible into the evening.
Design, text and drawing are copyright 2013 by David Lo.
155. Bond 007: The Hat as an Underwater City (for Harold Sakata)
atelier ying, nyc.
The elite Bond arch villains tend to have fantastic abodes at equal locations of distinction. I've been making a small set of designs for the humble golf caddy to Auric Goldfinger, Oddjob. This is my third installment, the others to date are no. 141 and no. 84, and they all revolve around the theme of community/camaraderie. The characterization of Oddjob wasn't much. The plight of minor Bond film henchmen became better by the reappearance of Jaws ( a distant cousin to Oddjob who also used his teeth) in Moonraker. With this proposed design Oddjob is brought closer to the megalomaniac Karl Stromberg (The Spy who loved me) with an underground city.
The design aims to be green. There are organic systems inside that move towards self-sufficiency. Being Asian, Oddjob manages an Asian-styled mall (and a Pro Golf shop) inside the vast complex. It is futuristic, but in a nostalgic sort of way, linking the 60's with the asian boom decades later. Ken Adams' elaborate entrances are humbly substituted with a "beaver dam" architecture. Lastly, a reverential nod to Tadao Ando via a gutter pipe passageway from above ground plays subtly with light and darkness. A nod to Renzo Piano arranges a glazed roof structure to filter the sunlight. A distinct feature in my design is that the entire city structure is tilted at an angle to partially submerge it underwater as well as to only track the sun's path so that the light comes in at 11 a.m., the hour when Asian malls and shops usually open up for business and follow the sun as late as possible into the evening.
Design, text and drawing are copyright 2013 by David Lo.