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New NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium
Apr 13, 2018 7:04 AM
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AnarchyCop
And that's just one of its feet...
itsaworkinprogress
No one will expect...THE CLAW!!! Rargh!
SendMeOxygen
Can I buy their old headquarters for ummm... innocent purposes?
Neoqueto
*Anno 2205 Global Union Anthem starts playing*
thedudeottawa
Looks like something very easy to see from a distance/altitude....Maybe not wise
HashtagDadJokes
Does it turn into a giant rescue robot?
ThomasCollins
That's the hand of Nod, you cant fool me. Where's Kane hiding now?
PhilKenSebban
I hope this is just the foot of some larger war machine.
Sammyv17
Is it a zipper?
Pandallum
Article says intertwining fingers
Limnic
As a belgian, how did I miss this?
packedpenguin
Every architect and urban planner is having a stroke looking at this. To get to the next wing you walk 12 miles
memeofficer
They will give useless a shiny, new home I see...
ImNotOriginalEnoughForAUsername
What they do?
Leiker535
Attend the US interests of undermining Russia while portraying the defense of Human Rights.
Johnatomy
FreddieAndersson
Good design on the new allied battle lab for command and conquer bro
PhoQueTo
Play that game regularly
SuperSickRobot
Cant trick me, this is a screen shot from Mass Effect
Nobodywillreadthis
nah, no glitches to be seem
DemonicCarnage
This is actually the foot to the NATO earth defense robot who upon alien invasion will form with the other NATO bases like in Power Rangers
theonetruezuul
Looks like a row of dirt devils
emparier
Looks like a bunch of noses
jairoraptor
I don’t know why, maybe it’s cause it’s NATO, but I feel like that’s a Ally structure from Red Alert 2.
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
Apparently prototyped in Lego.
Squossifrage
No, it's not “still under construction”. They started moving in last month. This is an old photo (late 2016, I think).
Squossifrage
Here's a more recent photo from roughly the same angle:
caleb229546
NATO needs to be dissolved.
plutonium
Care to back that opinion up with a reason?
cynicbot
Here is a nice reason https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Heusinger
plutonium
A man who passed away in 1982 is relevant today because..?
cynicbot
Because of NATO values.
plutonium
Which ones? You're not giving me much to go on here..
OdiumToJoy
Looks like something out of Tiberian Sun
nofunatparties
My brain immdiately went to the GDI and the "ribbed" look of their buildings
gx67
For realz. I can see this as a mission to defend the NATO-GDI headquarters against NOD burrowing tanks.
Hybris51129
It's really close to being a Hand of Nod. This fact pleases Kane:
ilavalamp
Peace Through Power!
XenomorphZZ
KANE LIVES!
dentalfury
Definitely going to be playing that later. Broke down and bought the ultimate collection for 20 bucks from EA. C&C 95 to Tiberian Twilight.
PhoQueTo
Way ahead of you
dentalfury
Nice! I'm in the middle of playing Generals now. I already owned the Decade version from like 10 years ago but the disc broke so I 1/2
dentalfury
wanted to back everything up and downloaded a digital copy of everything. Also a lot of my old discs were buggy as shit on Windows 10 2/2
FoxPopuliFoxDei
Neato.
groovydawgs
Looks like the #4 attachment to my hair clippers.
RoxanneLaWin
I got some new clippers yesterday, and the guard starts at #6. That’s bullshit, right? I’m not overreacting?
00r3d
Looks more like my #400000
spug3t
It must be designed by some danish.
LooseyGooseyBrett
Pubic hair?
thisiswhathappenslarrywhenyoufindastrangerinthealps
I loled
Vicissitude
Good lord, your pubes must be thicker than a bowl of oatmeal D:
NoUserNamesLeftToChooseFrom
NATO gonna cut someone?
underscoreneckbeard
Nah, just give them a nice trim.
WarthogFrank
I want this to go to front page just so people can see your comment.
SgtDingleBerry69
Pubes*
knickknackpaddywhackgiveadogabone
That's a number 2 mate.
iamspartan1262
I was just gonna say that
unownlanguage
That is a beautiful description
GNiko
They haven't installed the engines yet.
BorkLocutus
There will be no engines. Only minaret towers.
BorkLocutus
And adhans every morning at 5 am.
indrada3290609
It was a joke...
ChuckKarma
SHIELD heliquarters
Pseudosim
How about the bomb shelter?
TheInfamousPenguin
But when they do! The Soviet Union shall crumble!
justvenomcake
The secret one.
HerpestonMcDerping
Hail Hydra
WhatInTheSamhillisaPuma
Hail hydra!
Lamech777
HeretiCorpHasAnDFAcannon
You're saluting the wrong building. The dark evil comes from here:
Knilore
That's too easy and they're useless for Hydra. Hydra has maybe 12 there just to watch for laughs and just in case.
RanchoCucamonga
For all the crap the US gets, under US world leadership and after adopting US inspired economic systems ~3 billion are out of poverty.
RavensX1X
Shhh, around these parts US=evil.
snewsh
watch you dont cut youself with that edge.
HeretiCorpHasAnDFAcannon
Ninja's don't get cut.
BenjaminT247
Megarith
Honestly one is just the foreign branch of the other.
override367
eh? NATO serves a real purpose, Russia are starting to develop a real... 19th century America vibe to them
Megarith
Elaborate?
override367
they've invaded two countries and seized territory in the last decade
Dramacian
FYI on the design https://www.nato.int/cps/su/natohq/topics_49287.htm Btw it seems it's finished, old pic this is.
greenhead
Thanks Yoda
WhoYouGonnaCallGhostNappa
Thanks, that was a good read
Dramacian
My pleasure :)
Hybris51129
Still seems odd to have sustainability be such a big issue in what would be a military target.
plutonium
This is the political HQ in Brussels. The military HQ is located just outside Mons.
Dramacian
Sustainability is a big issue for all new (and old) constructions in Europe. War or not.
DavidBrooker
1. Militaries exist to enact policy, including regarding the environment. 2. Climate change is a major national security issue. 1/2
DavidBrooker
3. Although NATO must be prepared for war, building with the long-term future in mind is symbolic that NATO's existence can prevent war. 2/2
kawaiitankguy
money saved on energy expenditures can be put towards more bullets and fuel and parts
Ristari
There some functionality aspect I'm not getting here? Seems architecturally a waste of a lot of space
gewalt
airplane defense
IlIIlllIIIIIllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllll
More windows, more natural light. If you've ever worked in a cubicle without a window, you'd get it.
Pandallum
They've left space open for future expansion possibilities
marsgoose
The fuck they care, they have us peasants paying for it anyhow.
jamadrien
And the loss of functionality and efficiency if someone wanted to go across to the other side or corner.
TakeTheStairs
if you're not an architect then , yes, there is something you are missing here.
Tinman2022
Obviously each of those prongs is a missile. Duh.
Hybris51129
Considering what all the Command & Conquer games have taught me I would agree with you.
eggmuffin
Every building should be a featureless cube, right?
Cyclicus
Apparently some people think a sq ft of constructed physical office space is less expensive than a sq ft of well, air.
MothMonsterMan
CrazyforRAMU
Place is huge; breaking up the mass is the only way to get natural light in. Also safety factors about evacuating quickly.
FiftyShadesOfCauliflower
And you can green up the intermediate spaces. Plant rows of trees for a more pleasant view and air purification.
Elconquesodor
+1 for concise knowledge drop
promilleken1
Yup, in the winter when it freezes they have to heat it and like Brussels Airport they are using electrical heating against the regulations.
thenewteddy
military HQ's are prime targets in war, I'm sure that factored into it somehow.
Squossifrage
This isn't a military HQ, it's an administrative one.
d0o0o0d
JohnnyricoMC
SHAPE is located elsewhere. This is just for the paper pushers.
vtwzqp5
Paper pushers? Seems like you have less respect for people who dont kill ither people?!
JohnnyricoMC
If you want to be offended about mere words, go to tumblr.
apercent
Does it need to be that functional? It's not an actual base it's a headquarters
Thingsthatmakeyousayhmmm
It’s called “other people’s money”
Mechles
Have you seen the size of the pentagon?
YoungJables
Yeah boi show me the size of thay Pentagon. Oh you nasty.
stonebrood
windows make a work environment more pleasant and if you're deciding how missiles should be used you don't wanna be stressed
hagb
Until it fucking resets on you at 8am when you walk away from your desk to get coffee and take a morning shit. ARRRRGGGHHH
Monka42
I gotta agree with this person.
JosephStafford
Just like NATO always wasting resources.
MrDeadsr
They needs lots of space to have pointless meetings
MrDeadsr
Wow many downvotes. They hold no power, can't enforce anything and there are too many powers with veto. So it's useless
JediArchitect
Although I can’t see the time of day, the shadows on the right hand side of the glass curtain walls let me think that is north and 1/?
JediArchitect
That means the long “fingers” run east to west for better natural daylighting opportunities, which is also why they are shallow. 2/?
JediArchitect
The spacing between them can allow for daylight in between the plazas; spacing is based on the height so the plaza. 3/3
9point3x62
Actually offsetting the segments of the building makes egress routes shorter. It spreads out the total area but it makes it safer for fires
9point3x62
..or evacuations. If the building with the same area was just one big rectangle the offices in the center would be much further to a door.
9point3x62
Shorter egress routes are better for getting people in/out of their offices, and quicker to evacuate during a fire.
d0o0o0d
It's a military HQ. If it can be set on fire, someone fucked up. That place needs to be designed with 'surviving airstrikes' in mind.