Archinect - News2024-11-08T06:48:16-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150117085/chicago-architects-launch-parody-campaign-to-build-a-golden-border-wall-for-trump
Chicago architects launch parody campaign to build a golden border wall for Trump Mackenzie Goldberg2019-01-15T15:59:00-05:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4e/4eae25d393aa06861463739e404150e4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The architects behind the<a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/149981701/chicago-design-firm-casts-hammy-metaphor-over-trump-tower" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <em><a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/149981701/chicago-design-firm-casts-hammy-metaphor-over-trump-tower" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Flying Pigs on Parade</a> </em>project—which planned to install four golden pig-shaped balloons in front of the infamous Trump Tower Chicago sign—are back with another anti-Trump parody, this time mocking the President's proposed <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/35987/border-wall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">border wall</a>. </p>
<p>New World Projects, the Chicago-based firm known for creating visual commentary on the ridiculous nature of our current political environment, has released renderings and an accompanying <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/a-better-border-wall-for-america" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GoFundMe campaign</a> for a prototype wall that would surround the Mar-a-Lago resort and golf club in Palm Beach, Florida. </p>
<p>Mocking Trump's penchant for ambitiously gaudy design, the proposal promises a 30-foot tall, gold finished picket fence on one side, that would be electrified on the other by six new coal plants built along the border. The project's website cynically describes, "the bad guys on the other side can look through and imagine the riches and moral integrity of being American."</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a9/a950ef5b755e94b9896cfeeff9653061.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a9/a950ef5b755e94b9896cfeeff9653061.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy of New World Projects.</figcaption></figure><p>Throughout the hyp...</p>