In the 1950s, Soviet engineers built a massive city in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan. It was a network of oil platforms linked by hundreds of kilometers of roads and housing 5,000 workers, with a cinema, a park and apartment blocks. Gradually disintegrating but still closely guarded, this astonishing place inspired a fiery scene in a James Bond movie. — Spiegel
It might be few weeks late but I thought this would make a great site for those who are still struggling to come up with a spiffy idea for a thesis project in architecture schools. For those who wanna, tell them Orhan sent you.
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That's really interesting, do you have a site with more detail?
Yeah, but anyplace can be a thesis site.
Yo!
Done. http://shelbydoyle.com/html/gsdthesis.html
very nice project, minus the not so great video.. did you travel to the site?
onegear is that yours?
Also...http://www.amazon.com/Baku-Oil-Urbanism-Eve-Blau/dp/3037783060/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354092245&sr=1-10&keywords=rupnik
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