shine through loose relations on place...critical edges of rem koolhaas..

if you haven't read about Rem Koolhaas's speach at the American University of Sharjah, let me share the following link for you:

http://www.thenational.ae/uae/heritage/dutch-architects-high-praise-for-dubai-developments

here are several keywords on the speach...
- sophistication of recent developments
- Dubai has escaped from its architectural caricatures
- involvement of the country’s rulers and the freedom they have given to designers to transform the landscape of the region

critical point of view in my opinion that highlights the so called potential of satellite developments of starchitecture, neglecting the context, place and society.

for a better understanding one can look more on koolhaas's abu dhabi or hadid's kartal projects..