Ok, get ready for the strangest, most audacious project you’ve seen in a long time. Our friends at Architizer just tipped us off to BOOM, a $250 million community being developed in Rancho Mirage, outside of Palm Springs, that includes some pretty inventive, or (maybe more like it) wacky designs by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, LOT-EK, J.Mayer H., and seven more firms. The ultra-expressive project, set to begin construction next year, will include 300 residences built in eight neighborhoods, each designed by a different firm (important note: the developer, Matthias Hollwich, is a co-founder of Architizer). It will also include an entertainment complex, a boutique hotel, and a wellness center. According to Curbed LA, the community was “originally conceived with gay people in mind,” but welcomes all people and all ages. Diller Scofidio’s contribution is a large marketplace with a light swooping roof canopy and a central outdoor plaza (should be toasty in the summertime).The schemes seem to take the dominant mid-century Modern aesthetic of Palm Springs and twist it into a computer-enabled jumble of extreme formal gymnastics. So without further ado, hold on to your seatbelts and check out these pictures of BOOM: