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there's also a crazy amount of practical considerations if it were actually built. Imagine all the logistics to send food around. The cabin fever from living o
by rtpg 9y ago
there's also a crazy amount of practical considerations if it were actually built.
Imagine all the logistics to send food around. The cabin fever from living on floor 500 and basically never touching the ground.
It would be better just to build smaller buildings.
- Stratoscope 9y ago> The cabin fever from living on floor 500 and basically never touching the ground. Your comment reminds me of a fascinating book I have, Cities Without Ground: A Hong Kong Guidebook. It is full of cutaway diagrams of different areas of Hong Kong showing how you can get around from one place to another without ever touching the ground. Like Sai Kung: "...Even at the water's edge, ground is elusive..." https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935935321 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935935321
- gwern 9y agoAlso reminds me of Kowloon: http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2014/10/28/detailed-cross-section-of-the-kowloon-walled-city-created-by-japanese-researchers/ http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2014/10/28/detailed-cross-sectio...