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X-Seed 4000
- fogihujy 6y agoI'm getting some serious Judge Dredd-vibes from reading the description.
- Yizahi 6y agoX-Seed, this is Ma-Ma...
- nness 6y agoI was expecting a HTTP header...
- joosters 6y ago... This structure would be composed of over 3,000,000 tons of steel ... ... living and interaction with wildlife and nature ... The only interaction with nature this monstrosity would have is by squashing it.
- ceejayoz 6y agoNot sure I agree. I'd rather have one of these than flat suburban sprawl for dozens of miles around.
- girvo 6y agoAlmost a would-be real life Arcology from Sim City 2000. I wonder if we’ll ever see them realised?
- baybal2 6y agoThe precursor project: (in Russian) https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%E2%80%94_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B0_4000 https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BD%D1%8F... The funny story about it is that Japanese were unpleasantly shocked with architectural, and engineering plan "sounding scarily too realistic," and asked to "dumb it down a bit," for what the architect refused, and thus it went to Martin Pascoe. I guess they were afraid of Tokyo actually asking them to go forward with it.
- filenox 6y agoYouTube channel "The B1M" published quite a few videos about why supertall skyscrapers aren't interesting to build: [1], [2], [3]. To summarize: they're very expensive to build and the turnover is uncertain. [1] Why Dubai Creek Tower Stopped - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPUOOz30dJQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPUOOz30dJQ [2] The Greatest Skyscrapers Never Built - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RxbSBWC8hw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RxbSBWC8hw [3] Will There Ever Be Another World's Tallest Building? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4CCY9RJeD4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4CCY9RJeD4