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In Denmark a billionaire wanted to build a 320m skyscraper - the tallest in western europe - in the small town Brande (population 7000). https://www.theguardian
by dybber 5y ago
In Denmark a billionaire wanted to build a 320m skyscraper - the tallest in western europe - in the small town Brande (population 7000). https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/apr/01/like-the-eye-of-sauron-western-europes-tallest-building-planned-for-tiny-danish-town-brande-bestseller https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/apr/01/like-the-eye-...
It was however shelved recently.
- the_mitsuhiko 5y agoA skyscraper in a tiny town sounds like a tricky thing to do. Those buildings require a lot of supporting infrastructure that is expensive if you only run it for a single building.
- londons_explore 5y agoI disagree... All the infrastructure scales with the population supported. It doesn't matter if it's 2000 people living in a huge 500-flat skyscraper or 2000 people living in 10 streets 50 houses long. They're all gonna need the same amount of parking, parks, shops, employment, education, entertainment, etc. They'll also pay the same taxes to fund all that stuff. The construction effort or materials of a skyscraper probably isn't much different to 10 streets of 50 houses either.
- the_mitsuhiko 5y ago> I disagree... All the infrastructure scales with the population supported. It doesn't matter if it's 2000 people living in a huge 500-flat skyscraper or 2000 people living in 10 streets 50 houses long. It does. Because a Skyscraper needs infrastructure which flat houses do not (Special water pumps, specially trained firefighters, support for rapid evacuation). Having a lot of people in one tall building creates challenges that a small town is not ready for.