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Saw this one some architecture blog via Raw Story the other day. The comments following the story were depressingly predictable and inane: "Don't we have enough tall buildings, Why don't we spend the money on MY personal pet interests, can't we go back to living in huts and growing our own vegetables, etc. etc."
I think a lot of people out there genuinely don't comprehend the fact that we're going to have 9 billion people to house fairly soon, and that arable land needs to be preserved for wilderness and agriculture. I'd move into this complex at the drop of a hat.
So sky's the limit, even for architects and house builders.
To comment on previous comment, imagine people who live their entire life up in the sky, without not ever setting foot on ground level!
I can hear the droll chuckleing of Osama bin Laden, seated with his bodyguards around his western Pakistani campfire now: "I hear Atta's brother is now learning how to fly planes. Let's give him a call. World's tallest building? Not for long."
Chris,
Japan's population is actually stagnate. They are expected to fall to 101 million by 2050. As with ALL Western/advanced nations on Earth. Japan's fertility rate is nowhere near at growth levels. In fact the total fertility rate is a mere 1.3
America, at 2.5ish is currently just maintaining its population due to illegal immigrants. As much as I despise illegal immigration (it has made life here in Mexifornia a third world crapfest)- at least it's better than outright extinction.
So, typically, the places in the world that actually have rising populations (mostly Muslim) are exactly those places least likely to invest in enormously expensive and vastly complicated artificial environments. As cool as giant Paolo Soleri hyperbuildings are from a futurist standpoint, I don't see them being much use to mankind from a pragmatic standpoint.
A massive dose of modern "progressive" consumerist values has been shown to be the quickest and most peaceful way to kill off a population (It has certainly worked for Europe – Russia, Italy, Germany, England, Spain etc. are all at suicidal levels. Say what you will about the Catholic church and “traditional values,” they at least knew the value of regenerating the workforce.
Now if suddenly lifespan were to be radically extended for all, then the equation might change I guess. But as it stands now, I think overpopulation is the least of Japan’s worries in the next few decades.
If anyone has read the interview with Philip K. Dick, after he viewed a 20 minute preview of Blade Runner, you may recall the way he rhapsodized about the opening sequence, and proclaimed that a huge police building jutting far above the skyline of the city was his perfect visual impression of the world 40 years hence…that was in 1980…well, this one is for you, PKD – (minus the cops).
Look at the Mt. Fuji-style structural shape of this silly "idea building" that will never be built--would you really want to live in such a mega- anthill?
I sure as _hell_ wouldn't. No way.
Yea this will go nowhere I predict, like that city-ship thing. There is just no truly compelling reason for such things besides the "coolness" factor.
Sort of like giant armored walking mechs with gatling guns and particle cannons. Hell the M-1 is probably the last main battle tank we'll ever see, let alone 300 ton walking behemoths. Such things are a mainstay of sci-fi warfare, yet have pretty much a zero chance of ever being built in any forseaable future.
What is the effect of one million people flushing their toilets at once, at 1lb per person , at 1000 lbs per ton, thats a thousand tons a day. Using x=1/gtsquared and then f=mv you can calculate the force.I certainly would hate to live on the bottom floor..
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