SkyCity 1000 - Potential 1000m skyscraper!

[Gr44]

I was watching a documentary last night ( Extreme Engineering ) and it was amazing.

They're looking at building a 1000m tall building that is basically a 'city' in it's own right. Capable of holding 35,000 residents and 100,000 office workers.

One building with 135,000 people in it?! Blimey!

Some links below for you to check it out:

YouTube - SKY CITY 1000 PROJECT JAPAN

Sky City 1000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

SKY CITY 1000

[No.72]

LOL what happens if there is a fire drill?

[Nemeliza]

I saw this.

Would be crazy if it worked, just imagine how much land could be reclaimed if we built vertically instead of horizontally.

What is the temperature like 1000m up?

As for fire drills, it should be windy enough up there to blow the flames out

Nemz.

[htid]

what about this one then X-Seed 4000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That would be 4000m, 3000m taller than Sky City! It would hold 1million people, just crazy!

[Kumagoro]

reminds me of simcity 2000 and the super habitat things.

[Lucio]

It's a plausible idea, if the building is designed from scratch to accomodate things. For example, ensure that there are places to purchase food within easy walking distance of the elevators, make sure there's entertainment and social areas available and in theory, you don't ever need to leave the building.

I kinda like the idea of riding a lift to work, instead of having to drive, and also with the proper IT setup, you could even "work from home" by having work calls and IT connections.

[sammyc]

Originally Posted by Lucio

It's a plausible idea, if the building is designed from scratch to accomodate things. For example, ensure that there are places to purchase food within easy walking distance of the elevators, make sure there's entertainment and social areas available and in theory, you don't ever need to leave the building.

you'd want to though wouldn't you? fresh air & change of scene? nice jog - cycle ride - go someplace different, whatever. wouldn't you go a bit mad living in a microcosm - it just don't appeal to me. I'm permanently wishing there was more room around where I live, space between neighbours etc, but I'd rather that space was sideways than up. I suppose it would work that way if the reclaimed horizontal land was actually used to keep some open space but wouldn't it just get encroached on anyway in the end.

[Funkstar]

These things wouldn't be for everyone, but i think there are plenty of poeple that would like it just fine. There are probably millions of comuters around the world that barely get out into the 'fresh' air anyway. Airconditioned house into air conditioed car, into air conditioned office and then the same on the way home. Their leasure time is spent in are conditioned malls, cinemas, gyms, resteraunts, etc. It's the urban dream, no?

[Mike Fishcake]

Originally Posted by No.72

LOL what happens if there is a fire drill?

That's what I thought too!

Maybe have a really, really, really big slide

[Lucio]

Originally Posted by sammyc

you'd want to though wouldn't you? fresh air & change of scene? nice jog - cycle ride - go someplace different, whatever. wouldn't you go a bit mad living in a microcosm - it just don't appeal to me. I'm permanently wishing there was more room around where I live, space between neighbours etc, but I'd rather that space was sideways than up. I suppose it would work that way if the reclaimed horizontal land was actually used to keep some open space but wouldn't it just get encroached on anyway in the end.

Personally I wouldn't mind, I generally go out to see people not places so it wouldn't be much of a change. Not to mention on a building of this size, what's to stop them putting a whole park in place, even if it's on the roof?

[Whiternoise]

Temps a mile up?

That's not that high.. straight up it's a lot, but it's not really that high up - it's about the same as some of the larger fells in the lake district. So temperature wise, it might get below 10 if it's windy, but not that cold.

[TooNice]

Originally Posted by Kumagoro

reminds me of simcity 2000 and the super habitat things.

First thing that came to my mind when I started reading the Gr44's description xD;

[sammyc]

Originally Posted by Mike Fishcake

That's what I thought too!

Maybe have a really, really, really big slide

i don't want to work this out http://forums.hexus.net/banter/13268...in-teaser.html on this scale, that's for sure

Originally Posted by Lucio

Personally I wouldn't mind, I generally go out to see people not places so it wouldn't be much of a change.

..yeah i guess it's a lot to do with how keen you are on other people - there is only so much of being around other people i can be doing with*, miserable sod that i am. i wouldn't go in for that kind of communal living out of choice, same as I wouldn't really want to live in any sort of flat/complex. for anyone already ok with that lifestyle it's only another progression, i can see that, & would have an upside. i just think it would feel a bit un-individual but yes better than commuting. as i say i'm a bit too near my neighbours & that's probably why going the other way & getting a bit of space to myself appeals. also get bored of the same surroundings.

*and having said that - where is everyone this evening? only single figures viewing the entirety of GD - am i missing something..?

[BlackDwarf]

They've obviously been playing a little too much SimCity 2000, those things look just like the Arcologies in it.

Oh, and there's also the Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A little too 'Blade Runner' for my liking.

[this_is_gav]

Trips to the shops from those things would become an expedition. You'd have to have to draw up plans, routes and emergency food rations.

[SiM]

Originally Posted by this_is_gav

Trips to the shops from those things would become an expedition. You'd have to have to draw up plans, routes and emergency food rations.

or you can take the lifts instead of the stairs