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Posted by: hobgoblin Dec 31 2007, 01:44 PM
http://www.gizmag.com/crystal-island-the-worlds-largest-single-building/8566/
Posted by: The Red Menace Dec 31 2007, 02:50 PM
whoa...thats pretty wild
Posted by: Moon-Hawk Dec 31 2007, 04:34 PM
All that in one building? The logistics of managing all that are staggering! Why, they might even need some kind of expert program to assist in the administration of an arcology that size. 
Posted by: Alex Dec 31 2007, 05:08 PM
I remember watching something about a similar building in Japan on the Science channel but now I can't find it. If I am remembering it correctly, the Japan building is still in early, early planning but would be bigger than this. It looks like this one is ready to get started though.
Posted by: hobgoblin Dec 31 2007, 09:18 PM
| QUOTE (Alex) |
| I remember watching something about a similar building in Japan on the Science channel but now I can't find it. If I am remembering it correctly, the Japan building is still in early, early planning but would be bigger than this. It looks like this one is ready to get started though. |
if we are thinking about the same one (a pyramid of some sort?), the one in japan appeared more like a architects wet dream then a true building...
Posted by: Alex Dec 31 2007, 09:31 PM
| QUOTE (hobgoblin) |
| if we are thinking about the same one (a pyramid of some sort?), the one in japan appeared more like a architects wet dream then a true building... |
That's the one - it was pyramid-esque. Think a stack of nesting bowls in a large tower. Each "bowl" was basically a football (american or "soccer") stadium full of apartments and/or businesses with a park where the field/pitch would be.
Posted by: DTFarstar Jan 1 2008, 11:44 AM
The outside mimicked Mt. Fugi if I recall.
Chris
Posted by: ElFenrir Jan 1 2008, 06:41 PM
Heh, i have the thought of some rogue AI going insane here to the tune of ''КоробеÌ?йники''(Korobeiniki, or varied spellings). AKA: the main theme to Tetris. 
Posted by: TW Jan 1 2008, 09:02 PM
| QUOTE (Alex) | ||
That's the one - it was pyramid-esque. Think a stack of nesting bowls in a large tower. Each "bowl" was basically a football (american or "soccer") stadium full of apartments and/or businesses with a park where the field/pitch would be. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimizu_Mega-City_Pyramid the one you were thinking of? There also was a BBC documentary on it two or three years ago.
Posted by: Grinder Jan 1 2008, 09:30 PM
That's still far away in the future.
Posted by: Alex Jan 1 2008, 10:42 PM
| QUOTE (TW) |
| This the one you were thinking of? |
No - but that one is awesome.
Posted by: hobgoblin Jan 2 2008, 01:28 AM
| QUOTE (TW) | ||||
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimizu_Mega-City_Pyramid the one you were thinking of? There also was a BBC documentary on it two or three years ago. |
that was the one i had in mind...
Posted by: Fortune Jan 2 2008, 01:42 AM
| QUOTE (TW) |
| This the one you were thinking of? |
I love this bit ...
| QUOTE (Wiki) |
| The proposed structure is so large that it cannot be built with currently available materials, due to their weight. The design relies on the future availability of super-strong lightweight materials based on carbon nanotubes. |
Posted by: Jaid Jan 2 2008, 02:03 AM
yeah, it's got nothing on my superbuilding made out of solid unobtanium built using handwavium robots =P
*my* superbuilding is the size of a planet and can instantly transport across the universe at will! =S
(i mean, if you're just gonna make stuff up, why settle for reasonable goals?)
Posted by: Kingmaker Jan 2 2008, 05:09 AM
It's easier to fleece the investors.
Posted by: Moon-Hawk Jan 2 2008, 04:33 PM
| QUOTE (Jaid) |
| yeah, it's got nothing on my superbuilding made out of solid unobtanium built using handwavium robots =P *my* superbuilding is the size of a planet and can instantly transport across the universe at will! =S (i mean, if you're just gonna make stuff up, why settle for reasonable goals?) |
Of course, before it can do that you need an Italian plumber to collect 6 big power stars.
Posted by: Kayos Frawg Jan 2 2008, 06:00 PM
What about ihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_City_1000. There was a bit on it in extreme engineering, and I remember something about it being given a more serious look more recently.
Posted by: Alex Jan 2 2008, 06:16 PM
| QUOTE (Kayos Frawg) |
| What about ihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_City_1000. There was a bit on it in extreme engineering, and I remember something about it being given a more serious look more recently. |
That's the one that I was thinking of.
Posted by: hobgoblin Jan 2 2008, 07:28 PM
ah, had more or less forgotten about that one.
Posted by: Mr. Unpronounceable Jan 2 2008, 08:55 PM
So Russia wants to build an archology on that swampy island in the middle of the river?
Heh - why not demolish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour_%28Moscow%29 again, since that's where Stalin was going to build http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Soviets?
Posted by: Moon-Hawk Jan 2 2008, 09:04 PM
| QUOTE (Mr. Unpronounceable) |
| So Russia wants to build an archology on that swampy island in the middle of the river? |
Of course, the first one will sink into the swamp. So they'll build a second one. That one will sink into the swamp. So they'll build a third one, which will burn down, fall over, then sink into the swamp. But the fourth one will stay up!
Posted by: Jaid Jan 2 2008, 10:08 PM
| QUOTE (Moon-Hawk) | ||
Of course, the first one will sink into the swamp. So they'll build a second one. That one will sink into the swamp. So they'll build a third one, which will burn down, fall over, then sink into the swamp. But the fourth one will stay up! |
they better build the first 3 cheap then, or they'll go bankrupt first =P
Posted by: Jhaiisiin Jan 2 2008, 11:53 PM
| QUOTE |
| Of course, the first one will sink into the swamp. So they'll build a second one. That one will sink into the swamp. So they'll build a third one, which will burn down, fall over, then sink into the swamp. But the fourth one will stay up! |
And that's what they'll get! The strongest arcology in the land!
Posted by: Slump Jan 3 2008, 03:55 AM
I don't think natural selection is the best idea for making buildings.
Posted by: Moon-Hawk Jan 3 2008, 03:51 PM
| QUOTE (Jhaiisiin) | ||
And that's what they'll get! The strongest arcology in the land! |
Posted by: Spike Jan 3 2008, 05:52 PM
| QUOTE (Moon-Hawk) | ||
Of course, the first one will sink into the swamp. So they'll build a second one. That one will sink into the swamp. So they'll build a third one, which will burn down, fall over, then sink into the swamp. But the fourth one will stay up! |
In Mother Russia the Buildings Swamp YOU!
Posted by: Demerzel Jan 3 2008, 06:50 PM
| QUOTE (Slump) |
| I don't think natural selection is the best idea for making buildings. |
It makes me feel antiquated that not everyone on this forum immediately recognizes that dialogue, let alone completing the rest of the scene in their head...
Posted by: FriendoftheDork Jan 5 2008, 09:10 AM
| QUOTE (Moon-Hawk) | ||
Of course, the first one will sink into the swamp. So they'll build a second one. That one will sink into the swamp. So they'll build a third one, which will burn down, fall over, then sink into the swamp. But the fourth one will stay up! |
No, the fourth one will mysteriously disappear into a time loop and will reappear again to help mankind in it's greatest need
The name of the place is... bjorstovika 5!
Posted by: Alex Jan 5 2008, 03:13 PM
| QUOTE (FriendoftheDork) |
| The name of the place is... bjorstovika 5! |
Babylon 5 reference?
I got lost about halfway through Season 3 and never picked it back up.
Posted by: FrankTrollman Jan 5 2008, 03:23 PM
I think the key is that this will be the pace that Vladimir Putin puts his giant laser to fire at the moon. It can be a much bigger and better laser than the one that the Ba'hai keep in the Lotus Temple.
-Frank
Posted by: MJBurrage Jan 7 2008, 11:23 PM
| QUOTE (Demerzel) | ||
It makes me feel antiquated that not everyone on this forum immediately recognizes that dialog, let alone completing the rest of the scene in their head... |
So will the arcology be patrolled by a fluffy white rabbit?
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