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> here comes the archologies..., and in moscow no less...
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post Dec 31 2007, 01:44 PM
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http://www.gizmag.com/crystal-island-the-w...-building/8566/
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post Dec 31 2007, 02:50 PM
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whoa...thats pretty wild
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post Dec 31 2007, 04:34 PM
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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. 8)
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post Dec 31 2007, 05:08 PM
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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.
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post Dec 31 2007, 09:18 PM
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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...
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post Dec 31 2007, 09:31 PM
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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.
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post Jan 1 2008, 11:44 AM
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The outside mimicked Mt. Fugi if I recall.

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post Jan 1 2008, 06:41 PM
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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. :grinbig:
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post Jan 1 2008, 09:02 PM
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QUOTE (hobgoblin @ Dec 31 2007, 04:18 PM)
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.

This the one you were thinking of? There also was a BBC documentary on it two or three years ago.
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post Jan 1 2008, 09:30 PM
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That's still far away in the future.
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post Jan 1 2008, 10:42 PM
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This the one you were thinking of?

No - but that one is awesome.
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post Jan 2 2008, 01:28 AM
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QUOTE (hobgoblin @ Dec 31 2007, 04:18 PM)
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.

This 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...
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post Jan 2 2008, 01:42 AM
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This the one you were thinking of?

I love this bit ...

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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.
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post Jan 2 2008, 02:03 AM
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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?)
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post Jan 2 2008, 05:09 AM
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It's easier to fleece the investors.
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post Jan 2 2008, 04:33 PM
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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.
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post Jan 2 2008, 06:00 PM
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What about iSky City. There was a bit on it in extreme engineering, and I remember something about it being given a more serious look more recently.
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post Jan 2 2008, 06:16 PM
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What about iSky City. 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.
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post Jan 2 2008, 07:28 PM
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ah, had more or less forgotten about that one.
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post Jan 2 2008, 08:55 PM
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So Russia wants to build an archology on that swampy island in the middle of the river?

Heh - why not demolish the Cathedral of Christ the Savior again, since that's where Stalin was going to build his?
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post Jan 2 2008, 09:04 PM
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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!
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post Jan 2 2008, 10:08 PM
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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!

they better build the first 3 cheap then, or they'll go bankrupt first =P
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post Jan 2 2008, 11:53 PM
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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!
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post Jan 3 2008, 03:55 AM
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I don't think natural selection is the best idea for making buildings.
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post Jan 3 2008, 03:51 PM
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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!

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