X-SEED 4000: World’s largest structure will house 1 million people, obstruct the Sun and possibly be the future of all humankind
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The building boom in Dubai might seem miniscule in comparison to this super-mega-ultra-über structure. Being designed by Tansai Construction Corperation , this mega structure is designed to be 7 times as tall as the worlds tallest completed existent building (Taipei 101), contain 800 stories and have a footprint of 6 kilometers and be located on Tokyo harbor.
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“Designed by Taisei Construction Corporation as an “intelligent building,” the futuristically-named X-Seed 4000 would maintain light, temperature, and air pressure in response to changing external weather conditions.”
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The project is expected to run anywhere from $300 billion to $600 billion and be loacated off the coast of Tokyo.
My impressions range from: Wow this is going to really mess up Tokyo’s shipping lanes to the possible price range being one tenth of the annual budget of the United States. I am feeling that Japan, with its stagnant birth rate, has no real reason for building a structure to house 500,000 to one million people. (Except to show off)
This design was originally designed by Tobias Bernstrup and shown at a 2004 showing at the Center for Contemporary Images in Geneva. The original video is not present on the internet.
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omg finally ITS HERE !
what the eff David Blaine? Don’t the Japanese have anything better to do??
Wow. Am I the only who is actually SCARED by the thought of this? This is something straight out of a goddamned scifi movie. Like The Island. Nice, beautiful, lush and green inside. Barren desert and death outside, with all housing eradicated and these structures taking its place.
I would totally move there!!
Hey, it’s like those things in SimCity 2000. Man, the hours wasted playing that game. Good times.
I still occasionally get the itch, and have to install Sim City. I succeeded at making a super city once, and have never come anywhere near again. Luckily I still have the file for that city in storage :P
I think this would be a major target for terrorism…. just in my opinion…
Reminds me of Sim City 2k. What a kick ass game!!!!
I saw that on History Channel or something of the like a year ago or so. The massive problems in their way will be hard to solve, but awesome if it’s built anywhere in my lifetime.
@ don
i saw that too!!
they said something about title waves that would rip apart the base of it and sooner or later cause it to collapse or something… i dont exactly remember
It will never be built…
If this is built it will probably be built in space.
The trouble with a structure like this is that all materials deteriorate and there would be no material permanant enough to trust to hold up a structure this large and expensive.
@Travis honestly if something like this were built and they were able to avoid using a fossil fuel power station it would be great for the area around it because they’d be able to use public transit to get you around inside the structure and a lot of things could be self contained. Ofcourse for it to be self contained it would probably require a lot more engineering and that may not happen.
@MIKE D
They will have to use diamonds to build the stucture, it is the only material that will be able to hold without deteriorating
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
WOW! This is crazy! 13,000 feet! NO WAY!No one will build this thing! PLUS ITS TALLER THAN A MOUNTAIN! HAHAHAHAHA! NO WAY!Terriosts will totally destroy it if it has an invisible forcefield!and what about earthquakes?