- X-Seed 4000
The X-Seed 4000 is the tallest
building ever fully envisioned, meaning that the designs for construction have been completed.The X-Seed 4000 "was never meant to be built," says Georges Binder, managing director of Buildings & Data, a firm which compiles data banks on buildings worldwide. "The purpose of the plan was to earn some recognition for the firm, and it worked." [ [http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/070912x-seed.asp X-Seed Inspires Tall Tales | News | Architectural Record ] ]
Its proposed convert|4000|m|ft|0 height, convert|6|km|mi|1|abbr=on wide sea-base, and 800 floor capacity could accommodate five hundred thousand to one million inhabitants.
It was designed for
Tokyo ,Japan by theTaisei Corporation in 1995 [ [http://digitalstudio.gre.ac.uk/content/view/125/31/ Contemporary Theories of Architecture Brief - the Digital Studio ] ] as a futuristic environment combining ultra-modern living and interaction with nature. [ [http://www.emporis.com/en/cd/cm/?id=100207 Taisei Construction Co. Ltd ] ]Unlike conventional skyscrapers, the X-Seed 4000 would be required to actively protect its occupants from considerable air pressure gradations and weather fluctuations along its massive elevation. Its design calls for the use of solar power to maintain internal environmental conditions.
A sea-based location and a
Mount Fuji shape are some of this building's other major design features — the real Mount Fuji is land-based and is convert|3776|m|ft|0|abbr=on in height, nearly convert|224|m|ft|0|abbr=on shorter than X-Seed 4000.Some estimate that the cost to construct the X-Seed 4000 structure may be somewhere between US$300-900 billion, in 2006 dollars. [ [http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/?p=24 Accelerating Future » X-Seed 4000 ] ]
See also
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taeology
*World's tallest structures
*The Illinois
*Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid
*Sky City 1000 References
External links
* [http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/?p=24 AcceleratingFuture.com Article]
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=103142 Emporis.com Reference]
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