Skyscraper in Tokyo set to be twice as tall as Burj Khalifa

[+4vsgorillas-Apebane]

2045

I will be in my 60s and too busy yelling at kids to get off my lawn. Good times ahead.

what's the point??

i find high-rises ugly.

Dense population centers are more efficient energy wise on a per capital basis. Saves money, space and the environment.

Have their drawbacks though.

 

[jamahir]

Dense population centers are more efficient energy wise on a per capital basis. Saves money, space and the environment.

Have their drawbacks though.

1. urban population can as well reside in 30x40 feet single-storey/upper-storey houses set within a garden... there is no reason for builders to automatically build apartment complexes even when land is available.

2. there can be satellite cities to take pressure off the main cities... these smaller cities can be developed from foundation to be harmonious, including no private personal transport ( cars, suv's, motorcycles etc ) and all citizen transport arranged through efficient and regular buses that run on biofuel.

"An advanced city is not a place where the poor move about in cars, rather it's where even the rich use public transportation"
- enrique penalosa, a former mayor of bogota city.

3. electricity can be free, especially when speaking of socialist countries.

4. apartment complexes and unnecessary capitalist office blocks cause environmental and social degradation... especially i know this from living in india.

 

[+4vsgorillas-Apebane]

1. urban population can as well reside in 30x40 feet single-storey/upper-storey houses set within a garden... there is no reason for builders to automatically build apartment complexes even when land is available.

2. there can be satellite cities to take pressure off the main cities... these smaller cities can be developed from foundation to be harmonious, including no private personal transport ( cars, suv's, motorcycles etc ) and all citizen transport arranged through efficient and regular buses that run on biofuel.

3. electricity can be free, especially when speaking of socialist countries.

4. apartment complexes and unnecessary capitalist office blocks cause environmental and social degradation... especially i know this from living in india.

Bro, Im afraid your socialist ideals have made you view the human race through rose tinted lenses. Harmonious populations are a pipe dream and people will drive larger vehicles and consume beyond their needs in order to satisfy petty egos.

 

[Maarkhoor]

Skyscraper in Tokyo set to be twice as tall as Burj Khalifa

Japan plans to build the tallest building in the world which could be twice as tall as the current world’s tallest skyscraper Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

The building, Sky Mile Tower, is set to reach a height of 5,577 feet and host up to 55,000 people in Tokyo bay, an inlet southeast of the Japanese capital.

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According to the Architectural Digest, if the plans for the building are accepted, they would be surrounded by a series of man-made hexagonal islands. These islands are designed to protect Tokyo from flooding and act as foundation for homes for around half a million people.

The tower and satellite islands, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and engineering firm Leslie E Robertson, are planned to be partially powered by it transit system. Further, wind farms, solar panels and algae farms on the islands are planned to provide electricity.

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The tower will have “multilevel sky lobbies where residents would share amenities such as shopping centers, restaurants, hotels, gyms, libraries, and health clinics,” according to Architectural Digest.

Also, the tower’s facade is designed to collect filter and store water preventing the need to pump water to the top floors.

The skyscraper is set to be completed by 2045.

Skyscraper in Tokyo set to be twice as tall as Burj Khalifa - The Express Tribune
@Nihonjin1051 @MaarKhoor @django

I am not expert but Japan should avoid this type of buildings because lot of earthquakes reported in recent times even I am against such show off instead build free universities for underdeveloped countries and educate student with best Japanese tech.

 

[jamahir]

Bro, Im afraid your socialist ideals have made you view the human race through rose tinted lenses.

not quite.

socialism allows its followers to recognize the wrongs and intentional/unintentional atrocities that many humans can do, and socialism desires its followers to unite to rectify the mistakes of others either by discussion engagement with the others or through revolution.

Harmonious populations are a pipe dream and people will drive larger vehicles and consume beyond their needs in order to satisfy petty egos.

i agree that many people, especially the neo-rich middle-class, will constantly seek to consume beyond their need so that their petty egos can be sated via showing off to their neighbors and office co-workers and relatives.

but i don't see why harmonious societies must be a pipe-dream... human society is made of humans who can be convinced through various means... difficult but can be achieved... it is for this reason that i edited-in in my previous post a famous statement from a former mayor of bogota city, enrique penalosa :

"An advanced city is not a place where the poor move about in cars, rather it's where even the rich use public transportation"

 

[XenoEnsi-14]

These projects hardly every get through - the world's tallest building was going to be built in Karachi - but not even a brick was laid.

But, this is Japan.

 

[Aepsilons]

Awesome!

 

[LeGenD]

IMO, such a skyscraper is not practical. At a certain height, vibrations will be felt and scare the occupants.

For example:

The Burj Khalifa is specially designed to conquer the wind, a goal that becomes more and more important as altitude increases. The building rises to the heavens in several separate stalks, which top out unevenly around the central spire. This somewhat odd-looking design deflects the wind around the structure and prevents it from forming organized whirlpools of air current, or vortices, that would rock the tower from side to side and could even damage the building. Even with this strategic design, the 206-story Burj Khalifa will still sway slowly back and forth by about 2 meters at the very top.

Source: Confusing The Wind: The Burj Khalifa, Mother Nature, and the Modern Skyscraper - Student Pulse

Then there is also the temperature aspect.

Star Wars like projects look good in fantasy but they are not necessarily practical in real life.

 

[ADITYA MAYUKH]

I could write a full email while falling from that thing.

i can surely penetrate through someones system with a good level of security in that much time.

 

[xyxmt]

I could write a full email while falling from that thing.

thats only if you are good at spelling and dont need help from Google

 

[Sky lord]

Why 2045? 25 years to build one building? Are they waiting for technology to be advanced enough to build this? ...some kind of technology and engineering capability demonstration? Or waiting for all of us to forget that they said they would do this?

If it happens, I am all for advancing engineering and technology ! Good for Japan

 

[Musafir117]

Banzai Nippon