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Saudi Arabia Discovers It's Hard to Build a 105-Mile Skyscraper (futurism.com)

submitted 6 months ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/architecture@lemmy.ml

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[–] Gork@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I can't fathom how much money it would actually cost to build the original structure as envisioned.

200 m wide by 500 m tall, 105 miles long with 300+ mph high speed rail underground.

It's a cool idea, but completely mad to implement such a megastructure with our current technology.

[–] Belastend@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

It isnt even a cool idea. The city would be completely unusable: Most cities are somewhat circular to minize distances. The line maximes distances. No organic city growth, instead you have an extremely limiting footprint that allows no out ward expansion. Narrow street and high rise buildings sound like an absolut nightmare to me.

And dont get me started on all of the "artificial moon, robot dinosaur, human gene editing" bullshit.

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

And dont get me started on all of the "artificial moon, robot dinosaur, human gene editing" bullshit.

Wait, what? I'm sorry but now I'm curious and I'd actually like to get you started.

[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago

Heads up: this guy did the math. It’s really worth the watch.

https://youtu.be/Ak4on5uTaTg