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| The Shimizu Mega City Pyramid over Tokyo Bay : JAPAN |
It’s quite interesting
and funny at the same time that the Japanese are always aware of their growing
population (cool Indians and Chinese!!) their traffic congestion and their
commuting problems. In order to have a final solution to their problems they always
plan for something interesting that may feel like kidding on constructional
wonders. After the successful thesis on their own “SKY CITY” now they are
moving onto the pyramid which is also hypothetical solution for housing and
commuting problems. Their own usual manthra
of “vertical expansion” and “self sustainable buildings” joins here to form
a pyramidal village which has apartments, office space, commercial area, cinema theatres, stadium,
swimming pools, schools, hospitals, and even a monorail etc...as per the plan.
As Wikipedia says, The Shimizu TRY 2004 Mega-City Pyramid is a proposed project for construction
of a massive pyramid over Tokyo
Bay in Japan. The structure would be about 14 times higher than the Great Pyramid at Giza, and would house 1,000,000 people. The structure would be
2000 meters (6,561 feet) above
MSL, including 5 stacked trusses,
each with similar dimensions to that of the great pyramid of Giza. This pyramid
would help answer Tokyo's increasing lack of space, although the project would
only handle 1/47th of the Greater
Tokyo Area's population. 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
nano tubes.
First, the pyramid's foundation would be formed by 36 piers made of special concrete. Because
the seismically active Pacific
Ring of Fire cuts right through Japan, the external structure of the pyramid would be an open
network of mega trusses, supporting struts made from carbon nano tubes to allow the pyramid to stand against and let through high
winds, and survive earthquakes and tsunamis. The trusses would be coated with photovoltaic film to convert sunlight into electricity and help power
the city. The city will also be powered by pond scum or algae. Transportation
within the city would be provided by accelerating, inclined
elevators, and a personal
rapid transit system where automated pods would travel within the
trusses.Housing and office space would be provided by twenty-four or more
30-story high skyscrapers suspended from above and below, and attached to the
pyramid's supporting structure with nano tube cables. Large robots would assemble the truss structure,
and air bladders would be used to elevate trusses above the first layer using a
construction system proposed by Italian architect Dante Bini. Spheroid nodes at the connections between trusses would provide
structural support and serve as transfer points for travelers….read more
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