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The 2.3-square kilometer building would be able to house over 1 million people and be "almost totally self-sufficient energy-wise." By tapping into the planet's renewable resources, designers assert that it could practically be carbon-neutral, and given that transport within the machine would be connected by an "integrated 360-degree network," fuel-burning cars would be pointless. As with most things in Dubai, this one seems larger than life, but if the Burj Al Arab is any indication, there's at least a minuscule chance this thing comes to fruition. [From: World Architecture News via Inhabitat]
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Subscribe to commentscaroleAug 27th 2008 7:16AM
How awesome to think in these terms. Maybe we'll figure out how to care for our planet and one another soon....I hope so.
JimAug 27th 2008 7:39AM
Now, why would anyone want to even dream of a building with 100,000 people in it, much less more than ONE MILLION!
While the immediate building might be carbon neutral, the outside support would not be. Perishabel and other consumer goods would still need to get there.
Absurd concept on such a scale.... now, single family, and reasonable sized multi-family complexes along the same line.... that would be useful.
HeatherAug 27th 2008 7:39AM
The ziggurat/pyramid design is obviously an ages old concept. My question is this... are their gods going to get the apartment on top?
ecobuilderAug 27th 2008 7:58AM
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barryAug 27th 2008 7:56AM
If it is people that are destroying the World.....Make less people. Is it time for Population control...Like China? I think maybe it is...Let's see...How about not allowing people on Welfare to have kids...I mean, if they can't take care of themselves, how are they going to support kids?? How about Parents that abuse their kids??? No more kids for them...Don't give money to girls that get pregnant. That will reduce the number of "I need a Government Check" babies.
AvonelleAug 27th 2008 8:53AM
How about fathers actually helping to support those babies? Then possibly the teenage girls, who, by the way, didn't create a baby all by themselves, wouldn't need to depend on welfare to support the children.
M. LundbergAug 27th 2008 9:58AM
Population control!!! Absolutely!! Why aren't governments and media talking about this? Back in the early 80s, a teacher at our local high school demonstrated an "energy board," a computerized console covering about half the top of a card table. On it were levers to increase/decrease various sources of energy, as well as to increase/decrease worldwide uses of energy. No matter how we adjusted the levers, the board showed the world running out of energy in 100 years or so. The only exception was that IF WE TURNED DOWN THE POPULATION GROWTH DIAL, the energy supply would last longer. I have been a long time supporter of the concept Zero Population Growth!!! The China one-child policy seems draconian . . . unless one considers the alternative! Just like population expansion, let the spread of the Zero Population Growth idea also expand GEOMETRICALLY (2-4-8-16-32, etc.). PASS IT ON!!!
CristinaAug 27th 2008 1:00PM
Barry, people like you make me sick for your ignorant remarks. I am one of those "pregnant girls" that you speak of. Yes I did get pregnant and now rely on Medicaid to help provide a healthy pregnancy for me and my unborn child. And guess what, I am a woman with a Bachelor's Degree. So sorry if our economy is going to crap and I can't find a job that will provide me the insurance I need to take care of me and my future family. So just an FYI, not everyone that uses government help abuses those privileges.
AmyAug 27th 2008 2:10PM
How about chemically neutering men like yourself who are dumbing up the gene pool to begin with? Who do you think you are? Next you're going to say that everybody should be "lo-jacked"! If you like the idea of population control so much, maybe you need to move to China. Although I don't think they would take you.
DENNIS ABERTAug 27th 2008 8:16AM
Nesting deep in the high Arizona-Sonoran Desert, futurist architect Palo Solari has been building a "real city" with a similar Ziggurat Tower as the crowning touch. Solari came to Scottsdale, AZ from Italy to study with Frank Lloyd Wright in the early 1960's and developed the mega-city- structure "concept" at that time. In those days most people thought Solari's idea was weird + impractical + stupid since America had plenty of land, energy, water, clean air and fewer people... now America + the world is choking and we have seriously abused our land, resources and people... however the epic Greek battle between the Epicureans and Stoics flavored with the Tower of Babble will never be won by either side... the Dubai Pyramid is nothing more that a giant prison cell and a metaphor for the final coffin for mankind... isn't interesting that it Jesus' shadow can be seen in the sand... all we need to do "now" is read our manual for living life... BIBLE.
jonAug 27th 2008 8:19AM
Does anyone remember the movie Logans Run? This is not a good idea.
Mike MayesAug 27th 2008 8:43AM
This concept is finally gaining appreciation. Eco-friendly, it also allows for less topographical coverage. I don't particularly envy the idea of what might be considered a condensed city, the beneficial environmental aspects shouldn't be overlooked. As our population continues to grow, more and more space is being taken away from this fair planet.Consolidation of mass populace could save many endangered species of life, from flora to animal life. Self sufficient natural power sources might still be relatively new, investing in the development of our own natural power sources instead of wondering if one of the countries we obtain fossil fuels is pissed at us,would be a problem no longer. Short of a few imports, we could tell them we win the pissing match!
We could possibly even discontinue out-sourcing of work As youg adults, we need help from other, this way we won't require help from anyone but ourselves! Bravo to whoever had the ability to make such an ingenious presentation. Well worth researching.
Mimi KellyAug 27th 2008 9:24AM
OK... how do you deal with crime in this building? ... talk about too close for comfort. Imagine the sewage this kind of a facility would generate? the water pressure needed to sustain water usage for a million people all crammed in a a 2.3 square kilometer area... this is .89 square miles.. Can you say Matrix? This would never work unless we were all locked in pods and comatose.
sunnieAug 27th 2008 9:24AM
Wow!!! Maybe this is the answer to our prison overcrowing. Send all the prisioners here and let them fend for themselves. Yes I remember Logans Run. Prisioners - Logans Run - Possible answer to alot of todays problems.
charlesAug 27th 2008 9:38AM
Avonelle @ Aug 27th 2008 8:53AM
How about fathers actually helping to support those babies? Then possibly the teenage girls, who, by the way, didn't create a baby all by themselves, wouldn't need to depend on welfare to support the children.
How about "chasity belts" for all women until they get married. That would stop these girls/women from poppin' out kids just for the welfare checks !!
MJAug 27th 2008 10:41AM
Hey Charles how about CASTRATING you men because you can't control your Peckers. You make it sound like it is all the girls fault take some F*cking responsibility and stop blaming everyone else. Chastity belts... give me a break
tod rushingAug 27th 2008 10:43AM
The whole premise foe this 'pyramid' habitat is : its a completely socialist means of housing citizens. People living there would either work for the govt. or live on welfare. There would be no 'commuting' to a job or a shopping mall. All services would be provided by government( like mail, water, electric, TV channels and maybe phone service.,, Hell folks it would be a glorified PRISON. You had best be happy citizen
TSJAug 27th 2008 10:57AM
Maybe they can pile all the members of Hamas, Hezbollah and Al Qaeda into that hunk of crap and hit it with one good nuke. We could flush that pyramidal toilet and clean up the world a little bit.
RichardAug 27th 2008 11:24AM
Hey, 1.1 Million. All we need is 20 of these and we could let all the illegal aliens live there.
DawnAug 27th 2008 11:50AM
This looks a bit wierd to me. Too many people in one place. Although, the prison concept might work out. It is an old design, I'd like to see more.