remix17 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 At 13,123 feet high, the massive, mountain-shaped building envisioned by Japan's Taisei Construction Company would overshadow Mount Fuji itself by nearly 700 feet. That's the equivalent of NINE Empire State Buildings stood one upon the other! The building, known as the X-Seed 4000, is designed to house up to one million residents on as many as 800 floors! Designers have had to consider tricky questions of temperature and pressure differentials between the base and topmost floors, and are looking to utilize solar power to solve these and other critical issues. The cost, you ask? Somewhere between $300 and $900 billion... what's that, an Iraq War or two? Couple of manned Mars missions? Quite do-able - if you're Japan, one of the world's richest countries. One might think the Japanese government would never allow the placing of an edifice the size of the X-Seed 4000 anywhere near sacred Mount Fuji, but Taisei's plans call for the monumental mini-city to rise relatively close by, rising up upon huge caissons sunk deep into the mire underlying Tokyo Bay. Could it happen? Well, skeptical citizens of Florence, Italy, scoffed at Leonardo da Vinci's detailed drawings of helicopters and other flying machines. Yet da Vinci's dreams did take flight, centuries later. I wouldn't rush to put down a deposit on a unit just yet, but Taisei's outrageous X-Seed 4000 proposal has the same potential to fly high. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virgo89 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 atleast no one can commit suicide by jumping from the top :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argonite Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I don't know if I want to live that high. I mean an airplane ride, or two, fine. I'm afraid of heights indeed. Also, even if I wasn't, the elevator music over 800 floors would kill me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanChung Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Woah this is maddness! So how long will it take to reach the top floor? -10 degrees no the higest floor? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M118LR Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 In Japan, one of the most Earthquake prone country's in the world. At 12.000 FT. you need to go on Oxygen, as the air is getting to thin to breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I think I'd be sick of the elevator music after the 200th floor ... and I'd not want to live on the 800th unless the 700th had every amenity I needed - including shopping, school, work, movies, bars etc ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virgo89 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 if you're on the 800th floor for more than 12hrs and decided to come down to the surface, you will die. The pressure on the atmosphere vs the ground is very diverse. But I'am sure the Japanese will find a way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narlzac85 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I've definitely seen this on Discovery channel years ago. Pretty sure that those pictures aren't from the same design, especially the second one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenser.d Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Not gonna lie, that'd be pretty cool. But I just have to ask, "Why?" -Spenser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Not gonna lie, that'd be pretty cool. But I just have to ask, "Why?"-Spenser Because Japan wasn't blessed with an overabundance of land, so there's nowhere to go but up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenser.d Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Because Japan wasn't blessed with an overabundance of land, so there's nowhere to go but up. Good point :rofl: -Spenser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 wak... there will be how mush fast-food, supermarket and bars in that? Oh, they should make an hotel at the top, so people on bottom could pass their vacancy somewhere else then their houses... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanChung Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 A myth rather? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 So the building will be disguised as an artificial mountain of sorts? That could be pretty cool, actually. It'd be like living underground, but you're actually far above ground... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
night_stalker_z Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Seems quite cool. You take the plane to work instead of the bus. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Who's gonna volunteer to do the work at the top...standing on girders 12000ft up doesn't seem very desirable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted August 25, 2007 Veteran Share Posted August 25, 2007 Not going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted August 25, 2007 Veteran Share Posted August 25, 2007 Woah this is maddness!So how long will it take to reach the top floor? -10 degrees no the higest floor? :p No this is Spartaaaaaa! :p Back on Topic I think thats pretty crazy another icon for terrorists to aim at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 That's a huge bitch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argonite Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Who's gonna volunteer to do the work at the top...standing on girders 12000ft up doesn't seem very desirable... Knowing the japanese, they'd probably automate the whole thing when it's that high up (with humans to intervene for the finer things) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadgeek9 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I don't know if I want to live that high. I mean an airplane ride, or two, fine. I'm afraid of heights indeed.Also, even if I wasn't, the elevator music over 800 floors would kill me. I'm definitely not living there, I would really hate the elevator (I am claustrophobic and afraid of heights). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shof Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 That's a huge bitch! Anit she beautiful too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chconline Veteran Posted August 26, 2007 Veteran Share Posted August 26, 2007 Guy: Hi, check this out, my house has a pressurized interior. Guy2: Nice, hey by the way whats that smell? Guy: No idea, but if you want to get rid of it, you turn on the ventilation fan... what the hell are you doing? Guy2: Opening the window, gosh that smells (Opens the window) Guy: NOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo kkkkkkkkkkk (Faints) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted August 26, 2007 Veteran Share Posted August 26, 2007 Knowing the japanese, they'd probably automate the whole thing when it's that high up (with humans to intervene for the finer things) Autobots, clean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azusa Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Not gonna lie, that'd be pretty cool. But I just have to ask, "Why?"-Spenser Why do anything? Knowing the japanese, they'd probably automate the whole thing when it's that high up (with humans to intervene for the finer things) lets hope they don't use the HOS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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