....a hyperdense city designed to maximize human interaction; maximize access to shared, cost-effective infrastructural services like water and sewage; minimize the use of energy, raw materials and land; reduce waste and environmental pollution; and allow interaction with the surrounding natural environment.
The Hyper Building seeks to reduce human impact on the earth by equipping a single structure with all elements necessary for life. The inhabitants live, work, and play in the structure while the countryside around them is preserved for enjoyment, conservation, and farming--reducing the land use by 90 percent compared to a megalopolis or suburban sprawl.
As seen above in one of Soleri's diagrams on Arcosanti, the hyper building's footprint is significantly smaller than the foot print of downtown Los Angeles. The hyper building's density is 101,000 people for every 1 square kilometer, compared to the density of downtown LA of 100,000 people for every 33 square kilometers.
Energy Diagram
The tower's foundation extends 195 meters below grade and the tower rises to a height of 1000 meters. (That's 3281 feet, or over two times the height of the Sears Tower.)
(orginal illustration)
Soleri addresses an increasingly pressing issue of resource conservation; however at the proposed scale (1 kilometer tall!), the Hyper Building seems a little overly ambitious at this time. Besides the doubtful feasibility of construction, the Hyper Building is a fascinating study of the blend of architecture and ecology--creating an inhabitable and self-sustaining environment. In the future, perhaps buildings similar to the Hyper Building will be integrated into existing cities, rather than being isolated as the architect has proposed. That way, the structures would replace older buildings as condensed living environments.
Hyper Buildings "Invading" Phoenix
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i like your speculation. trevor did this precident as well fyi.
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