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Chronic Diarrhea · **Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid -** 06-14-2007, 07:08 PM

This concept is really incredible, but who knows if it will actually ever happen?

[url:e8400]http://youtube.com/watch?v=vfsoBAT27pA&mode=related&search=[/url:e8400]

Part 1 of 5. If you have an hour or so to burn, you may be interested in watching the entire program.

[url:e8400]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimizu_Mega-City_Pyramid[/url:e8400]

[quote:e8400]The building would be zoned into residential, commercial and leisure areas. 50 km² will be given over to some 240,000 housing units, enough for 750,000 people. Each building would have its own energy resources (sun and wind). 24 km² will be assigned to offices and commercial facilities intended to employ 800,000 people. The remaining 14 km² would be used for research and leisure purposes.[/quote:e8400]

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Chronic Diarrhea is Offline 1st Lieutenant Posts: 4,318 Join Date: Jun 2002	Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid - 06-14-2007, 07:08 PM This concept is really incredible, but who knows if it will actually ever happen? [url:e8400]http://youtube.com/watch?v=vfsoBAT27pA&mode=related&search=[/url:e8400] Part 1 of 5. If you have an hour or so to burn, you may be interested in watching the entire program. [url:e8400]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimizu_Mega-City_Pyramid[/url:e8400] [quote:e8400]The building would be zoned into residential, commercial and leisure areas. 50 km² will be given over to some 240,000 housing units, enough for 750,000 people. Each building would have its own energy resources (sun and wind). 24 km² will be assigned to offices and commercial facilities intended to employ 800,000 people. The remaining 14 km² would be used for research and leisure purposes.[/quote:e8400]