tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post7659806378925800863..comments2009-03-13T15:11:46.909-07:00Avi Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12550929795356812957abramsv@gmail.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-1264051468031860692008-09-27T21:27:00.000-07:002008-09-27T21:27:00.000-07:00Bogie... Your comment made my day. Quite an idea!Avi Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12550929795356812957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-12722015233673244502008-09-27T13:14:00.000-07:002008-09-27T13:14:00.000-07:00lets build one of these over the darian gap!?<BR/><BR/>glass bottom city-structure overlooking the last and wildest uncivilized part of the world. <BR/><BR/>it would be quite poetic! the most advanced in conservation and sustainability with a view of that which is untouched.bogiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353826036275997303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-44950963039366907242008-09-19T03:14:00.000-07:002008-09-19T03:14:00.000-07:00Mainly someone said this seems like putting all your eggs in one basket - well think about it this way: Earth = One Basket. We need to spread out and this is a logical primer.<BR/><BR/>Next to the guy who said leave land to the people who appreciate it. The point of this is to give everyone the opportunity to appreciate land not divide it up and fence it off and 'customize' it.<BR/><BR/>There will never be enough land to go around and some of the best land is taken by people who assume they have a right to keep it from everyone else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-76520179288089919332008-09-06T14:51:00.000-07:002008-09-06T14:51:00.000-07:00Another cult complete with a saintly founder who enjoys his own opulent private quarters (with desert swimming pool) while his acolytes do all the drudgery trying to get his unwieldy designs to work.<BR/><BR/>He nowadays passes his time making styrofoam models for the trademark wind chimes. Incidentally, his eco-friendly minions directly invest molten metal into the styrofoam sending gouts of poisonous black hydrocarbons into the otherwise pristine high-desert skies.<BR/><BR/>"Thinking globally but acting locally." What a crock!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-92032732653812892992008-08-31T06:11:00.000-07:002008-08-31T06:11:00.000-07:00To those who dismissed the idea's based on fear filled sentiments, I am profoundly sorry. A bomb can cause 1 million casualties due to the close proximity of the living quarters? Damn, all it takes is a bigger bomb, which you know each country is always developing and the benefits of being spread out are lost, and the cons are all thats left. Destruction of natural ecosystems around the entire world have been destroyed based on people wanting to own "their" piece. At least with arcologys nature has a better chance of surviving. And humans still just have human problems, like thinking you need more than you have. Americans wake up to the world your part of please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-4149118108036131742008-08-28T06:57:00.000-07:002008-08-28T06:57:00.000-07:00These are all grand ideas that lead to something bigger. While the concerns raised by the commenters here are all valid, these represent the first step in being able to colonize other worlds once they are determined to be able to sustain life, or we have developed the capacity to make other worlds sustain life.<BR/><BR/>Arcologies like this provide us with an opportunity, built on Earth, to discover the flaws, problems, logistical hurdles and potentials for disaster that exist in the designs prior to building them in space and sending them, fully loaded, to another world, or building them on that world. If they can be made stable in an environment that is already relatively stable, they have passed the first step towards being able to support human life elsewhere in the universe. It is only a few more baby steps to design them in such a way as to be able to survive elsewhere and/or travel there under their own power and land safely.<BR/><BR/>Big plans require big ideas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-22408636836760440892008-08-28T04:26:00.000-07:002008-08-28T04:26:00.000-07:00Good work and great images.<BR/>In my blog i put another arcologies like X-Seed 4000 and Shimizu TRY 2004 Mega-City PyramidReygodohttp://www.elcaseto.esnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-49691752826784989382008-08-27T19:14:00.000-07:002008-08-27T19:14:00.000-07:00All are legitimate concerns, thanks for this neat discussion.Avi Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12550929795356812957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-11901653113684521092008-08-27T15:07:00.000-07:002008-08-27T15:07:00.000-07:00I've always thought that Solari's megacities were to some extant a reactin to Frank Loyd Wright's Broadacre City; a vison of continent ecompassing sprawl. PT: actually his vision was a bit more heterogenous. The exteriors aren't very uniform because building really only provides a concrete slab and basic infrastructure. Everything else would be built by the individual "condo-owner."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-19595735645810381132008-08-27T11:11:00.000-07:002008-08-27T11:11:00.000-07:00They aren't such a clever idea, 1 million people crammed in, what if a bomb goes off in a very important place, you could have up to 1 million casualties!Willnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-12833134131291260672008-08-26T14:32:00.000-07:002008-08-26T14:32:00.000-07:00Talk about putting all your eggs in one basket... Having an entire city in one structure leaves the entire population very vulnerable to a variety of disasters: fire, epidemic, power failures, enemy or terrorist attack, etc., not to mention the attendant problems of utilities, waste disposal, emergency evacuation, and maintenance. Some ideas look a lot better on paper than in reality.Eliyahuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05182112478879125798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-53680380269946915182008-08-26T14:12:00.000-07:002008-08-26T14:12:00.000-07:00I highly recommend anyone interested in it to do check out arcosanti if they find themselves north of phoenix.<BR/><BR/>Sure, the project has mostly stalled in a larger sense, but is still self supporting. One thing the pics don't capture is the experience of being in those buildings, very unique, and very refreshing in a sense. It was early summer when I visited, very hot out, and yet quite cool and comfortable inside, without any AC on. The internal distribution of thermal energy and movement of air felt much more fresh and alive than the artificial cold tomb-like experience of most of Phoenix's large buildings that time of year.<BR/><BR/>Aesthetics aside, Soleri has a gift for creating true living spaces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-74397479269369995182008-08-26T13:33:00.000-07:002008-08-26T13:33:00.000-07:00I can't imagine who would want to live in a place like that. You would never own your bit, only rent it, and you couldn't do <I>anything</I> serious to personalize it. Talk about the Neighborhood Association from Hell. Of course, I wouldn't mind if large numbers of <I>other</I> people went to live in one and left the real land open for people who appreciate it.PThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368463412393534963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-59290437518672702452008-08-26T06:54:00.000-07:002008-08-26T06:54:00.000-07:00Arcologies were one of my favorite parts about the SimCity series. Loved to plant about 4-5 of those in an area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com