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#1 2007-06-08 19:11:08

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Re: Do you think we'll ever see arcologies?

Not the tiny one they've been building out in Arizona or New Mexico a bit at a time, but a real single large building with most of its volume owing to its height?

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#2 2007-07-02 09:08:29

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Re: Do you think we'll ever see arcologies?

Well, it has to be financially viable; there has to be an economic need for it. And the construction costs of an arcology would be HUGE.

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#3 2008-01-17 11:24:35

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Re: Do you think we'll ever see arcologies?

Yar, but in truth aren't a lot of places in Europe and Japan up against it like that now or will be in the near future?  I don't know how it is now, but I remember folks I knew in the UK a few years ago talking about living with their parents well into their 20s because renting an apartment cost so much.  Maybe I'm jsut biased because I'd rather live in an arcology thana suburb.

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#4 2008-01-17 21:38:33

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Re: Do you think we'll ever see arcologies?

Those things would be a political and social nightmare.


"Yes, I was going to give this astronaut selection my best shot, I was determined when the NASA proctologist looked up my ass, he would see pipes so dazzling he would ask the nurse to get his sunglasses."
---Shuttle Astronaut Mike Mullane

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#5 2008-01-18 14:31:09

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Re: Do you think we'll ever see arcologies?

Arcology? What's one of those? Is it like a tower city?


Use what is abundant and build to last

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#6 2008-03-07 15:38:19

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Re: Do you think we'll ever see arcologies?

more or less.  Basikcally, It's a city in one big building, that gets more space from height than width (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/arcology)

I think that most cities that are big now may end up, accidently, as chaotic arcologies.


-Josh

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#7 2008-03-07 16:13:06

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Re: Do you think we'll ever see arcologies?

I think the closest we'll get is a large high rise with empty stalls were modular dwellings can be lifted in and out.


"Yes, I was going to give this astronaut selection my best shot, I was determined when the NASA proctologist looked up my ass, he would see pipes so dazzling he would ask the nurse to get his sunglasses."
---Shuttle Astronaut Mike Mullane

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