The first is the Millinium Building, it is planned for Hong Kong Harbor and would take nearly a decade in time to build and use more steel than the country of Japan can create within a year's time. It would be the tallest sky scraper ever built, and would be cone shaped in order to withstand the wind. They were saying that it would take resources and workers from all over the world to build this building, over a thousand of them!
The second idea discussed is called the"Freedom Ship" it is a floating city that would be like a gigantic cruise ship which would have the ability to float from port to port out on the open seas. This vessel would be a mile across and 3 city blocks wide. It would contain a school and a hospital as well as shops and restaurants on the boat, as if it were a city within itself.
Some may scoff at these ideas, but didn't our forefathers scoff at the idea of an interstate that had no stop signs or traffic lights? And before the 1920's the highest building ever built was only 5 stories tall.
The problems I see for these projects are both the same, Mother Nature! No one knows how to calm the seas! Both projects would cost billions of dollars to create. What if the Freedom Ship had navigation problems not thought of in it's creation, or the cone shape of the Millinium building can not withstand the force of the wind gusts at the height of 1 mile into the sky, as it is proposed? The engineers are not blind to these facts and I believe they are taking them into consideration. it will be interesting to see if these projects actually make it into the water and off the drawing board within the next decade.
2 comments:
These are pretty sweet ideas, but until we are world at peace, I think some things will be too susceptible to those with ill intent. On the otherhand, if the economic case can be made, why not?
Hey Jason!
I agree with the wariness, not only would these take a massive amount of resources, but they are prone to "Mother Nature", even if the world is at peace at the time of their construction....They thought the Titanic was unsinkable,
and the variation of wind pressure as you go to higher altitudes would cause some stress on the millenium towers project.
And as you pointed out, this world has yet to find peace among its people, anyone wanting to make a point would want to target these projects to send a message.
Glad to know that someone is actually reading the blog on here, I was starting to wonder!
Have a blessed weekend!
Angela
Post a Comment