It's the counterweight that would be needed until construction of the two towers is joined I'd be worrying about. Unless they do the same as with the cranes and just build the arch first and keep jacking it up and building the twoers under it?
1:48 Jeddah tower 3:09 Azerbaijan tower 4:19 sky city one 5:33 oblisco capitale 6:13 sky city 1000 7:22 bionic tower 8:21 the big bend 9:24 Shimizu mega-city pyramid 10:36 ultima tower 11:50 x-seed 4000
I'd say the mega-tall skyscrapers are more a testament to the EGO of the builder/country putting it up. Or maybe a bit of overcompensation, like lifted trucks that never see mud . . .
@@michiganengineer8621 i get the innuendo you were going for but life's too short for niceties like that! i was taught by old mountain men (i hail from fued country Hatfields and McCoys and the Clay county war region!!) to be blunt hard as diamond and to the point! polite and subtle compassionate forgiving and merciful are things i haven't met!!
Im still holding onto hope that the Galileo Project will be covered, preferably on MegaProjects, but any of the Simonverse channels would be good. Honestly a Danny take on the Galileo Project would be interesting to say the least
Suggestion : the 170 000 bunkers of Albania (which is smaller than Belgium). I’m unsure if it’s for this channel or if you’ve already covered the topic but you have too many channels to check :D
Can you do a video on the long ago proposed geodesic dome over Manhattan? I think it was in an old Popular Science or Popular Mechanics magazine? I also think that Frank L. Wright proposed something similar to the "city in a building " concept?
This strongly reminds me of the fictional tower variants - The Shard - from the games - 2008 Mirrors Edge, 2016 Mirrors Edge Catalyst 02:05 Yes please, megaprojects on that if you please! 🏢🇸🇦
My papaw was on a construction crew (1950's) building a smoke stack for a power plant. He said about 150 feet up he got laid off. He told my mom that was the only time he was glad to lose a job.
An hour ago I asked myself why cylindrical skyscrapers weren't a thing. I'll be a bit spooked if this video has anything about rounded or cylinder skyscrapers in it
I may say very deviating but true remarks about your studio, but your videos always comfort me when I feel down. Almost Ales me not care so fervently that you brought such a plan boring lamp, and changed ‘Business Blaze’ to, omg why, why did you do that.
Most people have forgotten about the Burj Khalifa's proposed sister tower, the Wiz Khalifa.... Supposedly Nappy Roots was not a fan of the idea, stating: "Aww naw, hell no!" This may be due to a lack of interest in the proposal for the Nappy Tower... 😆🤣
At this point just pick a deserted mountain and turn it into a city. You got water, weather, forests, nuclear bunkers and dwarves, dragons, secret rocket 🚀 launch pads and all the building material already on hand.
They look cool but I'm worried if a fire breaks out, major weather events or nine eleven two boogaloo happens then you're all pretty much stuffed. They're cool but i wouldn't live in one for that reason alone.
You know, if we actually used the level of funding from some of these proposed megastructures on something practical (homelessness, poverty, and income equality come to mind), we might eventually end up with regional and global economies robust and reliable enough to complete some of these megastructures. Just a thought.
@@tje210tje We were warned of the Military Industrial Complex back in the 50's, but no one listened. Maybe half a trill would help and it wouldn't cut into the profits. Course that ain't gonna happen. Too much money and some super big egos to deal with.
I rarely take exception with the scripts, but this one got me. "The Bend" would, indeed, look out of place in the NYC skyline, and may actually look out of place almost anywhere. It's ugly, and bizarre. No, thank you, designer. Perhaps Dubai? -A New Yorker. Hugs
love your videos, thanks. anyone designed ever large or super large floating cities? clive cussler wrote about a scenario in one of his books. of course it was a dooms day cult, but what the heck :-) how about the one A.C. Clarke thought up in 3001 :-)
The Ultima Tower was designed by renowned architect Eugene Tsui, seen here challenging Elon Musk and the MCU multiverse's Evil Dr. Strange for the chairmanship of the Brotherhood of Supervillains.
I Googled: “NYC’s Lady Liberty was given to the city by France way back in 1886, while Tokyo’s own version was temporarily moved from its home at Paris’ Île aux Cygnes to Odaiba in 1998 to commemorate Franco-Japanese ties for a year. It turned out to be so popular that they decided to erect a new replica on Odaiba in 2000. Combined with the backdrop of the Rainbow Bridge, it has been the ultimate photo spot ever since.”
That last building would disrupt weather patterns. Not just locally, but globally. Would not be wise to build if it were ever possible to do so in the future
.....the future is here indeed. And has nothing to do with 80% or even 99% of us. Forgot to mention how close we are to a dystopia. The only skyscrapers you're going to see is those from corporations. I see no mega building where you will enjoy as a citizen. I hope it exists though, so you can see the slums from up above as the ocean levels rises haha
@@Error_404-F.cks_Not_Found having a huge building is progress? Sounds like a pissing contest and having a huge building full of the most people possible come down no matter what brings it down. Natural forces or otherwise isn't... a win.
Impressive architecture has always been a sign of what human civilization can accomplish. The pyramids, Taj Mahal (prolly spelled wrong) Eiffle Tower, Empire state Building. Could go on. These stand as achaivements of engineer, building, material science , team work and so much more.
@@aceykrew you know they already built a building as tall as the twin towers, exactly where they stood, several years ago, right? And it is progress, as there's no way to go in a densely packed urban area but up. That's the most efficient use of space in a major city.
A building that houses one million people is going to have some big bottlenecks at rush hour. Why would I wand to live in the most crowded space on the planet.
Do not think that would ever be considered a sky scraper. The thing is the cable the elevator climbs is not a livable or usable structure for anything other than to be climbed. Would you call a single kilometer high shaft of steel standing straight up from the ground with no floors or living space or work space a sky scraper? Space elevators are much more like a vertical railway than a sky scraper.
No "sky hook elevators" , to go and put things in to low earth orbit and avoid having to use huge rockets then ? Yeah, they rely on technology that is at present not available ! ( But I can see more of a point to them ... )
what is Egypt 2? People need to learn how to replace "too". "Egypt, as well," or "Egypt has also" are better grammatical choices. When "too" can be replaced, it should be, for clearer grammar.
Fun time when enough metal has been put into idiotic big skyscrapers that we dont have enough left globally for normal construction. Oh the wars following...
As a guy that has worked tower cranes on skyscrapers under construction for a large chunk of his life that big bend building gives me nightmares lol
The amount of sway and twist that building will need to sustain scares the crap out of me.
As soon as the picture went up I said "fuuuck no" under my breath.
@@SamIAm10262it’s connecting them at the top with that cantilever. Also I don’t like green eggs and ham….
It's the counterweight that would be needed until construction of the two towers is joined I'd be worrying about.
Unless they do the same as with the cranes and just build the arch first and keep jacking it up and building the twoers under it?
1:48 Jeddah tower
3:09 Azerbaijan tower
4:19 sky city one
5:33 oblisco capitale
6:13 sky city 1000
7:22 bionic tower
8:21 the big bend
9:24 Shimizu mega-city pyramid
10:36 ultima tower
11:50 x-seed 4000
legitimately nobody cares, the whole "split it up into sections" is a google product manager's baby and it's funnier to just ignore it
@@TwoTreesStudio He just wants to be somebody
thanks
Not all heroes wear capes!
Thank you
Nothing like a big phallic tower to show the world you mean business :)
Some crazy designs but interesting to see.
Bildoes.
that explains the chinese ones!!!
I'd say the mega-tall skyscrapers are more a testament to the EGO of the builder/country putting it up. Or maybe a bit of overcompensation, like lifted trucks that never see mud . . .
more megalomania and overcompensation for lacking in a certain anatomical area if you ask me!!!
@@keithmoore5306 Well, I WAS trying to be a little bit (pun intended) more polite about it. But yep, 100%
@@michiganengineer8621 i get the innuendo you were going for but life's too short for niceties like that! i was taught by old mountain men (i hail from fued country Hatfields and McCoys and the Clay county war region!!) to be blunt hard as diamond and to the point! polite and subtle compassionate forgiving and merciful are things i haven't met!!
Everyone should look at @Michigan Engineer saved playlists
If the US builds a mega towers they're not over compensating but if anyone else builds it they're over compensating and it's just about ego 🤷♂️
1:50 - Chapter n°1 - Jeddah tower
3:15 - Chapter n°2 - Azerbaijan tower
4:25 - Chapter n°3 - Sky city 1
5:35 - Chapter n°4 - Oblisco capitale
6:15 - Chapter n°5 - Sky city 1000
7:25 - Chapter n°6 - Bionic tower
8:25 - Chapter n°7 - The big bend
9:30 - Chapter n°8 - Shimizu mega city pyramid
10:40 - Chapter n°9 - Ultima tower
11:55 - Chapter n°10 - X Seed 4000
- Chapter n°11 -
Thanks for this
I love these sorts of projects. Mega but also kind of an extension of an existing structure or design. Keep up the great work!
I wouldn't want to live in those buildings. How do you escape a fire in the upper levels? Or fight it? I never heard a plan for that eventuality.
And only 80 people Max in the bar lol
Jump
Base jump parachuting? Maybe? I've done a lot of static line jumps, but in case of fire I'd learn free jumping really really quick. Just saying.
If I draw a picture of a building and say it's 100 miles tall, do I get to be on this list?
8:34 So are the floors on the down side of the Big Bend building upside down then?
I really hope the Big Bend and Egypt's Tower get built. I think both are stunning
Yeah, the obelisk building looks amazing. Art deco is my favorite style
@@chernobyl68 mine too. The Chrysler Building tops them all. Curious why did you pick Chernobyl68? . have you been there?
@@noodengr3three825 no, but I served on the nimitz. I've used the "chernobyl" moniker online since the 90s.
Happy to see you kept in mind that I prefer my messurements in Dwayne "the Rock" Johnsons stacked on top of each other's head!
Very cool Simon!
I don't understand any of those measurements, Simon needs to use bananas, that I can comprehend.
"Which I'm going to link to on screen now"
Did you forget the link again Simon? :)
Just a note on the 210 day Sky City One, it's now been roughly 3,562 days
Getting some SMT2 vibes from that Shimizu pyramid project xD
I feel like we’ve reached a point where even taller buildings is just pointless.
Im still holding onto hope that the Galileo Project will be covered, preferably on MegaProjects, but any of the Simonverse channels would be good. Honestly a Danny take on the Galileo Project would be interesting to say the least
Too divisive.
As a retired Civil Engineer - I got a chubby out of this one..... Is that bad?
Suggestion : the 170 000 bunkers of Albania (which is smaller than Belgium).
I’m unsure if it’s for this channel or if you’ve already covered the topic but you have too many channels to check :D
Good video 👍
Can you do a video on the long ago proposed geodesic dome over Manhattan? I think it was in an old Popular Science or Popular Mechanics magazine? I also think that Frank L. Wright proposed something similar to the "city in a building " concept?
I live in geodesic dome.
It cost less than $400 and survived 5ft of snow last winter
All I can think about now is 2000 Dwayne "The Rock" Johnsons standing on top of each other 😂 Epic comparison Simon.
90 days to put it all together for sky City that's crazy it takes longer than that to do 20 ft of road here in LA
I REALLY hope Egypt gets that Capitale. That is absolutely beautiful and such a great tribute to Egyptian history
This strongly reminds me of the fictional tower variants - The Shard - from the games - 2008 Mirrors Edge, 2016 Mirrors Edge Catalyst
02:05
Yes please, megaprojects on that if you please! 🏢🇸🇦
Personally, the mia Khalifa is my favorite.
A great video. Please make a video about the Jeddah Tower. It would be a great follow up to this video.
My papaw was on a construction crew (1950's) building a smoke stack for a power plant. He said about 150 feet up he got laid off. He told my mom that was the only time he was glad to lose a job.
Laughs in hive cities of the imperium of man.
In the future, there is only... Architecture
Eugene Tsui, designer of the Ultima Tower, deserves his own Biographics episode. Info on him is creepily restricted and censored.
So maybe a real life "Peach Trees" (from the 2012 movie, Dredd), a 200 floor arcology housing projects tower is possible.
That Egyption Obelisk inspired tower is interesting. I'm hoping it gets completed without any controversy(ies), I'd like to see it finished
I remember Sky City 1000 and the Shimizu Pyramid from old episodes of Extreme Engineering in the early 00's
It’s all amazing until one of them collapses. As with anything that complex the are areas of unknowns that become known when catastrophe hits.
The Big Bend is a Fascinating Horror video waiting to happen.
Simon Whistler host like …every channel on RUclips. This dude has to be freakn
Loaded 💵 by now.
How long do you think it will take for the hive mind to develop?
Basically a long list megalomaniacal projects making no economic or logistical sense at all.
Hive City anyone?
Well done team Whistler 😎
An hour ago I asked myself why cylindrical skyscrapers weren't a thing. I'll be a bit spooked if this video has anything about rounded or cylinder skyscrapers in it
I think it has to do with wind and vortex shedding
@@chernobyl68 Also, it's not the most efficient use of real estate since plots of land tend to be rectangles or other simple polygons.
most of them sit half-empty the giant price tags don't impress me any more
Sky city 1000 looks sick
I may say very deviating but true remarks about your studio, but your videos always comfort me when I feel down. Almost
Ales me not care so fervently that you brought such a plan boring lamp, and changed ‘Business Blaze’ to, omg why, why did you do that.
"Fish ponds." 👍
from now on I want every lenght said in Dwanyne Johnsons stand on each other heads.
Most people have forgotten about the Burj Khalifa's proposed sister tower, the
Wiz Khalifa.... Supposedly Nappy Roots was not a fan of the idea, stating:
"Aww naw, hell no!" This may be due to a lack of interest in the proposal for the Nappy Tower... 😆🤣
I propose that Dwayne "The Rock" Johnsons standing on top of each other's heads be counted as a unit of measurement.
Office space waning. Tennant's now going remote.
At this point just pick a deserted mountain and turn it into a city. You got water, weather, forests, nuclear bunkers and dwarves, dragons, secret rocket 🚀 launch pads and all the building material already on hand.
There's no link to the video for The Big Bend at the end of this video.
He forgets
Made me want to play Simcity 2000!
Well...some say we are in fact living in a big sim city game.
They look cool but I'm worried if a fire breaks out, major weather events or nine eleven two boogaloo happens then you're all pretty much stuffed. They're cool but i wouldn't live in one for that reason alone.
You know, if we actually used the level of funding from some of these proposed megastructures on something practical (homelessness, poverty, and income equality come to mind), we might eventually end up with regional and global economies robust and reliable enough to complete some of these megastructures.
Just a thought.
I think we should use the US military budget to see what kind of structure could be made. That's like a trillion just over a single year.
You mean practice humanity instead of greed and pride? Wow what a concept!
@@tje210tje We were warned of the Military Industrial Complex back in the 50's, but no one listened. Maybe half a trill would help and it wouldn't cut into the profits. Course that ain't gonna happen. Too much money and some super big egos to deal with.
@@tje210tje Another one. Someone says something, and here comes some derp derping out of left field about the U.S.
What do you mean we? Its not our money lol
I know I'm not the only one that is thinking how the hell are you going to put fires out or get everybody evacuated in those gigantic structures.
MEGATALL SKYSCRAPERS. What a title :D
Just convince the American Military that a trillion dollar building is a weapon and the thing gets built. No questions asked!
😂😂😂👍
What dies this have to do with anything? Why do people keep making off-topic and ignorant comments about it?
What about the mile high skyscraper that Frank Lloyd Wright came up with?
Author William Gibson please pick up the yellow phone...
I rarely take exception with the scripts, but this one got me. "The Bend" would, indeed, look out of place in the NYC skyline, and may actually look out of place almost anywhere. It's ugly, and bizarre. No, thank you, designer. Perhaps Dubai? -A New Yorker. Hugs
Skyscrapers have one purpose only: to allow a few people literally to look down on many people.
love your videos, thanks. anyone designed ever large or super large floating cities? clive cussler wrote about a scenario in one of his books. of course it was a dooms day cult, but what the heck :-) how about the one A.C. Clarke thought up in 3001 :-)
Why do these various companies/developers/governments think people want to live and work within the same building? That's depressing as hell
I wanted to suggest the M16/M4/AR-15 is a potential video topic. Especially how it has become the most popular rifle style in the united states.
They need to build something like the Mega-Blocks from Dredd
Isn’t there a story about this somewhere in the Bible? 🤔
I vote (from California) that we build these in Utah.
The Ultima Tower was designed by renowned architect Eugene Tsui, seen here challenging Elon Musk and the MCU multiverse's Evil Dr. Strange for the chairmanship of the Brotherhood of Supervillains.
Office space surplus in current buildings
You missed Frank Lloyd Wright's mile high tower, and for an honorable mention, Buckminster Fuller's old man river building for East St.. Louis
9:57 why is there a little Statue of Liberty in Tokyo???
I Googled:
“NYC’s Lady Liberty was given to the city by France way back in 1886, while Tokyo’s own version was temporarily moved from its home at Paris’ Île aux Cygnes to Odaiba in 1998 to commemorate Franco-Japanese ties for a year.
It turned out to be so popular that they decided to erect a new replica on Odaiba in 2000. Combined with the backdrop of the Rainbow Bridge, it has been the ultimate photo spot ever since.”
That last building would disrupt weather patterns. Not just locally, but globally. Would not be wise to build if it were ever possible to do so in the future
Simon, where you still on the toilet for the first few seconds of this video?
.....the future is here indeed. And has nothing to do with 80% or even 99% of us. Forgot to mention how close we are to a dystopia. The only skyscrapers you're going to see is those from corporations. I see no mega building where you will enjoy as a citizen. I hope it exists though, so you can see the slums from up above as the ocean levels rises haha
well obviously, it's not like I can just go and build the world's tallest building by myself lol
Oh boo hoo you can’t climb the big tower and see everything🤦♂️
Love it! 🤠👍
We have solved overcrowding, sardine cans for humans. Spreading out is old fashioned.
I think after the Twin Towers (rip) America should be GOOD on building anything that presents as a literal target. Or at least I'd hope so. 🙏
This is also assuming our government didn't take it down themselves. Which.... yikes.
There are plenty of targets in America . That's a crap reason to hold back progress. That's letting those that wish harm win .
@@Error_404-F.cks_Not_Found having a huge building is progress? Sounds like a pissing contest and having a huge building full of the most people possible come down no matter what brings it down. Natural forces or otherwise isn't... a win.
Impressive architecture has always been a sign of what human civilization can accomplish. The pyramids, Taj Mahal (prolly spelled wrong) Eiffle Tower, Empire state Building. Could go on. These stand as achaivements of engineer, building, material science , team work and so much more.
@@aceykrew you know they already built a building as tall as the twin towers, exactly where they stood, several years ago, right? And it is progress, as there's no way to go in a densely packed urban area but up. That's the most efficient use of space in a major city.
I really like the deep dive that SFIA does on megastructures
Not once was the word "Arcology" mentioned?
Just read Judge Dredd Mega Blocks have been around for ages lol
The egypt one is great.
How many Kevin Hearts standing on each other?
oh i know where this is going, 40K Hive-cities look it up if you are interrested they are continent spanning structures :D
Like it!
I’d like to see the Jeddah city
Haha he said erect.
A building that houses one million people is going to have some big bottlenecks at rush hour. Why would I wand to live in the most crowded space on the planet.
can I have a mega-pint in my megatall??
Would a space elevator count? 35+ kilometers to dwarf all these.
Do not think that would ever be considered a sky scraper. The thing is the cable the elevator climbs is not a livable or usable structure for anything other than to be climbed. Would you call a single kilometer high shaft of steel standing straight up from the ground with no floors or living space or work space a sky scraper? Space elevators are much more like a vertical railway than a sky scraper.
building height, its always lies.
the top is the uppermost level with floor to walk on and a ceiling of course.
No "sky hook elevators" , to go and put things in to low earth orbit and avoid having to use huge rockets then ?
Yeah, they rely on technology that is at present not available !
( But I can see more of a point to them ... )
then it's not the future. it's now.
Are they trying to compensate for something 🤔
As always, the wrong link...
i'm not hopeful for any of these.
what is Egypt 2?
People need to learn how to replace "too". "Egypt, as well," or "Egypt has also" are better grammatical choices. When "too" can be replaced, it should be, for clearer grammar.
Fun time when enough metal has been put into idiotic big skyscrapers that we dont have enough left globally for normal construction. Oh the wars following...
Mega tall sky scraper is way to wordy. Just call them mega buildings.
Also why can't we have the Geofront from Neon Genesis Evangellion yet :(
It's so cool!!!
My comment will tower above all here!
Third!!!
first