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Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid

Tokyo Bay, Japan

Dante Bini - Italian industrial designer and architect

& David Dimitric

-Japanese Shimizu Corporation

Creators

-massive arcology-pyramid

over Tokyo Bay in Japan.

-this pyramid would help answer Tokyo's increasing lack of space

-the plan was to start construction in 2030, but no further action has been taken. Shimizu is still determined to complete the project by 2110

The structure would:

-house 1 million people

-be 2,004 meters (five stacked trusses)

-help answer Tokyo's increasing lack of space

-lie on 8 square kms

-12 times higher than the Great Pyramid at Giza

-idea: film Blade Runner

-652 billion $

-because of height, relies on future

-availability of super-strong lightweight materials based on carbon nanotubes

Construction

-36 piers made of special concrete

-seismically active Pacific Ring of Fire- external structure open network of megatrusses

-struts made from carbon nanotubes

-photovoltaic film

-robotic systems

Composition of the structure

Composition

-8 layers

-250.5 m/layer

-layer 1-4: residential, offices

-layer 5-8: research, leisure

-204 smaller pyramids stacked eight high

-smaller pyramids would be about the size of the Luxor Hotel

-transportation within the city: accelerating walkways, inclined elevators and a personal rapid transit

-24 or more 30-story high skyscrapers suspended from above and below attached to the pyramid’s supporting structur

Living in the city

-city protected from tsunamis

-helps solve the high-prices for land

-major weakness: if one truss fails the whole structure fails

-proposal is to use algae to power the mega city

-solar and wind power are also options

Thank you for your attention!

Final

Torok Farago Sara

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