[binabik]

arcosanti is good but i was mainly thinking a big sprawling building that might be accross several square miles, there was a building when cast iron was first beginning to be a building material that was made out of sections that could be built around nature and enclose it, it could also be moved , this is the one iam talking about The Crystal Palace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, if i am building a buiding that is a couple square miles in area then i could use this to preserve nature, it would take lights though to immitate sun but still just an idea. i am more interested in the fiction type building cites like atlantis(stargate) was one but not what i am thinking and i would prefer to work towards bringing something from fiction to the world of today so, but good post

[kmarinas86]

Originally Posted by binabik

i was wondering if it would be possible to buid a structure that would have all the ammenaties of a small town including recreaation and law enforcement and firemen and maybe even a few lanes of bowling. It wouldn't be a skyscraper it would probably be no more than 5 stories high max and sprawling, there wouldn't be any houses but the apartments would be fairly big and i was also wondering how much this might cost. maybe the apartments can be on the upper 3 or 4 floors and have the bottom or city commons or what not be two stories high so it seems bigger and allows for bigger stuff to be in it and a little more freedom. also the roof could be used for a recreation area with a pool or golf course or something. or a park.

i am mainly focusing on cost for this thing.

Smallocracy - Academic Publishing Wiki

[DougF]

How about a something a little deferent, although you'll want to downsize it a bit or just build it in sections.
if your building a buiding that is a couple square miles in area then i could use this to preserve nature, once your building is built nature could run free under the main structure.

Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid
The Shimizu TRY 2004 Mega-City Pyramid is a proposed project for construction of a massive pyramid over Tokyo Bay in Japan. The structure would be 12 times higher than the Great Pyramid at Giza, and would house 750,000 people. If built, it will be the largest man-made structure on Earth. The structure would be 2,004 meters (6,575 feet) high and would answer Tokyo's increasing lack of space.

The proposed structure is so large that it cannot be built with currently available materials, due to their weight. The design relies on the future availability of super-strong lightweight materials based on carbon nanotubes.

Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[binabik]

smallocracy is preatty cool and the mega-city pyramid is also cool, it is worth looking into

i have already looked at the pyramid though but it does seem cool