The Sky King Tower
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This building, almost twice the height of most 20th Century skyscrapers, has a resident population of just over 50,000. It is estimated that this tower cost 10 billion to build and has an impressive floor area of 1,039,206m squared. The tower was was the dream challenging Freedom City's bursting of the real-estate bubble. The Tower is nearly fully self-sufficient and even process it's own waste.
This building, almost twice the height of Sears, would have a resident population of 50,000. It is estimated that this tower would cost 10billion to build and have an impressive floor area of 1,039,206m squared. The tower was the victim of the bursting of the real-estate bubble in Japan, but Foster maintains that he still hopes to build a version
of this building. An unpublished variant of this design, conceived for a Shanghai site with Donald Trump, was called the M Tower. Unlike the Millenium tower with it's central core, the M Tower would have a hollow centre, allowing sunlight to penetrate from one side to the other. Working with the Obayashi Corporation, the clients, they were able to demonstrate that the Tower would be able to be self-sufficient and even process it's own waste. The vertical equivalent of several city blocks
The Millennium Tower will be large enough to accomodate just about everything you'd need or want in a moderate-sized city. It's creators aren't saying you should spend your whole life inside, but you could.
Design Spec #1: Must be earthquake- and wind-proof.
In the harbor of Hong Kong, Millennium Tower will have to withstand monsoons and powerful earthquakes.
Designers determined a round structure would alleviate the wind resistance found in a traditional rectangular building. And varying its width from top to bottom would help to dissipate vibration.
Millennium Tower's height may also actually help it shake slower than its smaller counterparts during an earthquake. With the addition of dampers and motion-sensors, engineers expect the tower to withstand an earthquake of magnitude 8.6 on the Richter scale, and winds of up to 200 mph.
Design Spec #2: Get people where they want to go — and fast.
Even though they could be built to run up to 34 mph, passengers' eardrums could rupture at that speed, so the elevators will probably run at around 15 mph.
Some cars will hold about 160 people and express elevators will stop at "sky lobbies" located every 30 floors where passengers can change to local service.
Other cars may even be able to move horizontally. Innovations like these may be necessary to move about 100,000 people a day.
Design Spec #3: Give the people what they want.
Beyond the physical challenges of building the tallest skyscraper in the world, it will only be successful if it attracts residents, tourists and offices.
The Millennium Tower needs to offer many choices to make it a destination of choice. Residents can go to not just one grocery store, but many. Office workers can browse a few clothing stores on their level or the same amount 30 floors up. Tourists can find the movie they want in at least one of the many theaters available. Designers say Millennium Tower will house as many options as you'd find in several city blocks.
Design Spec #4: Build it quickly, but safely.
Construction of the Millennium Tower will include traditional building techniques, that, in this case, will put ironworkers thousands of feet in the air to place 5-ton girders with a minimum of safety gear. But engineers are planning to also use a new technology — building by computer.
The Self-Rising Factory is a set of computerized cranes and lifts surrounded by a weatherproof enclosure. According to a precise schedule, the steel beams are essentially handed to the machinery which then places them for workers to bolt together. Once the beams and concrete panels for each floor are complete, the machinery hoists the entire structure and the process starts over.
