THE X-SEED 4000
The X-Seed is a visionary skyscraper. It is the tallest building ever envisioned. The idea was initially created and developed by Martin Pascoe. It proposed 4-kilometre [2.5 miles] height, 6-kilometre-wide [3.7 mi] sea-base, and has 800 floor capacity. It could accommodate 5 Lakhs to 10 Lakhs inhabitants.
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Companies Involved
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| • DESIGN | TAISEI CORPORATION |
It was designed for TOKYO, JAPAN by the TAISEI CORPORATION in 1995 as a futuristic environment combining ultra-modern and technological living and interaction with wildlife and nature. Methods of transportation within the X-seed would most likely include Maglev trains. Georges Binder, managing director of Buildings & Data, a firm which compiles data banks on buildings worldwide said that The X-Seed 4000 "is never meant to be built, the purpose of the plan was to earn some recognition for the firm, and it worked.
Unlike conventional skyscrapers, to remain habitable the X-Seed 4000 would be forced to actively protect its occupants from considerable internal air pressure and external air pressure gradations and weather fluctuations that its massive elevation would cause. Its design calls for the use of Solar Energy to maintain internal environmental conditions. . As the proposed site for the structure is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, the most active volcano range in the world, the X-Seed 4000 would be subject to EARTHQUAKES and TSUNAMIS.
Other projects that may be in the top five man-made structures are the ULTIMA TOWER 3,218 metres (10,558 ft) in San Francisco, Dubai City Tower 2,400 metres (7,900 ft) and the Bionic Tower 1,228 metres (4,029 ft) in either HONG KONG or SHANGHAI
