London Super Tower
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| London Super Tower | |
| Information | |
|---|---|
| Location | London, England |
| Status | Vision |
| Use | Residential |
| Roof | 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) est. |
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| Architect | Populararchitecture |
The London Super Tower, as it is commonly called, is a proposed supertall skyscraper designed to meet the needs of London's massive population growth.[1][2]
[edit] The Reason
The city of London is currently experiencing massive population growth and is expected to grow by over 800,000 people over the next eight years. With land becoming scarce it's becoming increasingly harder to find new places to construct homes without destroying some of London's parks or historical sites. The London Super Tower would provide housing for 100,000 people, but have a footprint about the size of one subdivision.
[edit] The Tower
The Tower is planned to be 1,500 meters (4,500ft) tall and able to house 100,000 people. There will be internal neighborhoods comprised of individual floors, villages made up of 20 floors each, and 3 super-districts. Each floor or "neighborhood" will house approximately 600 people. Each village will encompass about 6,000 people, since only around half the floors will be used as residential space. The rest will be designated as schools, hospitals, shops, offices, and so on.
The building itself will have a cylindrical shape. The walls will have large holes in them that can be used as attractions such as parks, ice skating rinks, tennis courts, outdoor theaters, a botanical garden, etc. These holes will also have the secondary purpose of allowing light into the center of the hollow structure. Every twenty stories this "void" will be broken by a floor that'll provide, "the public square and civic center for each village." The Tower is planned to be very eco-friendly. Almost all of the water used in the building will be recycled and any of the additional requirements will be met by harvesting water from cloud cover.
