Going underground for space solutions | Land Unlimited | Full Episode

Singapore and other land-scare cities transform underground spaces to become subterranean train depots, theme parks, reservoirs and more.
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ABOUT THE SHOW: What will Singapore be like in the future, as city planners, corporations and scientists find new ways to overcome land shortage? The ground under our feet, the sea around the island, even empty spaces above roads and canals might be used for transportation, storage, homes, offices and other infrastructure. The series showcases how other land-scarce cities Tokyo, Hong Kong, London and Helsinki use these unusual locations to overcome limited land, and what Singapore can learn from their experiences.
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[@newrenewableenergycontrol5724]

As a renewable energy scientist and someone who understands the value of land, I have always cringed when I have seen huge tracts of land covered with solar panels. Look at the width of the roadways and rail lines. The perfect place for solar arrays. Transit lanes where bright light and falling rain would not be missed. Get you panels 30 feet in the air where dust and debris does not like to live!

[@yjjcoolcool]

It's really interesting to know Singapore is already going big on going underground. I think the 3 level train depot is a very smart idea.

[@silveryfoxau]

Has flooded b4 about 6-7 years ago

[@evelynboateng1808]

@@nihc75 pppppppppp

[@tomkelly8827]

Turkey has ancient underground cities that were discovered fairly recently. I bet all underground builders could learn a lot from the design of those extensive ancient places

[@philiplow1609]

The human species is not meant to flourish without natural lights.

[@CC-dx6bc]

Turks are special

[@beckysam3913]

That reminds me of the book 'The time machine' , when human species splitt in two, one above the ground living the Eloi and one below or underground living, the Morlocks.

[@KellinAtkins]

The future looks bright for Singapore

[@murbella7]

It is a shame that so many governments cannot see beyond the next election. It takes vision and courage to build for the people for the future. Great report.

[@CC-dx6bc]

Democracy suxka

[@kwacou4279]

Montreal Canada is the leader in the concept and development of the underground city, truly impressive.

[@terencegalland]

Wow what an amazing city state Singapore leads the way😍

[@kgabomodibedi9559]

great programmers, very interesting

[@natsumidesu8019]

Singapore prospering now but facing enormous climate challenges in the future for a lack of land space, I'm lucky to be in a country with a huge land mass to be develop in the near future for my future clan.

[@ybbolb]

Thank you to all the smart and talented people in our civil services. You all are the true heroes, the real backbone of our country.

[@CC-dx6bc]

PAP heroes

[@SportsIncorporated]

If you go down deep enough, it gets really hot.

[@StudioArtFX]

I feel like this would never happen in America, *not* because we have so much space, but because so much development is focused on profit rather than people.

[@davidtigert4842]

The elite look down on the poor. They worship money. The poor worship Jesus. Events mentioned in revelations are happening. Have faith in god and love thy neighbor. Heaven is real. Money worshipers can buy many things. You cannot buy your way into heaven. It lives in the heart of those who are pure in spirit. God is Love.

[@oumunfeiholeto6885]

I wished Australia has that kind of brains and incentive to build like some Asian cities. This use of space is amazing.

[@johncamp7679]

Oumunfei Holeto I live in Georgia in the United States, I thought you guys had a lot of underground structures??

[@BobOort]

@Pasquale Gelardi Plenty of space, but no brains :(

[@CC-dx6bc]

Oz got money

[@tomkelly8827]

Ventilation is one issue I would like to hear more about. How do they provide suitable ventialtion for underground roads full of cars that are burning up all the oxygen? Helsinki's underground service route for wiring and plumbing is truly ground breaking! Every city has the issue that it is hard to dig up old pipes and wires to fix them or lay new ones. That is one really fantastic idea!

[@mrebholz]

Tom Kelly Use electric vehicles.

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

It's as easy as ventilating large skyscrapers without windows. They can't open the windows, so extensive ductwork is used to push air throughout the building. Plus, they can use plants to release tons of oxygen, in addition to pumping in fresh air.

[@alwayslive7460]

@ 10.00 WOW.. THAT'S GOTTA BE A 100 YARD SHOT.. THIS GUY'LL NEVER GO HUNGRY

[@aranbarrett680]

Adleast there are some countries that care for their future generations not just thinking of them selves very interesting .

[@anthroponym568]

Digging is fine and good, but Singapore need to build an Space-elevator!! oO

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

Cruise ship housing/apartments/condos is easier than going under ground and design options are numerous.

[@WayneLinnlikestouseGeoGebra]

Survival is the mother of all invention.

[@ABKhan0486]

6:40 " al yuv ledi, al yuv ledi (are you ready)"

[@9612jimbo]

This will help people escape the covid times.

[@doughunter8396]

Love your videos - sometimes the background music though is louder than the speaker and cannot hear him.

[@channelnewsasia]

Hi Doug Hunter, thank you for the feedback, we'll let the producers know.

[@pudaydaku]

@@channelnewsasia yes please, this is a documemtary not a music video

[@naude669]

Indonesia hrs belajar dari Singapura dan Tokyo untuk membangun kota moderen. Karena ada kesamaan jumlah penduduk dan kepadatan nya. Kota Bandung hrs belajar dari kota Hongkong yg sama wilayahnya pengunungan dan bukit.

[@Alkodunk]

Comments: Bad idea cause EARTHQUAKES! Me: Did you even watch the video? They make it clear Earthquakes are actually less severe underground and don't damage infrastructure nearly as much as the surface.

[@WhiteGeared]

Hmmm and underground will have natural earth support too around it. Let's make underground then. No need to fear the fall from sky! But I think u have to deal with critters below a lot.😓

[@alantan9863]

11:18 Singaporeans are creative. If you charge royalty for such ideas, it would be a huge export earner.

[@tomkelly8827]

Floating cities are an excellent idea! There is so little land in our tropics! Lets make floating cities to increase then number of places to live in our worlds goldilocks zone!

[@johnswartz7872]

Tom Kelly THere is a teo part spray machine ststem ..-that sprays on a plastic coating which is bedliner ..and I can stick all materials together.. like I spray on glue!.. and you could make floating cities by making a plywood circle into each tire ..and then spraying bedliner on it .. and now it’s a holds air.. indefinitely.. and you Up plastic bottles which also last indefinitely and put those inside of netting and onion bags etc. and you create a floating island.. and then you could use netting that is salvaged from all over the ocean and create a floating island like Richard Sowa- did If you type in Richard Sowas floating Island..You should be able to see what he made out of onion bags ..holding water bottles then he put pallets and boards Whatever cast off stuff he could find and ocean wayer loving plants ..-with which then grew and root matted it all into a root mass that was floating ..-holding everything together ..the problem is it was in a Mexican Ocean Inlet. Ocean inlet somewhere .and a hurricane storm surge-made it wash up on to the shore -and then at that point it was just a whole bunch of mess,.. that eventually got burned.. because there was no way to move it back out in the ocean- so I don’t know whatever happened to Richard ..-after that..I would love to know But I sincerely believe that you could even take steel rims .. and blow the tires up on the steel rims and also use them ..Once they are sealed watertight.. Floating junk is perfect to build on

[@kevinebenezer5563]

Great

[@bowlampar]

The law of survival dictates, when too many packed in a limited space, improvised or get eliminated. 👩‍🚒👨‍🚒

[@johncamp7679]

Could you image what we could do, if the whole world got extremely organized??

[@MegamanTheSecond]

you mean became really good liars? thats all Singapore is the #1 liars in the world they do the same things all other countries do they just hide it better and wear suits

[@farmer1ab]

It's extremely hard to organize the human animal. Though we are very intelligent, at our core, we're animals.

[@Barskor1]

Yes, the blunders of the few will destroy everybody in the government model. In the self-organizing model, people self sort it all out on massive scales.

[@SS-wo6de]

@@MegamanTheSecond u wrote without using your brain or u don't have a brain at all...

[@CC-dx6bc]

Foght each otwhr nerter

[@BWLIM]

Singapore should buy over both Batam and Bintan islands

[@yjjcoolcool]

I don't think Indonesia will be so willing to give us their land

[@GlennYarwood]

BW islands owned by the lesser known brothers of batman

[@riooo]

Indonesia won’t give those islands. Just make more reclamation lah

[@alantan9863]

lol. Not possible. Better buy land near Malaysia, which is not possible.

[@tanyouliang]

I totally endorse this idea of buying land from another country. Ultimately the goal is to maximize the value of each land. Yet nationalism is always in play in hindering these value maximization effort.

[@kikisan692]

Not Saves but a necessity.

[@Immortal-Daiki]

Tokyo and Singapore when everything is shaped by constraints ->kaizen and innovation

[@doubleheadedeagle6769]

After watching this I strongly believe we need to reduce our population. The quality of life keeps dropping the more people we have. The planet realistically can’t support these sort of numbers.

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

The birth rate in developed nations is way down, average of 1.8 child per married couple. Maybe in a generation or two, they'll stop assuming that the population is going to explode. It might be hype to make people believe that the economic future is amazingly optimistic, despite signs that our approach is now absolutely unsustainable.

[@Nirrrina]

I saw a documentary that said the human population should stop growing at about 9 billion. Then it will be start shrinking. It helps that there are those like me who while living kids still don't want our own. The downside though will be that the aging population might not have enough caregivers.

[@hiyukelavie2396]

8:59 "Hey we need to optimize it" Yes you do If land is in great supply, then you optimize for other factors, such as cost, construction time, etc If your engineers are able to only think in terms of a single dimension, ie optimizing for space, then no, it's not a sign of them being overly dedicated or anything like that, it's simply a sign that they have a one track mind

[@jarrodyuki7081]

smart every city in the world should follow suit, including india :).

[@earthsgreatestartistega6713]

Jarrod Yuki India country of hackers liars Cheaters and freaks who worship living hamburgers

[@WhiteGeared]

@Quinn Loi Umm u have been cheated on? Have u thought about if u must've deserved it or not?

[@sinOsiris]

importance of country sovereignty👍

[@RoxnDox]

Engineering problems: earthquakes and Water (keeping it out), plus of course ventilation, power, and other utilities.. Human problems: Lighting, crowding, etc.

[@kismet2354]

Singapore fortunately, is not situated anywhere near “the ring of fire” & has never experienced any severe earthquakes in its history. Occasionally, some parts of Singapore may feel slight tremors from strong earthquakes located in Indonesia, but nothing “earth shattering.”

[@RoxnDox]

@@kismet2354 Hate to contradict, but Singapore is only about 450 miles from the Sumatra Trench, which is well known for generating very large quakes. The very existence of Malaysia and the other islands is due to the Australian Plate subduction under the Sunda Plate and generating volcanic activity. The ‘Ring of Fire’ isn’t limited to just the subduction zones directly around the Pacific Plate. Singapore itself does sit in a relatively quiet area, seismically, of the Sunda Plate, but the engineers would still have take those large quakes into account in their designs. earthquake.usgs.gov/product/poster/usp000f660/us/1538164164214/poster.pdf

[@kismet2354]

@@RoxnDox - No worries! An intelligent & well thought out response is always welcomed! You have a good one!

[@RoxnDox]

@@kismet2354 I try to keep it that way. Most of the time, anyway! 😄

[@johnswartz7872]

If you study some of the middle eastern emirates they sucked up hundreds of shiploads. Of sand off the bottom of their ocean ...-and then they pumped it into giant pile starting on the sea bottom and ending up above the surface of the waves and this is how Singapore could make more land! Also perhaps Large amounts of old rebar rubble and concrete from any kind of Demolition’s can also be disposed of as these things are happening.-& .use the tires ...as earth ships once the ground is Stabilized and habitable Above the surface.. they can create more land ! and then you have to cover it with rubble rock... where are the sand meets the sea...And then if we were to use salt water loving plants .. profusely..they would then r00T down into that material ..and create a root mass super structure ..-that will not erode- away...

[@mrebholz]

John Swartz No, they can’t: not enough sea space either, as far as I know.

[@Crashed131963]

Or better yet do not have more people than your environment can handle and call it a day. Just because you have a idea to get 100 people on a 40 seat bus doesn't mean it's a good idea.

[@jigglewiggle6757]

More people = More death. One planet 🌎

[@patrickmagnum6276]

I think building on water could also be explored.

[@Barskor1]

Seasteading it is a thing.

[@WhiteGeared]

Barskor1 NO! Sailing and living aint the same.

[@Barskor1]

@@WhiteGeared Artificial islands that float can be as big as cities all made from small low-cost modular structures you won't even feel the waves unless you go the built in beaches definatly not sailboats.

[@WhiteGeared]

It's a theory let's see how practical this is. When storms and tsunami comes it'll be a sight to behold. Lol! And u don't know the platform cost still do u? In land u have to set a foundation plus digging and graving cost that's it. Earthmass holds the houses then. In water u gotta make foundation that don't sink and that's no way cheaper at all rather costlier - for supporting a two storied 3000 square ft house cause a little fish trawler can be nearly as much costly as building a house of above mentioned and this house is a lot bigger than that. U can live in a small house on water though quite conveniently and cheaper. But I don't think u will get bitches that way, forget family.

[@Barskor1]

@@WhiteGeared Around the equator there are no harsh storms and there are other sheltered areas. Tsunamis are only dangerous when they reach land and the wave rides up the shelf at sea they just make boats bob up and down farther than a normal wave. Do you know what a caisson is? A concrete box or tube sealed ether the water is pumped out or it is filled with freshwater and that floats supporting the island structures if they are 300 feet long they act like sea anchors and do not need to touch the seafloor. Lots of women like the sea thousands of young women are sailing around the world right now. Nothing keeping you from meeting a nice lady on land ether.

[@johncamp7679]

The graffiti city that was painted on the tunnel tells a lot of human nature. We complain about the city, so we build underground, then someone paints the city on the wall.

[@WhiteGeared]

SO what? It's their city too. Get used to it. U provoked me now I'll color some hard canvas today!

[@leesweehuat]

There need to be more inter-building connections btw various bldgs that are either above or below ground to reduce human traffic at ground level in Singapore. These can be mandated by legislation(s) for public and private bldgs above certain sizes? There can also be more connections btw larger buildings above ground?

[@ArianaPuth]

Can the underground use for PMD users?

[@PacoOtis]

The "DRAW" of cities declines each day as technology allows employees to work remotely. The future will likely be decentralized and spread out, thus providing space and quality of life to everyone. Best of luck to all of us!

[@JFKennedy-wy5ez]

I saw this episode on Futurama

[@tsenvun6659]

I feel stress by watching this video

[@asssaa9010]

Hive city's here we come.

[@aleccheckerfield7100]

I wonder if building down could be a better solution than building up for extra space in residential homes

[@crestgamez]

or we could get rid of golf courses.

[@psycho6542]

i work at a golf coarse resort and i can tell u, we could do without them, and the shitty people who play it

[@benjaminsim5233]

Well true that gold courses take up much land, but golf as a sport may not necessarily be the worst thing ever, in fact here is a quote by Dr. Kishore Mahbubahni (ex Singapore ambassador to the UN): “The most difficult negotiations were resolved on the golf course through the sense of camaraderie,” he was on recounting his time when how many of the ASEAN leaders resolved some of their issues through a game of golf. He talks about some more examples in his book The ASEAN Miracle. (The book is also worth a read as well)

[@crestgamez]

@@benjaminsim5233 sounds kinda selfish considering that the important people consists of less than a 100 over the thousands of people that could use a residency.

[@WhiteGeared]

Benjamin Sim Umm that's a bad and inefficient procedure of consolidating matters. Why do u need to play game to consolidate political matters in the first place?! Noted for next election.

[@st.gregory]

Cram in as much as possible

[@MegamanTheSecond]

a large amount if real estate is empty in Singapore they dont need more space for people they need more space to build empty expensive real estate to grow there economy artificially like china does but instead of ghost cities they have ghost apartments and malls

[@SS-wo6de]

Empty real estate in Singapore? Really? I guess u have not even been to Sibgapore. Write what u know n not for the sake of writing.

[@shottabwoi3985]

DANG THA UNDERGROUND! 😳 Yall bettta think about STACKING the city on top of itself. I know you've seen THE FIFTH ELEMENT! LMAO!🤣🤣😭😭😭

[@sinnceer_era]

🙏🏾✌🏾🐜

[@thedamnedatheist]

Can you buy some more from Malaysia?

[@phuonglannguyenngocphuongl7413]

Nhìn ông này giống tổng thống indo nhỉ...ông từng làm thống đốc tỉnh nào inđo...em làm quy hoạch giỏi đấy...nhìn Sài Gòn với Hà Nội quy hoạch ớn 😂😂😂

[@whatthef911]

You need lots of drainage and waste water tunnels before considering living below ground. NYC's subway tunnels were nearly collapsed by flooding during Sandy.

[@kismet2354]

NYC subway stations are an embarrassment for a first World City & major financial hub. Singapore’s subway stations are of World Class standards, with its interiors looking like top class theater lobbies.

[@edsoderlind7568]

boom

[@kikisan692]

Design is great but an earthquake or material used are subpar then how great design also are..

[@miJ007]

Have you decided to built a water storage facility in the ocean .

[@melvinmateo843]

i decide? make a reclamation area.. finish..

[@ocaslaearl4500]

Does Singapore have a rural areas?

[@johnhall3827]

Welcome to raccoon citie

[@channelnewsasia]

Here's hoping there's no T-virus waiting to be released

[@SMunro]

No, we can build a city with five hundred thousand per square mile. It means a thousand people per acre. A standard single occupancy design for modular apartments. A twenty floor apartment with a thousand single occupancy apartments. The central core of the apartment building will have a public use core. A pool, squash court, gym, ten megalitre water tank, caffeteria, library, auditorium, cinema, ten floor vertical farm.

[@NizamHernandez]

Fallout Shelter. LOL

[@rubyredlopez4]

What about all the water they are using to mix all THAT cement they are using to build the underground cement facilities

[@polarspirit]

Want more space? Clear the bungalows

[@wulfhart2]

if you are going to reclaim land, get soil from under the sea/ocean... if you are going to flatten a mountain or excavate underground and fill the coastline/sea to make more land. you'll contribute to the latest global problem... rising sea level.

[@cjsamtab7]

Farming of Tax Revenue...

[@kikisan692]

Salination is erm. Singapore takes so much water from Malaysia and sell the water back to Malaysia then complain not enough water.

[@polarspirit]

Sinkholes had entered the chat

[@WhiteGeared]

Hmmm we need to invent a use for sinkholes. Those fking sucktards!!!

[@johnswartz7872]

Basically20 more- miles of land .. by 2030

[@johnswartz7872]

-Square miles..-

[@Baldoxxx4000]

Earthquake...

[@sneekysmurf2084]

in the future the poor will live under ground... only those that can afford property on the outside wont be there. Really gives meaning to "coming up".

[@08wolfeyes]

Going underground is good but what happens to all the land ( earth ) that gets removed to make space for underground buildings?

[@oersis]

Build more land

[@Enonymouse_]

Considering Singapore is surrounded by water and very little actual bedrock, going underground is a terrible idea for them. They would be better off going with a floating city concept.

[@bhuggins76]

being on top of the ground is like being at the head of a pin

[@bhuggins76]

after collecting all that water would they empty it into the sea? what a waste

[@BrettonFerguson]

Put cameras on the roof, pointed toward the sky. Then in all the underground rooms, install "windows" with flat screen TVs showing video of the sky, from the rooftop camera. People could see the sunrise, the sun move across the sky, shadows move, and sunset. They could see the clouds move by, airplanes fly over. They wouldn't feel like they are underground.

[@mumblety96]

This is no substitute for the real thing; people already spend too much time staring at screens.

[@ramg658]

it was my idea that humaan should live underground and animals upper groung

[@JFKennedy-wy5ez]

Wait, with “rising sea levels “ wouldn’t it make sense to build higher

[@morganzachlfich4309]

wait till one day theres no more space left underground too

[@bobmar9239]

If we limited growth and our cities weren't so giant we would need to be digging holes in the ground.

[@EmperorScottYee]

I have a solution you might like; have you ever watched a movie called The Purge?

[@conspiracyphreakphreaka6082]

where ever there is money to be made,, there is someone willing to build... WHY ARENT WE ON THE MOON OR MARS...... BECAUSE IT CANNOT BE DONE.

[@earthsgreatestartistega6713]

Imagine Coronavirus underground all sharing the air...smh

[@leonardobautista1619]

Are we now to become moles for the profit of greedy realtors?

[@thedamnedatheist]

Singapore might have to re examine it's attitude to it's historic areas.

[@trellend]

I didn't see any farms.....

[@laurencevanhelsuwe3052]

You could also have restricted population growth.. or is that impossible?

[@melparrishjr]

@Laurence Vanhelsuwe, Sure, it's possible. But then, that would be someone dictating the reproductive rights and freedom of others. I am 59, and I've never been married or had any children. And I still wouldn't want to impose that kind of restriction upon others! We are no better than they and we have no claim to any high moral ground in this. People who have to dictate the conditions that others must live by lack real imagination and creativity in their problem solving skills. The fact is that there is plenty of freedom to go around with careful planning and design. Only a lazy fascist dictator would restrict population growth, when there is so much that can be done!

[@ikm64]

Singapore the highest averaged IQ of any nation (106) Contrast that with the US's (98) Now compare their respective public transport system... Now, wonder why the future is Asian You could say the same for China and South Korea ( both 105) 1979? the year the American dream died...it's been all downhill from there. The Apollo program the dreams epitaph...

[@alunchurcher7060]

instead of going underground due to the crazy number of people alive today, we urgently need to drastically cut the population of the planet. China tried to but even though it would of helped other countries criticized them via tv and radio news. it is something all countries worldwide do and now. living and working underground will require even more energy which thus pollutes the planet even more. there is also the health concern for the citizens due to no sun shine (vitamin d). we today already have a vitamin d deficiency epidemic, going to live and work underground will just make this problem worse.

[@johnl9234]

Annoying music noise prevented me from watching this video 10 mins in. Why do they do that?

[@RonzigtheWizard]

If they make private cars illegal and provide free public transit that is both comfortable and frequent they could reduce pollution and free up a large portion of existing roads for other uses. That would be much wiser than creating underground highways. In a city state there is no excuse for personal vehicles. I lived without a car for decades in Toronto which actually has a poor transit system but is still adequate to take me anywhere I want to go without the need for a personal car. Any city willing to create a world class public transit system could baan private vehicles easily.

[@junielesparas2063]

So does that mean it safe to build subway in fault line ? 😂

[@nayanmipun6784]

The earth is very thick use it

[@YouAskedForThis563]

Why build underground? Africa is vast and mostly uninhabited. Build a mega city in a desert for a fraction of the cost of building underground.

[@corrinetsang1478]

1,000 df-41 IS HIDDEN IN 3,000 MILES OF UNDERGROUND TUNNELS.2,500 MIDRANGE MISSILES ARE HIDDEN IN HIGH SPEED TUNNELS.

[@tanker1960]

I believe TMH, and his words! Hills/mountains are melting, building are being shaken off their foundation, the earth has,is, will be shaken. Even more so. People and lands are experiencing weather that they never had before. The only preparation that can be done is to obey TMH and pray. That is what I believe, if you do not, it is given to you. I do not condemn nor judge you. The action of the earth speaks for itself! It is in front of your face.

[@chaztech9824]

rising sea levels threaten this kind of stuff ._.

[@NiftyShifty1]

Tony Heller. Look him up. Learn, then delete your comment.

[@cujoemblakka1041]

In all your ways, acknowledge God who create to be creative and solve your problems, ingenious solutions, who opened your minds, and give you creative insights, don't not trust in the work of your hands, but in God, and you be amused and frightened by your creativity. Failure to do so, there is date for the destruction of you and all your works. Man's / human's duty is to serve God, all other blessing will be added to you. He has destroyed many other civilizations because they have failed, seek him, the creator.

[@peterq6598]

Disaster in the Making...Nicoll Highway collapse lesson NOT LEARN...one death name hero Heng...Imagine those underground when History repeats itself???