Tokyo's Impossible Super-Skyscrapers

[@MegaBuildsYT]

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[@anaelemorgan4932]

What's the average lifespan of the modern skyscrapers?

[@neytiritetskahamoatite7688]

12:31 I would ditch such a commodity. Adapt or die !!!

[@neytiritetskahamoatite7688]

Anything beyond the 1 km high building, is fantasy and an abuse on Planet Earth, not worthen to build !!!

[@sinfiltros8357]

9:34 the shimuzu mega city pyramid is so insane 🤯☠️💀

[@jery214]

Top 2 Cagayan de Oro city Philippines Mmmnnjbbbb

[@Resomius]

Having the Balls to propose the ending of your build for 2110 is impressive.

[@Hokunin]

Actually, many medieval churches on a regular basis were built for around hundred of years from the start by many generations of workers. So nothing impressive about it.

[@Max-to1xf]

@@Hokunin Kölner Dom (Cologne) was built in around 600 years lol

[@T1hitsTheHighestNote]

Easy. You would never live to have to answer for the cost overruns.

[@jonb2911]

That fact that they are just hoping during construction, that no material and discoveries will be found in order for it to be completed

[@bryand1182]

Tokyo architects: Leading the world in science fiction

[@TheDevilHydraProdsXXII]

Man, you should see some of those megaprojects in Saudi Arabia...

[@nico77212]

I mean, aim for the stars and all that.

[@DennisMHenderson]

@petitewhitegirl hence the word, "fiction" ^up there

[@xavierwalko4175]

ORE WA GUNDAM DA!

[@puntabachata]

They wanted something Godzilla and the other monsters could not destroy.

[@kelvinnguyen6048]

I love the concept of creating a green hiking trail on a structure. AMAZING 😍

[@chudchadanstud]

A cage is still a cage, no matter how pretty. This is a Megablock (Dredd) but pretty.

[@FablestoneSeries]

i doubt it would work. There are several skyscrapers in my city (Vancouver) that have attempted to grow large vegetation along the outside curtain of the building and it hasn't worked. There is one infamous building here that has a tree on the top that has died and been replaced twice in the past 30 years, and costs an average of $10 thousand a year to keep it alive. Another building wanted bushes to envelope the building but not a single one of them took root. It has been 10 years now and none of them have grown. The bushes don't like the wind and harsh conditions. And then there is the weight of the soil to consider. That many trees would be HEAVY!!!

[@At0ThEb]

I love the idea, but when you have just 50 people hiking there a day, it will not stay green but get run down

[@SomeonEE123]

69th like to your comment

[@mariomovillon1613]

Truly spectacular proposals which are indeed truly insane!

[@pubert2024]

no shit

[@TML0677]

so stupid

[@McDonaldsCalifornia]

90s optimism is such a cool aesthetic

[@moosefactory133]

I could possibly believe the first two buildings could be built but the rest of them is just pure fantasy.

[@PhilipMurphy8Extra]

Always great to see a video of Top Luxury.

[@mr.hollywood3654]

Top luxury is the best KZbin channel which serves the most tasty infrastructures videos. Very plain narration and outstanding graphics. Love from dubai.

[@ShawnyeProduction]

Crazy insane, but cool to see our human creativity.

[@TML0677]

Creativity? Of drawing? Kids 7-10y draw/make bigger houses putting lego house next to a globe

[@SergeiSugaroverdoseShuykov]

@@TML0677 agree, whole video is about building castles on clouds

[@TML0677]

@@SergeiSugaroverdoseShuykov just a bullcrap for average Joe Shmoe and YTmonetization

[@TML0677]

@@SergeiSugaroverdoseShuykov You Tube in a nutshell

[@rayharvey1330]

How many people would die trying to make those structures?...Doesn't seem worth the cost of life.

[@myperspective5091]

I remember the Sky City. I loved the idea. I did think that it would be interesting to see it come to fruition, but shorter by about 20%.

[@vinaashvicky145]

It doesn't need to be shorter to exsist. Building it at the exact height, which is 1000 m is actually possible as there are skyscrapers in construction which their height is similar as the Sky City such as the Jeddah Tower in Saufi Arabia.

[@Bustermachine]

@@vinaashvicky145 Yes and no. Height is not in fact everything. The point of building like the Sky Tower is to get as much additional floor space as possible. Jeddah Tower and the Berj Khalifa are both compromise designs where it's more important that they be tall for the sake of being tall. They're prestige buildings above all else. Heck, Jeddah Tower's last inhabited floor is at 2/3rds of the building's height, same for the Berj. The rest is an architectural spire for the sake of breaching the 1000 meter mark. This vastly simplifies a lot of the challenges that came with building these mega tall buildings. They're very thin so that they're under less wind stress, and heavily tapered to reduce the static load on the lower floors and foundation, and they also have to accommodate less utility traffic because there's just not all that much floor space above around 300 meters. But it also means that there's a serious point of diminishing returns in terms of the floor space you gain for each additional level after that point. For instance - Berj Khalifa - 3.3 million square feet of floor space Jeddah Tower - 2.6 million square feet of floor space . . . Empire State Building - 2.7 million square feet of floor space Manhattan's Grandpa aint fairing too bad against those young whipersnappers in terms of utility. Sky city, as proposed, would have been a whopping 86 million square feet of floor space because it wasn't just tall, it was broad, and tapered very little between the ground and its highest floors.

[@luism7248]

Wachting you for two years now and your videos keep getting better! Really great renders & editing. Would love to see the Tower of Babel in real life😍

[@TML0677]

You will sooner give birth to your mother

[@vinaashvicky145]

We may see the Tokyo Tower of Babel but very very far in the future.

[@sandalf647]

Japan was out there proposing insane buildings amd megaprojects long before the Middle East ever did.

[@usmclucas]

The pyramid is awesome!

[@joshuam.6027]

I think the first 3 is within the realm of possibility within this century or after, the latter half tho...lol straight out of Japanese cyberpunk megacities, unless we finally harness the full potential of carbon nanotubes or yet to exist futuristic construction materials/tech, we won't see those within an eon. And I'm not even mentioning the financial feasibility costs of this. lol Japan truly are great visionaries.

[@u235u235u235]

army of 10,000 AI robots like star trek's Data could build these towers in years.

[@_martian101]

I wouldn't be surprised if there's operational space elevator within 2075 so not very far in the future these visions will be feasible eventually

[@wilsonmarkpanyang4395]

Hope Tokyo babel tower becomes a reality in the future

[@celiammc1411]

Really insane projects! I can only imagine tragedy, if people were living on this buildings...

[@Taymi-r9e]

I actually feel like many of these are possible. Japan is running out of room despite its population declining.

[@FsimulatorX]

@@Taymi-r9e no it is not running out of space. the country side is abandoned but otherwise wide open

[@inosukehashibara5930]

That No. 2 the X-Seed 4000 was also shown in the anime called "Dimension W" a Sci-fi genre where the building is some sort of new power plant that dithces out the use of Nuclear Energy to a Modern source of power. it also serves as what you tell in the video as housing but not for all the people but for those elites and government official.

[@asohiroasoh]

東京に住む日本人ですが、よく調べられていて凄いです。実際には何も実現はしないと思いますが😂

[@Alfredo12]

Certainly some projects that you see here, seem to come out of a Futuristic Dystopia. It's a bit scary its architecture..

[@ILJ223]

今後は実践されると思います。

[@razvandobos9759]

Love how you added crowns on top of the buildings!

[@Geertt]

3:17 The burj khalifa probably wouldn't even exist if this megaproject was build. Butterfly effect can be funny sometimes

[@kriptonkicker8645]

hi I love your videos when I’m bored I say Top Luxury 😊

[@DemonzSlayer49]

I really really wanna see the aeropolis. Its angled roofs and crystalline structure is beautiful

[@International_Internet]

No buildings collapsed in Tokyo during the Great East Japan Earthquake. Therefore, the collapsed building at 0:12 is not in Tokyo. Please provide correct evidence when citing sources.

[@gorillack_japan]

What is amazing is that at the center of the world economy before the collapse of the bubble economy, they were not just dreaming, but seriously thinking about this concept and had the technological capability to make it possible even in an earthquake-prone country as long as they had the financial resources to do so.

[@_martian101]

They were like Arabs today, I wish the future megastructures in Arab countries don't face similar failure

[@KnHighmer_Dos]

​@@_martian101 it will

[@_martian101]

@@KnHighmer_Dos hope not

[@roido6614]

These are all better than the LINE project!

[@joshuam.6027]

earliest ive ever been on a Top Luxury video lol

[@Bustermachine]

The problem with most mega towers is that they exist to solve a problem that only really exist due to extreme distortions in land usage that can be better solved by more modest structures because - 1. Building 'Up' isn't a free action. It costs money to build tall. And it costs money to maintain tall structures. Which is why tall buildings tend to be built in places with absurdly high land prices that can justify 'creating' more space by building upward. 2. Even in those places with absurdly high land prices, they don't tend to be this desperate for floor space. There is a limit beyond which the economics just don't make sense. 3. Even when you do become this desperate for floor space, at some point, it's often cheaper to just start developing elsewhere. Japan is in an unusual position that Tokyo is by far some of the most favorable land to build on in the country. Not just because it's already built up, but due to the valuable Tokyo Bay.

[@TheRobloxianWarrior97]

150 years for them to build the Tokyo Tower of Babel would be crazy! I wouldn't be last long 😭😭😭

[@kenjd57]

Impressive! 😎

[@SFBenjaminK]

ALWAYS LLOOVES these f*n Skyscrapers videos, like the tallest , Biggest, unusual looks & style. LuxuryEst ones , whats coming just the whole thing , is the BEST videos & gets me interested to watch & look for!🤘🤘👍

[@jayq1862]

I took the shinkansen down to Tokyo a few weeks ago, absolutely love that city!

[@LlexX7]

X-seed looks huge and for 1 million people, meanwhile in the Warhammer 40k lore there are hive cities for 4 billion people, how enormous would those be o_O

[@sneckotheveggieavenger9380]

You forget most people in Warhammer make the conditions of poor in Victorian england look comfortable

[@_martian101]

Forget the hive city, trantor itself is a planet sized city that host 40 billion people

[@sanji2158]

@@_martian101 That sounds like questionable lore at best. The moon would house 230 billion people if it had the population density of the Tokyo area. The avg. suburban population density would put the moon at around 75 Billion inhabitants.

[@_martian101]

@@sanji2158 maybe, but we only knows about the population, not the population density, you sure every building in trantor is inhabited by human?

[@ClaudiaRosu-q8j]

The Tokyo Tower of Babel is pretty impressive

[@shouseihonji5478]

These will definitely help the people of japan

[@Leopez02]

That thumbnail's super skycraper Looks like a pyramid City what's awesome and skycrapers are one of reasons why i Want visit in Japan. Country of The Rising sun IS amazing. 🇯🇵

[@jimmylipsjaymo]

The only way most of these types of mega projects could ever be built would be by robots.

[@baldassarealessi1007]

Thank you

[@socostudio]

The X seed 4000 is looks like a volcano

[@katherinebrubaker7788]

And this isn't even counting M.O.T.H.E.R., the Spiral, Seiren 21, the Millennium Tower, the Dynamic Intelligent Building, and the Holonic Tower, all of which are taller than the Tokyo Skytree.

[@Emisco76]

Congrats for 1m subs 🎉🎉🎉

[@indertat93]

One day humanity will built these Kind of structures. But I think we are still a couple hundred to a thousand years away till this will become reality. The structures remind me of anthills. Its not that bad of a idea to imitate nature.

[@_martian101]

Humanity would never be able to build these buildings even in million years, but robots however, they could build it in months if not shorter, we are not the future or our planet, our robot does

[@MrAce2000]

We definitely have the capability of building these mega structures.

[@TebohoPhuthi]

Calculated how old I would possibly be in the year 2110 & I can almost guarantee that I won't be alive 😅😅

[@jujuthethird4602]

Almost😭

[@BacchaeOphanim]

"The pyramid building is inspired by the Great Pyramid at Giza." What?! No frickin' way! Anyway, I'm taking that second mega project wholesale for my 'City of Yesterday's Tomorrows' story concept. It's a great layout for my semi-bioshock inspired region (mostly the aesthetics and a much lighter version of the theme). I'm already using the main layout for the original EPCOT concept for my steampunk zone, so why not this too?

[@Lvv3754]

its just magic

[@dianayukindez7857]

The tower of Babel would be cool even 25% of its height. Like a giant bug using minimal surface . That would be sustainable building.

[@timp1293]

What’s the point? Japanese population is shrinking fast. By the time any of these structures actually getting built, Tokyo at the current state would have plenty of space for the shrunk population.

[@fluffypuffyboy586]

damn needing to dig down entire mountains to have enough materials to build a building that should look like a mountain 💀humans at theyr best

[@luizfelipecirero9933]

mano ,eu acredito que vamos conseguir contruir essas estruturas muito antes do que imaginamos

[@kummer45]

These project resembles high school students playing with a 3D program.

[@russellnolan9212]

But what an accomplishment of humanity!

[@YDuskyCricket]

I'm partial to the pyramid!!! ♥️

[@Tyln93]

Japanese really love Skyscrapers!!!

[@okunolalayiwola7147]

the man who proposed the last project is on crack

[@MrBlack.]

A very big pyramid stucture is the way to go.

[@kyleevans6751]

15 minute cities taken to a new level

[@planetarytiger]

nice hangar

[@Corewood_TJP]

I remember Sky City and the Megacity Pyramid from Discovery's Extreeme Enegineering program. It was very interesting programs to watch. I wonder if they are available today on Blu-Ray. The other projects I have never heard about before.

[@angelshalo01]

Why in the world would you plan to finish something in the year 2110... Wtf 😂 am I the only one that needs a beer after hearing that

[@deepbluesea2620]

Nice concept it should stay a concept 😂

[@sungkhmerbonna7696]

Welcome the new cooperation team from Tokyo to discuss the new mega construction in Krung Angkor city and Krung Preah Beida city in the north of Cambodia together for future connect in 2024

[@kj-xv7uk]

hahah..very entertaining. I will make a building that's twice the size of the Tower of Babel in the next 10 years too. I would call it The Dong.

[@BWintJack]

Tokyo architects seem to have a habit of designing structures supported by widespread "legs" rather than being built directly on the ground. The Sky City 1000 and Tower of Babel would both be more doable if they were built with a solid core stretching from bottom to top.

[@mukhlimkurowo]

these fictions are totally insane

[@pchabanowich]

It seems that a series of 'molars' (not necessarily linearly spaced) might serve longer and with far less stress.💐

[@blackholeguy1529]

i have a feeling that these designers are compensating for something

[@Rios632]

These mega cities sound like the city in the Lorax movie.

[@razvandobos9759]

The Tokyo Tower of Babel and the X-Seed 4000 would be perfect palaces for Darth Vader and Palpatine.

[@vinaashvicky145]

Maybe building such as X-Seed 4000 and the Tokyo Tower of Babel would go on a category even taller than the megatall skyscrapers. I think ultratall skyscrapers 😂.

[@Montie-Adkins]

This does not mention Green Float which would not just be tall buildings but large floating islands. Hell, you could start with one and start moving the population there as it grows.

[@Rafal_Stajniak]

wery interesting :)

[@raimundposset1932]

😂😮das hört sich schon wieder an wie der turmbau zu babel😅

[@MatthewRumble]

Mirrors Edge Catalyst's "The Shard" aka sky city was inspired by the sky mile tower and sky city

[@ambienthangout]

I think these are on the small side of what we will eventually build.

[@ClaudiaRosu-q8j]

My favourite is the Tokyo Tower of Babel

[@aalborgfantasy]

Imagine that a man so rich that the Tokyo Tower of Babel is his private house....

[@faliennata5350]

collect water instead of pumping water, wasn't expecting that ideal for skyscraper, make you wounder if steaming water would also be cheaper then pumping and any unused water could be use as a water fall.

[@alice_agogo]

They've been planning these since the 90s. I remember reading about them in Asiaweek, a defunct magazine owned by time Warner

[@redemissarium]

this is looks like come out from dystopian anime 😁

[@ChillMando]

*Ok let's take the time to understand how this would never work:* So first thing I notice is that the Tokyo Tower of Babel will be 10,000 meter tall, and we know that the Burj Khalifa is 800. Thing is, The Burj Khalifa is already on the verge of touching the clouds already. So how in the heck will they be able to get past 3000 meters without having trouble breathing? It's just very confusing to understand, and also, getting over 8000 feet is already dangerous as heck so how are they going to do 5x that?!?! Oh yeah and also our troposphere ends at 33,000 feet so the building will basically be at that height, but the building will probably have some kind of pole at the op, so good luck Tokyo!!!!

[@abgmumyh]

Is it possible to build a pyramid-styled building as high as 15 km?

[@HDnatureTV]

I gotta go with the Pyramid for it's classic looks and being possible to build more than the other bigger projects. Still you could probably build Palm Island in Dubai for alot less and faster. However, maybe Saudi Arabia may choose to build one of these. ;-)

[@OnigoroshiZero]

Most of them look cool. Hopefully with AI and new tech, some of these will be a reality within the next 20-60 years.

[@xqchen9824]

Well this might be possible in the future,like planes weren’t possible100yago

[@socostudio]

Wait whats that megapyramid how many metres is megapyramid 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@MrMsschwing]

Every project here makes more sense than "the Line"

[@secondpulse5728]

💪🏼

[@sergeishabunin9469]

Great video. Something interesting: Not a skyscraper but still mind-blowing is the Space Elevator 😳. About 34 km tall, it would be the tallest structure ever build.

[@blueeleephant6o4t]

*34,000 KM

[@sergeishabunin9469]

@@blueeleephant6o4t ah yes thx for the correction

[@neytiritetskahamoatite7688]

12:31 I would ditch such a commodity. Adapt or die !!!

[@deathsyth8888]

These architects watched either too much anime or science fiction to envision these mega-projects.

[@DizzybyNature]

in the next 100 years we will see things like this in every major metropolis..

[@margaritatschalkina8074]

It's scary. I don't want to live like that.

[@DizzybyNature]

@@margaritatschalkina8074 i know but society never cares about peoples comfort.. they care about how much money can you make them.. sad really

[@neytiritetskahamoatite7688]

12:31 I would ditch such a commodity. Adapt or die !!!

[@neytiritetskahamoatite7688]

You will see nothing !!! In the next decade all your fantasies will be PULVERIZED !!!

[@snowysmile9082]

Damn, I'd be dead before these buildings finished its construction

[@hishambinyun5933]

i dont think i can see no 1 mega projek complete in my life

[@Johan-bc9nl]

MY IDEAL PLOATING BUILDING MEGA STRUCTURE ;;

[@ernestmac13]

I think humanity can utilize the mega structures, mega cities, spacectaft, etc, designs from Science Fiction as insperation, and as a means to save the time and energy of using this resource rathwr than starting from scratch, to help us build our future cities, mega structures, etc.

[@alexschiemann2856]

2110 nobody that started the project would even be left alive to see it be completed.

[@MrAbraxus666]

You can 100% tell, someone in Japan watched Stargate Atlantis and was just like "YATO!"

[@samajier2566]

Bangunan yang megah

[@NikhilMoviesPvt]

This are not only Mega Sturctures, these are ULTRA ULTRA ULTRA MEGA STRUCTURES 😂😂 Beyond human capabilities But who knows the future.

[@kevin57carter]

But will they ever be built?

[@John_4756]

All of these buildings were conceived during Japan's bubble economy. Construction cannot be done now that economic growth has stopped.