The Ultima Tower -- a Human Termite Nest


	The Ultima Tower -- a Human Termite Nest
rj3sp
5-19-2008 7:01 AM
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A two-mile high, million-occupant, innovative tower proposed by architect Eugene Tsui, based upon design principles of trees and other living system to reduce its energy footprint.
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Acting as a human termite nest, and costing $150 billion, these two mile high green towers would house over one million people in a one mile wide area. Instead of floors, the building’s interior would consist of a multi-dimensional ecosystem complete with neighborhood districts and 30-50 meter high skies. 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Rather than spreading horizontally the structure rises vertically from a base with a 7,000 foot diameter - inspired in part by the <A href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/12/10/building-modelled-on-termites-eastgate-centre-in-zimbabwe/" target="new">termite’s nest structures</A> of Africa, the highest structure created by any living organism. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/04/03/ultima-tower-the-vertical-green-city-that-works-like-a-tree/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.inhabitat.com/img/E41E13FD-4B7C-42B2-B3AF-623FCB110112" alt="Gigantic volcano tower, gigantic eco tower, worlds biggest tower, Two mile high tower, 2 mile high building, mile high structure, mile high eco city, mountain skyscraper, Eugene Tsui, Ultima Tower, megacities, megatowers, green building, sustainable design, sustainable architecture, green architeccture, urban migration, green skyscrapers, urban housing, sustainable development, super towers" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.tdrinc.com/ultima.html" href="http://www.tdrinc.com/ultima.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.tdrinc.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tdrinc.com/ultima.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.tdrinc.com/img/5E68F57E-7D3F-4BA6-8DD6-5EAB4D2C1A26" alt="back to planning" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tdrinc.com/ultima.html"><B>The "Ultima" Tower, 
          Two-mile High Sky City</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tdrinc.com/ultima.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.tdrinc.com/img/3888AE83-454C-419C-B684-83ACD6A902AF" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tdrinc.com/ultima.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.tdrinc.com/img/7E7E1645-430A-4606-8A87-04BB2AF2B924" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tdrinc.com/ultima.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.tdrinc.com/img/1C73955C-EFC5-4C28-843F-3D9990FD42D3" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tdrinc.com/ultima.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.tdrinc.com/img/7C9655B1-A730-4321-8598-F010870EC8E5" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tdrinc.com/ultima.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.tdrinc.com/img/BE878217-7E28-4BE8-AA2C-4232754188E1" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tdrinc.com/ultima.html"><B>Section. 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