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“As we deplete our natural resources, we are left with huge gaping holes in the ground—scars from our open-pit mining exploits. Matthew Fromboluti of Washington University in St. Louis has a plan to heal those scars with an underground skyscraper that fills the hole and creates a self-sustaining community in its place. His proposal, Above Below, is proposed to infill the 900-foot deep and nearly 300-acre wide crater left by the former Lavender Pit Mine outside of Bisbee, Arizona.”Underground Skyscraper is a Self-Sufficient Desert City Above Below Skyscraper

After Skynet has reached full self-awareness, we’re all going to be living in this…

laphamsquarterly:

“As we deplete our natural resources, we are left with huge gaping holes in the ground—scars from our open-pit mining exploits. Matthew Fromboluti of Washington University in St. Louis has a plan to heal those scars with an underground skyscraper that fills the hole and creates a self-sustaining community in its place. His proposal, Above Below, is proposed to infill the 900-foot deep and nearly 300-acre wide crater left by the former Lavender Pit Mine outside of Bisbee, Arizona.”

Underground Skyscraper is a Self-Sufficient Desert City Above Below Skyscraper

After Skynet has reached full self-awareness, we’re all going to be living in this…


Notes

  1. janith-chen reblogged this from ericapolis
  2. themauricio reblogged this from theatlantic and added:
    I really like this idea. Really REALLY like it.
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  6. timstrube reblogged this from theatlantic and added:
    Call me crazy, but this is exactly what I think this country needs right now: a symbol. A symbol for progress. A symbol...
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  8. intellectualharlot reblogged this from laphamsquarterly and added:
    I wonder what it would be like...skyscraper. Also, I wonder why
  9. markcoatney reblogged this from laphamsquarterly and added:
    reached full self-awareness, we’re all going
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  13. pol102 reblogged this from theatlantic and added:
    Will we become mole people in the near future? Too many science fiction dystopias would say yes.
  14. ericapolis reblogged this from theatlantic and added:
    Sim Tower would have been so much more awesome if there had been underground skyscrapers.
  15. 636benjamin reblogged this from theconceptlibrarian and added:
    is awesome, but on closer inspection, reminds me...too much of Resident Evil. I don’t...
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  17. theconceptlibrarian reblogged this from laphamsquarterly and added:
    This could work. Since it’s...fairly progressive structure, why not test out a bleeding...
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