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The Shimizu TRY 2004 Mega-City Pyramid is a proposed Shimizu Corporation project for the construction of a massive pyramid over Tokyo Bay in Japan. The structure would be more than 14 times as high as the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 Shimizu TRY 2004 Mega-City metres, 456.04 feet), and would house 1,000,000 people. The structure would be 2,000 meters (6,561 feet) tall measured Pyramid from mean sea level, including 5 stacked trusses, each with similar dimensions to that of the Great Pyramid of Giza. This 清水TRY-2004メガ都市のピラミッド pyramid would help answer Tokyo's increasing lack of space, although the project would only handle a small fraction of the population of the Greater Tokyo Area.[1]

The proposed structure is so large that it could not be built with current conventional materials, due to their weight. The design relies on the future availability of super-strong lightweight materials based on carbon nanotubes presently being researched.

Contents The Pyramid City or megacity as featured on the Discovery Channel's 1 Materials and construction process programs General information 2 Interior traffic and buildings Status Proposed 3 See also Type Office, Residential, 4 References Research, Leisure

5 External links Location Tokyo Bay, Japan Construction started unknown Estimated unknown Materials and construction process completion Height First, the pyramid's foundation would be formed by 36 piers made of special concrete. Roof 2,004 m (6,575 ft) Because the seismically active Pacific Ring of Fire cuts right through Japan, the external structure of the pyramid would be an Technical details open network of megatrusses, supporting struts made from carbon nanotubes to allow the pyramid to stand against and let Floor area 8 square through high winds, and survive earthquakes and tsunamis. kilometres The trusses would be coated with photovoltaic film to convert sunlight into electricity and help power the city. The city will (3.1 sq mi) also be powered by pond scum or algae. Design and construction

Robotic systems are planned to play a major part in both construction and building maintenance. Architect Dante Bini, David Dimitric Interior traffic and buildings Developer Shimizu Corporation Transportation within the city would be provided by accelerating walkways, inclined elevators, and a personal rapid transit system where automated pods would travel within the trusses.

Housing and office space would be provided by twenty-four or more 30-story high suspended from above and below, and attached to the pyramid's supporting structure with nanotube cables.

See also

Arcology Megacity 1000 X-Seed 4000 Proposed tall buildings and structures

References

1. Statistics Bureau of Japan (http://www.stat.go.jp/data/kokusei/2000/guide/2-01.htm#pos4)

External links

Discovery Channel's Extreme Engineering: City in a Pyramid (https://archive.is/20140911135631/http://internationallicensing.discovery.com/pfd/pfd.nsf/dc9e4ded f3d459eb8525707d007406ed/2ab3f941cd95e02685256fa2005a5a6a?OpenDocument) Home Page for Bini Systems' proposed pneumatic construction method (https://web.archive.org/web/20090420134301/http://www.binisystems.com/try.html) TRY 2004-Shimizu's Dream - Shimizu Corporation (Project site) (https://web.archive.org/web/20120825041721/http://www.shimz.co.jp/english/theme/dream/try.ht ml)

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