Last week, Broad Group announced it has received approval from the Chinese government and will break ground on the project next month, though according to Quartz's Lily Kuo, Broad Sustainable Building has pushed the building's schedule to a more modest seven months. — theatlanticcities.com
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*yawn*
Off the top of my head, I have huge questions about how the MEP systems will work in a building of this size if not customized for the height and distance. Also, what about custom structural foundation requirements and vertical transportation time getting up and down a building of this size? And if its really classified as a "city," what are the differences (if any) between the build outs for commercial vs. residential spaces?
I wonder if it will be yet another ghost city building, for the chinese people to buy a condo, and then be completely empty because no one moves in...?
it is clear that the design is clearly and deliberately secondary here. this is mostly mathematics in the aid of a Guinness record race. prefab, assembly, minimum complications in form and elements so as not to form obstacles in the speed and vertical expanse of construction. I am not saying this in a disparaging way; . the Chines are simply getting to the most essential denominator in the most efficient way without being hypocritical in their venture by garbing a giant of a building in interestingness to alleviate the feeling of shame felt in enslaving one's intellect to the singular and naïve pursuit of going higher and therefore in running after lowbrow fame (actually, building the highest building/the largest/ the longest cantilevered structure...etc would suggest that architecture may sometimes not be an art but rather a sport). however, it seems the Chinese are not as jaded to have that cynical self consciousness driving them to such designerly hypocrisy and conceit. but that's just one reading.
That's a lot of tofu
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