The Burj Khalifa, currently the tallest building in the world, may soon be surpassed by the Shimizu Pyramid, a 240-story high project in Japan. However, architects are already dreaming of even bigger structures, like a skyscraper with a billion floors. While building such a structure is theoretically possible, it would pose significant engineering challenges, including the need for a massive base, resistant materials, and advanced elevator systems.
According to calculations, a skyscraper with 10,000 floors would require a base of approximately 4,000 square kilometers, which is roughly the size of Polynesia. To overcome this challenge, architects have proposed alternative designs, such as a central core with supporting columns.
The article also explores the possibility of building a mega-skyscraper with 1 billion floors, which would require resources from other celestial bodies and advanced technologies. Such a structure could potentially house the entire human population, but would come with a hefty price tag, likely in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
Ultimately, the article concludes that while building a skyscraper with a billion floors is theoretically possible, it is still a distant dream that would require significant advancements in engineering, materials science, and technology.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world, with a height of 828 meters.
2. The Burj Khalifa has 150 stories.
3. The Shimizu Pyramid is a proposed building that could break the record of the Burj Khalifa.
4. The Shimizu Pyramid would be 240 stories high.
5. The Shimizu Pyramid would be 14 times larger than the Pyramid of Cheops.
6. The Shimizu Pyramid would be made up of 204 smaller pyramidal constructions.
7. Each of the smaller pyramidal constructions would be equal to the area of the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas.
8. The Shimizu Pyramid would be slightly shorter than the Burj Khalifa, at 730 meters.
9. The Shimizu Pyramid could accommodate over a million people.
10. William Baker, one of the creators of the Burj Khalifa, proposed that a skyscraper with a height of 8,849 meters could be built on a base of approximately 4,100 square kilometers.
11. Mount Everest is the highest mountain peak above sea level, at 8,848 meters.
12. The area at the base of a skyscraper with a height of 8,849 meters would have to be approximately equal to the area of Polynesia.
13. The base of a skyscraper with a height of 8,849 meters would require a large, solid foundation to support the weight of the building.
14. The higher a building is, the greater the pressure on its foundation.
15. A building with a billion floors would require an enormous amount of material and energy to construct.
16. According to NASA, there are approximately 170 million pieces of satellite remains in near-Earth space.
17. The speed of some of these objects can reach up to 56,000 kilometers per hour.
18. Scientists are working on a device to remove space debris from near-Earth space.
19. The Surrey Space Center has created a model of an orbital vacuum cleaner to clean up near-Earth space.
20. A skyscraper with a billion floors would require a huge amount of material and energy to construct, possibly requiring resources from other celestial bodies.
21. The estimated cost of building a skyscraper with a billion floors would be hundreds of billions of dollars.
22. According to UN and UNESCO standards, an average person needs a space of at least 30 square meters to live a normal lifestyle.
23. Approximately 500 people can be comfortably accommodated on one floor of a modern skyscraper.
24. With one billion floors, there would be more than enough space for stadiums, parks, lakes, and artificial lagoons, recreation areas, and all the other spaces you can imagine.