If this project gets the green light, London’s skyline would
have a new addition in the form of the mile-high ‘eco-friendly’ tower, to be
located in East London. Towering 500 stories high, it is expected to house
100,000 people, in addition to having space for schools, hospitals and stores.
This proposed giant skyscraper by British firm Popular
Architecture will create 12 new ‘villages’ in the sky and is three times larger
than anything built in the capital. And for every 20 stories, there will be
‘holes’ that serve as public spaces containing botanic gardens, ice-skating
rinks and swimming pools.
The whole idea of using minimal land to house a large number
of people adds an ecological advantage to this project. For now though, this
skyscraper remains a pipedream till an interested developer turns it into
reality.
populararchitecture.com
via inhabitat