Housing one million people and being totally carbon neutral. Those are the goals of Ziggurat, a pyramid shaped building that has been proposed in Dubai. "Ziggurat" is the name people used to give to pyramids in the Middle East, back in the ancient times.
With a surface of 2.3 square kilometres and a height of 1350 metres, the megatructure has to provide living and working space to one million people. Because of an ingenieus internal transportation system there will be no need for fuel burning cars. The tower - pyramid - will use a combination of steam, wind, and solar power to keep itself entirely off the grid.
Timelinks, the design firm that unveiled the plans, says the purpose of the project isn't all about reducing the ecological footprint. They also want to show that complete cities can be built on surface areas 10 times as small as used today.
The project will be unveiled officially at Cityscape Dubai, which takes place from 6-9 October 2008.
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