Architect firm Kohn Pedersen Fox and structural engineering company Leslie E. Robertson Associates are looking to develop a mile-high building in Tokyo, Japan, which could possibly be the world's next tallest building.
Situated in Tokyo Bay, just southeast of the city proper, the plan doesn't just call for the construction of a "single massive building." If granted, Next Tokyo would be the first mini-city intended to battle climate change. The New York Post reports:
"Envisioned as part of Tokyo's effort to protect itself from rising tides, Next Tokyo would feature a chain of man-made, hexagon-shaped islands. They would form a barrier to protect Japan's capital from flooding as well as provide the foundation for homes for some 500,000 people. They could be connected by Hyperloop, Elon Musk's high-speed transit system."
Of course, the pièce-de-résistance of the plan is the skyscraper standing at a height of 5,577 feet, which is expected to see completion in 2045.
The building is currently being dubbed as the Sky Mile Tower, and just like its neighboring islands, the structure would be hexagon-shaped as well - but this time its for "optimal wind resistance."
According to Architectural Digest, the tower will also have "multilevel sky lobbies where residents would share amenities such as shopping centers, restaurants, hotels, gyms, libraries, and health clinics."
Not only that, but reports have also claimed that the tower could hold as much as 55,000 people, "a full 10th of the city-within-a-city's population." Moreover, the building will also have state-of-the-art cable-free elevators, allowing movement vertically and horizontally.
The building is somewhat self-sustaining as well. "The building's façade will collect, filter and store water from the atmosphere, serving as its own apartments' water supply so that the upper floors don't have to rely on a traditional water pump," as reported by The Post.
The Skye Mile Tower (photo), if approved, will double the height of the world's current tallest building - Dubai's Burj Khalifa, which stands at 2,716.5 feet.
Check out renderings of Next Tokyo here: (1) (2)
