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jduartemiller's Avatar jduartemiller
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Firstly, i want to promote a contest that i am hosting that is a skyscraper contest. It is open to everyone, so if you have a great design idea, you should check it out. Contest will close on February 19th.

This is an original design loosely based off of the Nakagin Capsule Tower by Kisho Kurokawa. The idea with this is to build a modular frame building around a central core. The core supports the building, and the units hang off of it, and expand as needed. The reason for modular and prefabricated buildings is to reduce waste by having the materials in a controlled environment, raise the quality of construction (again, by being in a controlled environment, as all the pieces are manufactured and somewhat assembled in a factory), and reduce building time. A similar principle is being applied in China where a 30-story tower was built in only 15 days (led by Zhang Yue).

Each module is 6 x 6 x 6, and each apartment is fully furnished with a kitchen, study, living room, and bedroom. Most have balconies, and some have two bedrooms. The arrangement of each unit is varied. There are 4 units per floor, and their layout is based on eight different arrangements randomly created on each floor based on the needs of the rooms in each unit and their adjacency to the surrounding units. There are two towers in this complex in my city, but the towers are identical, so i have only included one in the schematic.

Dimensions: 30 x 45 x 101

Using High Rossferry City Texture pack
Thank you to Darkone55



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07/11/2014 3:03 pm
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Mastergabe2000
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EPIC
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05/07/2014 12:47 pm
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bluegreenvibes
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What is this texturepack it's EPIC!
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04/16/2014 6:06 pm
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RedyHead
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Do you any worldediting tools for your creations?...
Anyway Amazing Building..
But the "real life picture" makes me scared beacause i have a feeling its ganna fall down :P
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04/16/2014 9:36 pm
Level 67 : High Grandmaster Architect
jduartemiller
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I think they are tearing the Capsule Tower down. Kind of sad, because it was a really great idea, just wasn't taken care of as it should have.

And i use MCEdit in most of my builds, but that's it.
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05/02/2014 10:07 am
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RedyHead
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ik that is sad :( I really like the building, just its hygiene issues are bad :(
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01/29/2014 4:26 pm
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NinamanOfficial
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Love it man
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01/28/2014 10:30 pm
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HerbaMachina
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ive looked through your builds and these are probably some of the best modern Skyscraper designs out there!
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01/26/2014 12:21 pm
Level 66 : High Grandmaster Mountaineer
GGJ16
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Amazing build mate :O
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01/26/2014 1:14 am
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ilikecutepeople
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Cool
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01/25/2014 6:57 pm
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Golden_Keeper
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I am wondering, what city are you using your builds for?
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