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Komentáře • 452

  • @Naxioan
    @Naxioan Před 6 lety +986

    Sky, Ground, Earth, Water, Long ago the 4 scrapers lived together in harmony. Then everything changed when the Sky scrapers attacked.

    • @Aetherguy-cb9bu
      @Aetherguy-cb9bu Před 6 lety +13

      Alex Douglas nice one lol

    •  Před 6 lety +5

      lol

    • @pilentus
      @pilentus Před 6 lety +13

      Ground and earth same thing?

    • @drunkenfish6274
      @drunkenfish6274 Před 6 lety +17

      Troopar Pilentus Plays nope.
      Ground is first level.
      Earth is underneath.

    • @pilentus
      @pilentus Před 6 lety +10

      Rahmstation but.... But..... Ok

  • @TheManWhoDoubts
    @TheManWhoDoubts Před 6 lety +287

    Earthscrapers would be a great idea to build in Mars !

  • @joshualyden9464
    @joshualyden9464 Před 6 lety +243

    Earth scraper? Isn't that a shovel? 🤔
    Good video keep up the great work.👍🏾

  • @major600
    @major600 Před 6 lety +146

    It seems to me that this would only be practical in places with very high demand for real estate whose ground could not support a skyscraper.

    • @seraphina985
      @seraphina985 Před 6 lety +12

      Or that is on the glideslope of an active runway or any one of a number of other reasons that cities invoke height restrictions over some or all of their land area.

    • @major600
      @major600 Před 6 lety +5

      I thought there was a restriction on buildings not being able to block St. Paul's Cathedral. They can build skyscrapers on sand. Just look at Dubai.

    • @jacobhoffman8610
      @jacobhoffman8610 Před 6 lety +3

      a reverse skyscraper isnt feasable for the same reasons we cant build cities on the ocean floor + earthquakes - enourmous pressure will crush it weather its open at the top or not - if the ground didnt move about though it would be easy lol

    • @isaacoshea
      @isaacoshea Před 6 lety +5

      Jacob Hoffman I'm no architect, but I would imagine it would be possible to design an earthscraper that could handle earthquakes, and easy to design one to handle earthquakes as well as regular buildings - by incorporating into the design room for mechanical slides like for bridges (but for more than a few millimeters), or being detached to other parts of the building (i.e. some earthquake-resistant skyscrapers have pillars in the center that are partially disconnected, that provide structural support, even in earthquakes).

    • @darthutah6649
      @darthutah6649 Před 6 lety +1

      Or where height limits keep demand from being met by supply.

  • @cjeam9199
    @cjeam9199 Před 6 lety +95

    It’s 2035. You work as a caretaker on the bottom level of the Brazil earthscraper. It’s dark. It’s damp. And you wade through ankle deep litter to get to your desk everyday. Then you start hearing screams and panic from above.

    • @TransistorBased
      @TransistorBased Před 6 lety +18

      cjeam That's just your daily routine if you live in Brazil

    • @jurijsitar2611
      @jurijsitar2611 Před 6 lety

      This should be a wp

    • @youstolethecookie
      @youstolethecookie Před 5 lety +3

      That's a movie script in the making.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Před 5 lety

      Cjeam
      Caretaker: Guess the nukes are flying.

    • @niviamaeva
      @niviamaeva Před 5 lety +1

      @@TransistorBased Sorry to burst your bubble but it is not .

  • @Amigps01
    @Amigps01 Před 6 lety +148

    “Earth scrapers are not buried underground. Instead they extend a considerable distance downwards from the surface.”
    Uh.......I think that’s the meaning of something being underground.

    • @FellowEarthOfficial1
      @FellowEarthOfficial1 Před 6 lety +31

      Amigps01 underground would refer to something completely encased by dirt and actually under the surface of Earth. This however would not be as it had access points on the surface meaning it is not technically underground. Just surrounded by dirt

    • @Exodon2020
      @Exodon2020 Před 6 lety +13

      Their top isn't covered allowing natural light to get inside the building. Think of it as an inverted regular building.

    • @ado3247
      @ado3247 Před 5 lety +6

      It is not buried, it is like if something falls in a hole, its not buried, its just under the surface

    • @joelmorin99
      @joelmorin99 Před 5 lety +1

      THANK YOU. That really bothered me too. Its underground. Stop trying to wiggle out of it people! So annoying.

    • @smallstudiodesign
      @smallstudiodesign Před 4 lety +2

      Well he means they’re not buried (as in cut’n cover), they’re bored ... 😐

  • @Alex-cw3rz
    @Alex-cw3rz Před 6 lety +249

    Next episode: scraper scraper.

    • @TheB1M
      @TheB1M  Před 6 lety +36

      We’re totally gonna make that now

    • @goobot1
      @goobot1 Před 6 lety +3

      You mean an airplane?

    • @bharathidevi3667
      @bharathidevi3667 Před 4 lety +1

      @@TheB1M 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Master-kh6ww
      @Master-kh6ww Před 3 lety

      Can someone please make an air scraper or a space scraper?

  • @the20thDoctor
    @the20thDoctor Před 6 lety +52

    It's a hole. Ya live in it.
    Any questions?

    • @ikmal-sy9iy
      @ikmal-sy9iy Před 3 lety +1

      @zain mudassir jump
      (Not recommended due to safety issues)

  • @TheB1M
    @TheB1M  Před 6 lety

    What are “Groundscrapers”? - czcams.com/video/H9mp-2w9aFU/video.html

  • @veggieboyultimate
    @veggieboyultimate Před 4 lety +18

    This looks like an infrastructure from an anime series, which is why I think we should make it a reality
    A silly reason yes I am aware.

  • @carnagekabuto9759
    @carnagekabuto9759 Před 6 lety +26

    Now that a name is already created, let the race begin to see who builds the deepest earthscraper.

    • @ilonnolan9259
      @ilonnolan9259 Před 6 lety +2

      -does house of evolution count?-

    • @GrandMasterAbe
      @GrandMasterAbe Před 6 lety +1

      There is, just Google the deepest mine in the world.

    • @carnagekabuto9759
      @carnagekabuto9759 Před 6 lety +3

      They will say that mines don't count as an earthscraper, just as how telecommunication towers don't count as skyscrapers.

  • @Maurazio
    @Maurazio Před 6 lety +26

    Maybe it's doable with an overly complicated system of mirrors, ventilation and water evacuation. But it still occupies space that could be used for a much better skyscraper. And comes in conflict with underground infrastructure.

    • @mistermood4164
      @mistermood4164 Před 6 lety +1

      i agree, there's limited practical uses for an earthscraper.

    • @Mark_v92
      @Mark_v92 Před 6 lety +10

      what about a sky/earth scraper? twice as big. halfway underground. make it diamond shaped so its more stable and can support its weight

    • @pepps779
      @pepps779 Před 6 lety +10

      I wonder if the concept might be better served for construction outside of Earth, like the moon or Mars.

    • @MrGoatflakes
      @MrGoatflakes Před 6 lety +3

      Why bother with the complicated mirrors? Mirrors have loss. To the point where you'd be better off using solar panels and artificial lights at some point. And of course it's also true you will probably need extra artificial lighting even in the day, so mirrors and prisms seem a pointless complication.

  • @alfredhitchcock45
    @alfredhitchcock45 Před 6 lety +69

    Umbrella Corporation

    • @kaboom323818
      @kaboom323818 Před 6 lety +5

      mel saint resident evil, sure what can be done in the movie can be in reality

    • @abyssstrider2547
      @abyssstrider2547 Před 6 lety +3

      kaboom323818 Well... It's doable, the cost however... Yeah. Unless you are owning a megacorporation and have few bilions of surplus each year then forget about making something like Raccoon city

  • @profwaldone
    @profwaldone Před 4 lety +8

    eehm. I have issues with this. I live in an area with a relatively high water table so I may be more aware of this than others. but that inverted triangle would essentially be a giant boat. we have had issues here with semi-submerged parking garages forcing themselves out of the ground after a lot of rain.

  • @MTTT1234
    @MTTT1234 Před 3 lety +7

    Somehow to me that seems quite dangerous to build such a structure in geological active places, like proposed in Japan or Mexico City. I mean, Skyscrapers are allready prone to collapse in such regions, an underground structure seems even more dangerous to me to its inhabitants.

    • @Daniel_ACG
      @Daniel_ACG Před 2 lety

      Jealous

    • @youngmo77
      @youngmo77 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Waterscrapers for volcano prone regions than.

  • @andreslot6134
    @andreslot6134 Před 5 lety +1

    Greetings from Mexico !! I had no idea of that project downtown. Awesome video as always

  • @syedia
    @syedia Před 6 lety +5

    Wow, im impressed on how they edit their videos so good, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK :D UR DA BEST B1M

  • @McRocket
    @McRocket Před 6 lety +32

    This was much more interesting then I thought it would be when I saw the title.

  • @jaime5367
    @jaime5367 Před 4 lety +5

    Fernando Higueras, a Spanish architect, called them “rascainfiernos” (“hellscrappers”)

  • @kajakkille
    @kajakkille Před 6 lety +47

    Water proof? it could become a giant aquarium .....

    • @Exodon2020
      @Exodon2020 Před 6 lety +8

      You can be sure they got that drainage problem sorted out. Still curious how they make water run against gravity in case of a longer blackout.

  • @MyDiesel101
    @MyDiesel101 Před 5 lety

    Excellent video. Thank You. Just combine the two, Ground Scraper & Earth Scraper into a Hybrid Ground /Tunnel Scraper. It can several miles long and one can have light residential, commercial, & retail Development around the Light Shafts of the Tunnel Sections. Plus it could have it's own light rail transit system.

  • @poqbum
    @poqbum Před 6 lety +3

    What an insane idea. I hope sometime in my lifetime one of these gets built. What would be even more insane is if on top of the earth scraper there was a skyscraper.

  • @CitiesoftheFuture
    @CitiesoftheFuture Před 6 lety

    Man we love your videos! 👍

  • @drdewott9154
    @drdewott9154 Před 5 lety +2

    Y'know in Copenhagen we have metro stations which could be considered earthscrapers, since they're big boxes with the deepest point about 150ft underground with a clear view towards the surface above with glass windows, the sides of the station extending directly above the train tracks could in theory be used for office space too if rebuilt slightly. So yeah you could say that these metro stations are like mini earth scrapers

  • @docbrown7916
    @docbrown7916 Před 5 lety +3

    More on subsurface housing and commercial /industrial stuff would be great. I've always loved underground stuff. Geothermal tech too and general earth sheltered stuff. My late cyber sis ref to me as a tall hobbit, I get more into the tech than the fantasy stuff.

  • @diegosoto738
    @diegosoto738 Před 4 lety +2

    There is a mall in mexico city that is not an earthscraper but its a complex of 3 buildings that go down just like a earthscraper, called Garden Santa Fe.

  • @rebelbeammasterx8472
    @rebelbeammasterx8472 Před 6 lety +6

    Can't wait for the space scrapers: scrapers that reach the heavens. Hanging scrapers: scrapers that hang down from outer space attaching back to Earth. And floating scrapers: scrapers that go up and down in the sky.

    • @GearZNet
      @GearZNet Před 6 lety

      at that point just build neo-cities, less physics related roadblocks to overcome.

    • @walangchahangyelingden8252
      @walangchahangyelingden8252 Před 2 lety

      It is possible to build a ringworld engineering-wise. Resources would be massive though. And the time for building. No easy feat, very far into the future.

  • @jk3jk35
    @jk3jk35 Před 3 lety +1

    the 'scraper' series has some serious undertones if something goes wrong and the homes suddenly become prisons.

  • @davidrawlins2862
    @davidrawlins2862 Před 6 lety

    An amazing concept and great video, but it would require substantial mechanical drainage systems

  • @highlikejordan1818
    @highlikejordan1818 Před 6 lety +2

    great video

    • @TheB1M
      @TheB1M  Před 6 lety

      Thank you!! ✊️✊️

  • @bonosbones
    @bonosbones Před 5 lety +1

    I am not sure I would feel OK more than 10 floors down. Interesting video, thank you.

  • @elBorrachoGuapo
    @elBorrachoGuapo Před 6 lety

    There have been a few proposals for an Earthscraper in Bisbee Arizona's Lavender pit mine. It is a large open pit, roughly conical. Most of the digging's already been done. Problem is, real estate prices are too low in Southeast Arizona to justify such a project.

  • @mistermood4164
    @mistermood4164 Před 6 lety

    i think its an interesting concept and a great way to tackle housing and office shortages however, how will people get fresh air and sunlight living and working in such spaces?

  • @Jesuis-qe8ql
    @Jesuis-qe8ql Před 6 lety +6

    1:40 mi mexico🇲🇽🌮😄😉

  • @vgames1543
    @vgames1543 Před 4 lety

    And here they are, nice to see that I am not the only one who thought about this.

  • @CDawg
    @CDawg Před 6 lety +6

    Isn't Mexico City incredibly seismically active? It doesn't seem feasible to me.

    • @DarthHater100
      @DarthHater100 Před 3 lety

      Ask that of San Francisco.

    • @CDawg
      @CDawg Před 3 lety +1

      @@DarthHater100 Nobody's talking about building Earthscrapers in San Francisco. Are we just naming seismically unstable regions/cities? Your comment makes no sense.
      On a side note, I watched a doc and did some reading on Mexico City and soil liquefaction is what makes it so dangerous there.

  • @ChrisJohnMedia
    @ChrisJohnMedia Před 6 lety +29

    Would they not just hit the water table and just be flooded?

    • @CyberiusT
      @CyberiusT Před 6 lety +4

      In some places, the water table is a *long* way down. But even in more normal locations, tanking is a thing.

    • @thespicehoarder
      @thespicehoarder Před 6 lety +1

      Yeah flooding and cave-ins would never allow this to happen.

    • @CyberiusT
      @CyberiusT Před 6 lety +9

      If they can build a tunnel through porous rock and soil *under* *the* *ocean* , they can seal up a hole. Also, there are plenty of mines around the place that go well below the water table (even under lakes and rivers) *without* tanking and *still* not flood (at least while they're in use) thanks to pumping and drainage systems.

    • @bigdickpornsuperstar
      @bigdickpornsuperstar Před 6 lety +9

      Yeah, I'm sure that never crossed the minds of doctorate level engineers. ::facepalm::

    • @robertbahler9520
      @robertbahler9520 Před 6 lety +4

      In Berlin, Germany the water table is just beneath the surface, yet they have been building underground for over a century. People always find solutions to these kinds of problems

  • @grassyclimer6853
    @grassyclimer6853 Před 6 lety +3

    I want one!

  • @shashwatdev2371
    @shashwatdev2371 Před 3 lety

    Underground building in Resident Evil was an epic one🔥.

  • @MrGoatflakes
    @MrGoatflakes Před 6 lety

    Guy's eyes are striking and hypnotic. 🍥^🍥

  • @caminuyu
    @caminuyu Před 6 lety +21

    Can another building be built on top of an Earthscraper?

    • @TheB1M
      @TheB1M  Před 6 lety +9

      Great question!!

    • @plumsmuglers
      @plumsmuglers Před 6 lety +5

      Yes and that'd be ideal

    • @pepps779
      @pepps779 Před 6 lety +15

      If using space more efficiently is the goal, then building in both directions would be ideal.

    • @sirtrollalot7762
      @sirtrollalot7762 Před 6 lety +2

      My first thought! imagine a building that descends 65 floors into the earth but above ground is the height of the burj khalifa. Sadly I think that we are alive too early to witness such marvels

    • @LG141602
      @LG141602 Před 5 lety

      Yes. I made a. Design like that when I was a kid. I'm working on a profesional design now.

  • @TeddyKrimsony
    @TeddyKrimsony Před 5 lety +1

    there's an underground mall in central Moscow and been there for ages

  • @DamianLewd
    @DamianLewd Před 5 lety

    Have and or can you cover the underground city plans for Chicago

  • @syrupgoblin4920
    @syrupgoblin4920 Před 6 lety +2

    I love this channel

    • @TheB1M
      @TheB1M  Před 6 lety

      We love our viewers more!!

  • @TacticalFemboy
    @TacticalFemboy Před 6 lety +6

    Depthscraper defiantly sounds better.

  • @wolfemanbog4176
    @wolfemanbog4176 Před 2 lety

    Mexico City built the one pictured in your video can u update this video

  • @mactek6033
    @mactek6033 Před 6 lety

    Digging that would be very costly. It would also be hotter the deeper you go. When you hit the water table, the problem of leaking would be an issue.

  • @breadyegg
    @breadyegg Před 3 lety +1

    "And they call it a mine. A mine!"

  • @TheLetsComment
    @TheLetsComment Před 6 lety

    Skyscraper + Earthscraper = ultimate space usage!!

  • @JVIPER88
    @JVIPER88 Před 6 lety +1

    In theory, the idea of an "earthscraper" would be to maximize land use, and fit more people in your city. But that isn't actually what would happen. If you take a plot of land and build an earthscraper, unless you want the residents to turn into mole people, you surface has to be transparent. So you can't build anything on that plot of land. Can't even plant trees. So in effect, it's no different than simply building a skyscraper on that land.
    But I guess if you don't care about sunlight, and have no interest in ever opening a window to get fresh air, being underground would be a great way to regulate temperature without using too much electricity...

  • @DanielDogeanu
    @DanielDogeanu Před 6 lety +3

    I think these would be perfect to build on Mars or on the Moon.

  • @Wltrwllyngaeiou
    @Wltrwllyngaeiou Před 3 lety

    My university's civil engineering department was housed in a 7 floor building underground with a central hub for light. It was horrible to visit with terrible lighting.

  • @johnkapusta3237
    @johnkapusta3237 Před 4 lety

    do you have any idea how hot its gonna be down there from all the sunlight hitting the glass floor?

  • @jimschuler8830
    @jimschuler8830 Před 6 lety +12

    Earthscraper is an incredibly stupid name. A skyscraper is named not because a "scraper" is some kind of tower or building, but because it's so tall it scrapes the sky. This doesn't scrape the earth. It pierces it. Earthpiercer would be more appropriate.

    • @creeperlover53
      @creeperlover53 Před 5 lety +1

      Sounds like an alien super weapon

    • @joelmorin99
      @joelmorin99 Před 5 lety

      I agree its a dumb name but I am not fond of "Earthpiercer" either. I think Subterranean Tower/building or simply Terra Tower is much better.

  • @aussiebloke4601
    @aussiebloke4601 Před 3 lety

    Just go to Coober Pedy in Australia. The whole town is underground.

  • @saosaqii5807
    @saosaqii5807 Před 4 lety +1

    So basically earthscrapers are bunkers
    Skyscrapers are super high buildings
    Oceanscrapers are basically seasteads

  • @TheBaldr
    @TheBaldr Před 6 lety

    Aperture Science has a pretty impressive Earthscraper.

  • @Confederalist
    @Confederalist Před 6 lety

    This would be great for hot places like Phoenix or Las Vegas.

  • @baxile
    @baxile Před 5 lety

    The Shanghai Songjiang Shimao Hotel is kind of an earthscraper, if not entirely, built in an abandoned mine pit.

  • @UnReal31337
    @UnReal31337 Před 6 lety +1

    Isn't this also known as a Geo-front? Or is that something else entirely?

  • @junjung2975
    @junjung2975 Před 5 lety

    I dont know man
    Have you ever play a game called raw danger on ps2?

  • @mastertrams
    @mastertrams Před 4 lety +1

    So what would a building be called if it was both comparable to a skyscraper in height, and an earthscraper in depth...
    Or, even more absurd, what if it was wide as a groundscraper, tall as a skyscraper, deep as an earthscraper, and had a sky-bridge connecting it to an oceanscraper?

  • @ABCowl
    @ABCowl Před 6 lety +18

    How is it safer being in an earthscraper during an earthquake?

    • @seraphina985
      @seraphina985 Před 6 lety +14

      Load distribution mostly I would have thought any motion of the ground would be spread out through the building unlike a skyskraper where the entire motion of the ground is transferred to the building via the foundation and the ground floor columns the massive inertia of the building putting a lot of stress on those components in the process.

    • @julesmo323
      @julesmo323 Před 6 lety +1

      Do you realize what happens the your structural support that is bearing on soil and all of a sudden you have soil liquefaction. Welcome to your burial chamber.

  • @bcubed72
    @bcubed72 Před 6 lety

    Hooray for radon!

  • @Techischannel
    @Techischannel Před 6 lety

    Heh, the best thing about Earthsrcapers is that in case of Nuclear Warfare or any wich includes many Bombs on Cities (If the Earthscraper has been build Correctly) the Earthscraper can be used as a Bunker. Also another Advantage is that you gan basicaly go down asmuch as you may like, once you're deep enugth you can even use the Updraft of Air created by the Earth Heating Cool Air firstly as a Energy Source but much more as a Naturaly "Fuled" Air Ventilation system (Expected if done Correctly ... logicaly). And another great thing is that you can always expand those and even connect them with other Earth Scrapers, wich is impossible with current Human Tech.

  • @Law19157
    @Law19157 Před 6 lety +10

    London has those Iceberg homes I hear where they build 3 or 4 floors underground since they can't build up. The Construction seems to piss off the neighbors lol!

    • @GeorgRusbeck
      @GeorgRusbeck Před 6 lety

      Law19157 up to seven floors. Kensington started to limit it to two floors underground.
      btw. whats about the pyramid of the Louvre?

    • @Law19157
      @Law19157 Před 6 lety

      Wow...7 floors. I'm not sure what the pyramid of the Louvre is, a museum or something in Paris Idk looks pretty though.

    • @Exodon2020
      @Exodon2020 Před 6 lety +1

      The Louvre Pyramid is actually the Entrance to the Louvre Museum. You enter that 18th century French palace through this modern structure. Well, upon entering the Louvre you'll find out the old exterior is just a mere shell with a top-notch interior.
      About the London Iceberg Homes: many Billionaires started digging deeper and deeper underground - even going as far as building beyond the borders of their property underneath the road and in some cases even went as far as violating their neighbour's propery by literally building their own Cellar underneath it. Then they built all sorts of crazy stuff inside it: Multistory Pools, Garages, entire Doomsday Vaults, etc. It was just a matter of time until the city Administration had to step in.

  • @nf9563
    @nf9563 Před 5 lety

    Imagine a skyscraper right next to an earthscraper! It would be like a double skyscraper

  • @bacarisissoko2554
    @bacarisissoko2554 Před 6 lety

    In Paris we have this kind of underground bulding like the parisian Mall name "le forum des halles" .xoxo

    • @kajakkille
      @kajakkille Před 6 lety

      bacari sissoko . And how successful has that been?

  • @MechanicWolf85
    @MechanicWolf85 Před 6 lety

    I love this ideas, this is what I want from humanity ideas of sci-fi fantasy made into reality (and ideas that helps human evolve and keep nature from collapsing)
    Imagine if every city was underground and we left the out side for nature so we only go out for natural exercise or simply to enjoy nature and go to other planets
    But I'm a little clusterphobic and I'm afraid of heights, but I like mountains
    how about a mountain scraper?

  • @zachfox7771
    @zachfox7771 Před 6 lety +7

    mantle scraper

  • @atharvaa18
    @atharvaa18 Před 5 lety

    0.10 Which building?

  • @guykool2520
    @guykool2520 Před 6 lety +88

    WaterScraper.. SandScraper.. IceScraper.. SpaceScraper.. Scraper between Scrapers...
    😂😂 😄😄 😁 😁😀 😆 😆😆

  • @koiyujo1543
    @koiyujo1543 Před 14 dny

    can you imagine how much earth and dig would need to be dug up for this? then again it's not like we haven't dig up that amount before it just he engineering is something we haven't done before

  • @DamianLewd
    @DamianLewd Před 3 lety

    Chicago?

  • @GrandMasterAbe
    @GrandMasterAbe Před 6 lety +87

    Why can't humongous buildings like in Star Wars movies be built instead?

    • @Vysair
      @Vysair Před 6 lety +18

      Yung Biz Insufficient resources and not yet possible with current rocket technology.

    • @Vignesh-hl4bd
      @Vignesh-hl4bd Před 6 lety +5

      We can upto 10 kilometers up to the sky.An inch taller it would collapse because of the gravitational limitations offered by earth. We could make it taller in Mars 😂😂😂😂

    • @nigerianprincess3391
      @nigerianprincess3391 Před 6 lety +13

      Art Centric
      You are wrong. You could build higher but that just would't be economically feasible.

    • @Vysair
      @Vysair Před 6 lety +2

      Art Centric I think he meant Death Star

    • @Vysair
      @Vysair Před 6 lety +1

      Art Centric We could had built space elevator...that is if we had enough resource for it.

  • @johndododoe1411
    @johndododoe1411 Před 2 lety

    Isn't there an Earthscraper shopping mall in Hong Kong already?

  • @RoboJules
    @RoboJules Před 6 lety +1

    Don't ascend past the 6th level though, or the curse of the Earthscraper will turn you into a suffering amorphis blob who wishes for a death that will never come. Also there's Megaman.

    • @TheB1M
      @TheB1M  Před 6 lety +1

      We decided to leave that part out.

  • @LoganAddisMusic
    @LoganAddisMusic Před 6 lety

    It would be cool if you could push a number button like an elevator but it would automatically deploy a net across your floor level and you jump down the center to get to your floor.

  • @alasanof
    @alasanof Před 3 lety

    This reminds me of my first Dwarf Fortress.

  • @sergarlantyrell7847
    @sergarlantyrell7847 Před rokem

    Most cities are built by the coast or a river, so ground water intrusion would be a major issue.

  • @aperture3412
    @aperture3412 Před 6 lety +1

    Earthscrapers... like the dwarven place Bilbo goes to in The Hobbit? Does that count?

  • @MegaVivekrocks
    @MegaVivekrocks Před 4 lety

    Rani ki Vav, Ahemdabad, India could be one ancient example of earth scraper

  • @carlordena
    @carlordena Před 6 lety

    Flood waters are definitely its worst nightmare...

  • @amandusan4821
    @amandusan4821 Před 4 lety

    There was an abandoned earthscaper in the air gear manga, then it became a space elevator.

  • @pepumarius2006
    @pepumarius2006 Před 6 lety

    Aren't fewer structural barriers for ground-scrappers than for skyscrappers?

  • @Dugo917
    @Dugo917 Před 6 lety

    You mean.... like the houses found in Matmata, Tunisia?

  • @mickeycomcyber6732
    @mickeycomcyber6732 Před 4 lety

    we all need that sky view

  • @sedwarg
    @sedwarg Před 6 lety

    Still pretty farfetched in any city with a comprehensive underground system - which are also presumably the cities where land is in highest demand so a bit of a catch 22.

  • @Jpwillerd
    @Jpwillerd Před 6 lety

    There would have to be some kind of pump system. I feel like the building would easily flood being that deep in the ground. And we all know what happened to New Orleans.

  • @majinbobo256
    @majinbobo256 Před 4 lety

    It's feasible if we solve the pressure problem!

  • @tankinator451
    @tankinator451 Před 3 lety

    I don't see these being very useful in many places on Earth right now, but I could definitely see humans building these on Mars in a few hundred years, especially if they go down far enough to reach the underground glaciers

  • @jonathanseiersen513
    @jonathanseiersen513 Před 6 lety

    START BUILDING!

  • @user-ho4tb5qe7v
    @user-ho4tb5qe7v Před 6 lety

    Theres one thats being considered to go where that old diamond mine is in Russia

  • @ZealFox
    @ZealFox Před 6 lety

    Since there is damage done in mining sites, wouldnt be efficient to extract resources while doing the project? Not only are things faster for both parties; the one constructing and the company mining gets to gain resources from it. The surrounding area gets to be participated in regrowth to make it suitable for living fixing the mining problem of having patches of land totally deserted.
    Water caused by rainfall (also typhoons or similar stuff) can be converted to a dam like mechanism which supply water to the entire structure or be used in filter as another way of grabbing drinkable water. Sewage shouldnt be that much of a problem? Right? It would take a heck of fertile stuff to grow that much greens inside that structure, so why not make use of the waste?
    Id accept it but I guess its useless when we choose to have gleaming towers instead ( isnt that the same concept as the water from the bottom goin to the top )

  • @2MeterLP
    @2MeterLP Před 3 lety

    I think "subterranean office space" is the most depressing phrase I have heard on this channel.

  • @noahway13
    @noahway13 Před 6 lety

    Seems like it would cut down on heating and cooling bills.

  • @srivelayudham8965
    @srivelayudham8965 Před 4 lety

    Earthscraper can be useful concert for
    "MARSCRAPER"

  • @vangildermichael1767
    @vangildermichael1767 Před 6 lety

    It seems an EARTH-SCRAPER would be even more susceptible to earthquake damage than a SKY-SCRAPER. Whereas a sky-scraper would not even notice a quake of a low magnitude. An Earth-scraper would buckle at every little rumble.

  • @Wemdiculous
    @Wemdiculous Před 4 lety

    Seems like a good solution for deserts or tundra

  • @plxton
    @plxton Před 6 lety

    You missed the towers in the film: The Island