Insane Megaprojects That Were Never Built

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Komentáře • 360

  • @Chisszaru
    @Chisszaru Před 7 měsíci +34

    Man, whoever came up with these architect ideas are either more ambitious than me on a bad day, or is just crazier than me. I didn't know there was people with bigger kahoonies than me. I'm a crazy guy, i can admit that, but after watching this, i now know there's people worse than me, and i'm quite a crazy and weird guy myself, and that's to put it lightly

    • @helencook3065
      @helencook3065 Před 7 měsíci +4

      I call myself a psychopath 😊and I'm proud of it

  • @LiteraIIy_Nobody
    @LiteraIIy_Nobody Před 7 měsíci +15

    24:19 I feel like there is no possible way that this structure would work. Firstly, it would likely cost hundreds of billions, if not trillions of dollars to just transport the materials to build this thing. Secondly, if a fire started on this building, it would be extremely difficult to extinguish it. Thirdly, if it drifted of course towards the Andes mountains, the bottom of the skyscraper could hit a mountain peak. Fourthly, you can't just add millions of tons of weight to an asteroid and expect nothing about it's orbit to change. Fifthly, this building would have a ton of surface area and thus have a huge chance of getting hit by a chunk of space junk. Finally, what would happen if a hurricane hit the skyscraper?

  • @sinjingalam
    @sinjingalam Před 7 měsíci +91

    The 30 second army

  • @mirthenary
    @mirthenary Před 7 měsíci +3

    20:24 Atomic powered elevators,because of course

  • @zaphodthenth
    @zaphodthenth Před 7 měsíci +2

    The Freedom ship was a con game, with the "backers" of the project selling space on it BEFORE it was built... and investigations proved not only that this wasn't being built anywhere in any shipyard in the world, but the "Backers" hadn't even ordered the massive engines needed to move this monstrosity (The specialized engines were built by only a few specialized construction companies, and took a year to build.... and THESE companies had never heard of or ever been contacted by the "Backers" of this project.), nor had contracted with the specialized shipyards capable of making anything this big.
    They hadn't even bought the materials needed to begin building it. Those behind it were subsequently arrested and charged with fraud as they couldn't show this ship being built anywhere in the world.

  • @ManualidadesconTita
    @ManualidadesconTita Před 7 měsíci +8

    You forgot to include Leonardo Da Vinci’s Bronze Horse, a giant horse statue commissioned by the Duke of Milan in the late 1400s.

  • @fossilexisordiscen
    @fossilexisordiscen Před 7 měsíci +16

    when i grow up i also want to be an engineer designining insane megaprojects if i can😃

    • @user-qi9oh6uw4q
      @user-qi9oh6uw4q Před 7 měsíci +1

      i hope your dreem comes true!

    • @evantambolang3052
      @evantambolang3052 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Yeah and good luck of ruining of this already messed up ecosystem if it comes true

  • @brandoncruise6398
    @brandoncruise6398 Před 7 měsíci +5

    Regarding the Manhattan dome, has anybody ever held a magnifying glass to an ant or piece of paper? The glass concentrates heat, therefore making things really hot for anybody underneath it. With the thing being a dome the heat will have nowhere to go. And then there’s the impact on plant and animal life. In the long run, it would do more damage than good. On top of that, imagine how much repairs would cost lol.

  • @Dimiew5
    @Dimiew5 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Still love this channel

  • @weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars
    @weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars Před 7 měsíci +13

    The Freedom Ship just sounds like a horrendous concept. Freedom to me is away from other humans, not packed like sardines without escape 😮 Liked the NOAH one though, the space hanging skyscraper was hellish sounding and the helter-skelter car drive would do my head in 🎪😂 None of these really appealed to me but fascinating to see what might have been 😊

    • @anjanakundu2782
      @anjanakundu2782 Před 7 měsíci +3

      It wasnt that bad, if u have money thats actually great. It has barely enough for an airport. u can literally jump in the ocean if theres no dangerous animals in the area. oceanic activities would be regular like water surfing, speed boating. U can also take a jet a fly over the ocean.

  • @RogueDemonss
    @RogueDemonss Před 7 měsíci +5

    Just holding my nokia brick

  • @fxtgwal
    @fxtgwal Před 7 měsíci +7

    Interestingly, I didn't find the death pyramid price "THAT" expensive in today's prices. I mean you made comparisons to The Shard... And interestingly, the price mentioned it exactly the same as the cost of The Shard.
    Now it was ugly - although would have taken very very very few adjustments to look iconic.

  • @robyn-anneelfenbein666
    @robyn-anneelfenbein666 Před 7 měsíci +2

    14:52 YOUR MAJESTY THERE'S A SECOND BUS COMING

  • @doggysalami
    @doggysalami Před 7 měsíci +2

    Do moreDarwin awards, please!

  • @yoyosibs5020
    @yoyosibs5020 Před 7 měsíci +1

    the bigger the tower is the harder it falls

  • @sub_if_you_see_mein_a_comment
    @sub_if_you_see_mein_a_comment Před 7 měsíci +7

    Love your channel u just earned another sub and I'll share

  • @cynicalrabbit915
    @cynicalrabbit915 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Personally the only mega project/s possible are man made islands or more specifically expanding smaller islands.

  • @ranjitkumardas1
    @ranjitkumardas1 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Analema Tower Drop would be like Operation British but smaller in size.Also damn Can Architects never come up with sane structure ?

  • @justifyjames7568
    @justifyjames7568 Před 7 měsíci +1

    14:58 YOU'RE MAJESTY THERE'S A SECOND BUS COMING!!

  • @mirthenary
    @mirthenary Před 7 měsíci +2

    Just how were they planning to get on and off the flying building

  • @Eddieavina123
    @Eddieavina123 Před 7 měsíci +15

    Love your video Be Amazed and keep up the great work

  • @hannahchaski1554
    @hannahchaski1554 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Yea the Be amazed mountain sounds so good and cool I think lol

  • @unforgivencaleb528
    @unforgivencaleb528 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Anybody want a plush toy of the Be Amazed mascot? I would definitely buy one... or ten.

  • @Airborne_Phoenix
    @Airborne_Phoenix Před 7 měsíci +2

    5:09 well if they build 10 of it then they are saved, (yes it's expensive but they'll be safe)

  • @TheBeatlesShow
    @TheBeatlesShow Před 7 měsíci +1

    Adam Something has taught me to always be distrusting of megaprojects, no matter how cool they look at first glance

  • @sonjarygg2331
    @sonjarygg2331 Před 7 měsíci +13

    I absolutely love the NOAH project and think it would be awesome for the whole city to be rebuilt like that next time it's destroyed.

  • @InfiniteGaming-gj3si
    @InfiniteGaming-gj3si Před 7 měsíci +5

    We could actually build multiple freedom ships today, it would just take a lot of time and be very expensive

    • @megachonk9440
      @megachonk9440 Před 7 měsíci

      They could have built them when they were conceived, but the whole concept was really dumb then and it hasn't gotten any smarter.

    • @jackhemsworth7515
      @jackhemsworth7515 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@megachonk9440ships have got a lot bigger, but there's no market for a trillion dollar ship that size. There's no port big enough to assemble it in, no engines large enough to power it, the 100,000 houses, and their airport.

  • @heidihughes7013
    @heidihughes7013 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Gods honest truth. Years ago, I had a few dreams of rotating houses and living in one. They were on a consistent slow rotation all day every day. One full rotation that took 24 hrs to complete. You could look out the window in the morning and see your neighbors house and look out the same window before bed and see the ocean.

  • @kandipiatkowski8589
    @kandipiatkowski8589 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Well, that sphere got built anyway, maybe not as Laboulaye planned. It is in Las Vegas. It is a very large spherical billboard. Sometimes even just showing an emoji that makes it look like a sleeping sun. 😴

  • @lilianalinhartova9065
    @lilianalinhartova9065 Před 7 měsíci +8

    All your videos are amazing and very entrusting. After them I'm Amazed!

  • @anjanakundu2782
    @anjanakundu2782 Před 7 měsíci +2

    24:05 imagine that animation in real life 😂

  • @walterfristoe4643
    @walterfristoe4643 Před 7 měsíci +2

    To quote the Professor in The Fifth Element, "This is really amazing." 👀

  • @PugLord-tv3zn
    @PugLord-tv3zn Před 7 měsíci +3

    A shame they weren’t built

  • @ThrillSeeker3524
    @ThrillSeeker3524 Před 7 měsíci +16

    I don't know why, but I always wanted to stay in that flying hotel they were thinking of building

    • @Yourlocacscenekid
      @Yourlocacscenekid Před 7 měsíci

      Lol

    • @LiteraIIy_Nobody
      @LiteraIIy_Nobody Před 7 měsíci

      I still wonder what would happen if a hurricane hit it. Or if the top of the tower got hit by a piece of space junk. Or how they would get people in and off that thing. Or how they would build it. Or what would happen if it caught fire. Or what would happen if a window on one of the top floors broke. Or what would happen if it got blown off course and towards the Andes mountains, with some peaks exceeding 11,000 ft. Or how inertia alone would stop the whole thing from crashing down. Or what would happen if there was an explosion near the top of the tower. Or...

  • @LightBulbxXx
    @LightBulbxXx Před 7 měsíci

    Here was me on my way to bed, then there's a new be amazed video to watch and now its 2am

  • @AmericanGaming2024
    @AmericanGaming2024 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Next:
    Countries that join WWI over Allies (America 🇺🇸, Russia Empire 🇷🇺, France 🇫🇷, UK 🇬🇧, Kingdom of Italy 🇮🇹) and Central Powers (German Empire 🇩🇪, Austria-Hungray 🇦🇹🇭🇺 and Ottoman Empire 🇹🇷)
    1) Serbia
    2) Greece
    3) Empire of Japan
    4) Belgium
    5) Bulgaria
    6) Romenia
    7) Australia
    8) Portugal
    9) Canada
    10) Brazil

  • @Turtle4110
    @Turtle4110 Před 7 měsíci +2

    The freedom ship looks like the Axiom from wall-e

  • @adolfhochhaltinger4040
    @adolfhochhaltinger4040 Před 7 měsíci +1

    The dome over Manhattan you could finance easily by selling fresh, breathable air to all the folks who lives unter that thing

    • @LiteraIIy_Nobody
      @LiteraIIy_Nobody Před 7 měsíci +1

      It would be like the Lorax movie and O'hare Air.

  • @TheRealSpaghettiWarrior
    @TheRealSpaghettiWarrior Před 7 měsíci +1

    Is it just me or does BE AMAZED thumbnails change

    • @mirthenary
      @mirthenary Před 7 měsíci +2

      They do, it's just to get more gullible people to click, thinking it's a new video

    • @TheRealSpaghettiWarrior
      @TheRealSpaghettiWarrior Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@mirthenary but how do they change

  • @zyadelmarwany4566
    @zyadelmarwany4566 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Attaching a sky scraper to an asteroid is an extremely wild thing to do, there are several ways it can go wrong, the asteroid may get attracted to the earth and smash onto cities making hazardous mess, the height is unbelievable to be true, thats crazy

  • @Andywinds0301
    @Andywinds0301 Před 7 měsíci

    Came back after not watching for a year or two and it had changes so little but also so much

  • @JakeS-UTTP
    @JakeS-UTTP Před 7 měsíci +6

    Claim your "here within an hour" ticket here!

  • @laloandbendy
    @laloandbendy Před 4 měsíci +1

    12:18 be amazed, Jay told us this story a few months ago and also THE GIANT PYRAMID OF DEATH

  • @kandygirly7348
    @kandygirly7348 Před 7 měsíci +2

    If done right the death pyramid would just basically be a giant compost bin

    • @LiteraIIy_Nobody
      @LiteraIIy_Nobody Před 7 měsíci +1

      I doubt anyone would use the compost for their garden, though.

  • @Leopard164
    @Leopard164 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Hi sir I am Eren Jaeger and I am from South Africa and I have a revenge story.
    In December 2022 we went on a middle school excursion to play paintball. There were rules like we had to stay 10 meters away to shoot our opponents because those bullets left a mark even from far away. So my classmate Ron shot his opponent Alex in the ear at a close distance, even though he was wearing a helmet he still got temporary hearing loss and required medical attention. My male teacher really liked Alex and got angry at Ron.
    He and Ron went into the arena and he gave Ron a chance to run away before he got shot, so Ron began run but before he got away, he got shot in the back from 4 meters away. Ron was crying and everyone was laughing, even the teachers!!!He had no medical attention and needed tons of ice to heal.😂😂😂😂

  • @allanjacob8684
    @allanjacob8684 Před 7 měsíci +9

    The 300 trillion dollar math was funny thou😂😂❤

  • @abyssraider819
    @abyssraider819 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I don't know but, some of these Megaprojects should uhm, you know, stay at the concept department.

  • @Player_insepektor
    @Player_insepektor Před 7 měsíci +3

    Why do we need school if we have BE AMAZED but really dude i like your videos im subscribed😊😊😊

  • @janicejackson85
    @janicejackson85 Před 7 měsíci +1

    My 4 year old love loves your videos its all she wants to watch. She loves the lil guy and all the faces he makes. I tried to send the pic showing we subscribed to you're Spotify podcast but it wont let me 🤷

  • @SamPendentTheThief
    @SamPendentTheThief Před 7 měsíci +1

    Things in this video that would be cool to have:
    Freedom Ship
    Tatin Tower (Just because of the silly design and silly name)
    SPACE SPHERE

  • @user-ho2zu3gi4l
    @user-ho2zu3gi4l Před 7 měsíci

    Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

  • @bvoyelr
    @bvoyelr Před 7 měsíci

    Regarding 20:40, if an elevator got to 60mph and reached a floor a mile up in one minute, that would kill everyone on board and then catapult their corpses into the ceiling of the elevator.
    Ascending 1 mile in 1 minute at 60mph means the elevator would have to start at and stop from 60mph instantly with no time to accelerate or decelerate.
    Realistically, it's entirely possible that an elevator *couldn't* hit 60mph in that short of a span without causing a noteworthy amount of discomfort in its passengers. If it did hit that speed, it would only be for 10 or so seconds at best. The rest of the time would be accelerating and decelerating at rates that didn't make passengers violently ill.

  • @mentertainment4732
    @mentertainment4732 Před 5 měsíci

    Another insane megaproject that was never built was Airliner Number 4. It was a large, amphibious, V-shaped passenger plane with 9 floors that was planned by Norman Bel Geddes and Otto A. Koller in the early 30s, and like the Freedom Ship, it was too expensive to build.

  • @M3OWC4T_vr
    @M3OWC4T_vr Před 27 dny +1

    1:18 wonder of the seas isn’t the biggest cruise ship. It is icon of the seas

  • @crystalhayes17
    @crystalhayes17 Před 7 měsíci +1

    This guy seems more tired then the last time I listened in 2022, still love his videos!

  • @cbronoord
    @cbronoord Před 7 měsíci +1

    What about the Space Elevator and Space Ring Hotel?

  • @taffingtonboathouse5754
    @taffingtonboathouse5754 Před 7 měsíci +2

    The GIANT PYRAMID OF DEATH! 🤘 is back

  • @Trainboi1983
    @Trainboi1983 Před 5 měsíci

    2:43 I was shocked to see footage from the mlp eq special “spring breakdown”

  • @user-oc9vh6bk7z
    @user-oc9vh6bk7z Před 7 měsíci

    Another good one!👍

  • @eoinsweeney9058
    @eoinsweeney9058 Před 7 měsíci +1

    When are you going to do more riddles I really miss them 😢😢:(

  • @y_fam_goeglyd
    @y_fam_goeglyd Před 7 měsíci +1

    The Newton cenotaph would have no hungry people in it, because it was full of pi...
    I'll get my coat.

  • @ShampootheSpider2019
    @ShampootheSpider2019 Před 7 měsíci

    Main reason because of the costs,you can’t just think you can afford everything because you had to work hard but safety issues and legal issues are also in same reason why

  • @lunablue5620
    @lunablue5620 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Can you do a video about wild cats from big to small or a spiders and snakes in Australia ?

  • @sarahbrehaut6354
    @sarahbrehaut6354 Před 7 měsíci

    I love these facts and the vids

  • @jdstin1060
    @jdstin1060 Před 7 měsíci

    This should be the future for 2024

  • @phenomenallymeapparel7877
    @phenomenallymeapparel7877 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Just know there's someone out here who really gets a little chuckle out of your jokes.

  • @savage_girl16savage34
    @savage_girl16savage34 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I love the way he talks

  • @colbinbarrita288
    @colbinbarrita288 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Product of earth,❤ mans mind

  • @WilliamDearthwd
    @WilliamDearthwd Před 5 měsíci

    0:29 One of the later versions of SimCity done by the Maxis company, you can build some of these hypothetical arcologies in the city for high costs.

  • @My_m3l0dy_1
    @My_m3l0dy_1 Před 7 měsíci

    THE WAY HE PRONOUNCED ILLINOIS 😂😂😂

  • @OsworldRabbit
    @OsworldRabbit Před 7 měsíci +4

    Imagine being in a building that is being carried by an asteroid…

  • @jeanledoux3793
    @jeanledoux3793 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Interesting discoveries.

  • @dustyhughes1049
    @dustyhughes1049 Před 6 měsíci

    i think sometime in the future some of the crazy ideas going to get built

  • @dustinjje1581
    @dustinjje1581 Před 7 měsíci

    Herccan Lora hit new Orleans hard in 2020

  • @YazTheBansheek
    @YazTheBansheek Před 7 měsíci

    11 billion? nah that’s crazy💀😭

  • @gunner_melon445
    @gunner_melon445 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Ive got one. A school that isnt falling apart

  • @Fazbearfuntime.
    @Fazbearfuntime. Před 7 měsíci +1

    Make the be amazed statue

  • @flyrii
    @flyrii Před 7 měsíci +1

    The 15 second army⬇️

  • @user-qi9oh6uw4q
    @user-qi9oh6uw4q Před 7 měsíci +1

    hope you ceap up the good work!

  • @xanderclip
    @xanderclip Před 7 měsíci

    The Analemma Tower is by far the most jaw dropping and I am from the Chicagoland area

  • @user-pg4ou9kn9b
    @user-pg4ou9kn9b Před 7 měsíci

    Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

  • @chargerknite236
    @chargerknite236 Před 6 měsíci

    Some of these are simply, still in the design stages. Only matter of time of research and material and evolution. these particular structures may inspire other similar structures to be made.

  • @82gamerprincess31
    @82gamerprincess31 Před 7 měsíci

    It’s funny people talk about building a Dyson Sphere and yet building a floating space spike literally costs 3x the money on earth lol.

  • @Dr4con_coolness
    @Dr4con_coolness Před 7 měsíci +1

    The next video must be about Malaysia(my native county)most interesting things

  • @ddbb3195
    @ddbb3195 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Not fun if there's a pandemic on the freedom ship.

  • @nigellanjuat3294
    @nigellanjuat3294 Před 7 měsíci +1

    That's awesome 👍

  • @jake2u119
    @jake2u119 Před 7 měsíci

    I'm curious on how truck drivers will deliver stuff to these stores 😂. Especially the floating skyscraper hanging from asteroid

  • @StoneWater13
    @StoneWater13 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Love your videos. Keep up the good work.

  • @sqortle_
    @sqortle_ Před 7 měsíci +1

    I love his vids

  • @harrymee3ep724
    @harrymee3ep724 Před 7 měsíci +1

    5:03, probably because they realized it would drift into buildings in floods

  • @raynemalyon8810
    @raynemalyon8810 Před měsícem

    Someone's probably mentioned it already, but with the Phare Du Monde, I would have thrown up from driving in so many circles to get up there in the first place. And if that's their idea of making room for lunch, I'm out!

  • @michaelmcanally8468
    @michaelmcanally8468 Před 7 měsíci

    Domes are not just an idea from a bygone era, there was a serious proposal in Houston, Texas to put a dome over the downtown area, to protect the city from hurricanes. I don’t know how far they got with the idea, but Houston remains dome less.

    • @michaelmcanally8468
      @michaelmcanally8468 Před 7 měsíci

      We’ve barely figured out how to land on an asteroid, and they were planning to lasso one and bring it into orbit around the Earth and hope it stays there. Then there’s the point on the building that intersects with the Earth’s atmosphere, titanium would melt at those conditions.

    • @michaelmcanally8468
      @michaelmcanally8468 Před 7 měsíci

      And don’t get me started on the storms it would have to weather.

    • @LiteraIIy_Nobody
      @LiteraIIy_Nobody Před 7 měsíci

      @@michaelmcanally8468 Titanium would also be too heavy.

    • @LiteraIIy_Nobody
      @LiteraIIy_Nobody Před 7 měsíci

      @@michaelmcanally8468 Maybe graphene would be better.

  • @adolfhochhaltinger4040
    @adolfhochhaltinger4040 Před 7 měsíci

    For the Mega building dangling down from an asteroid I propose the name »Damocles«.

    • @LiteraIIy_Nobody
      @LiteraIIy_Nobody Před 7 měsíci +1

      I think it should be called the Jenga tower or better yet it's spin off, the jumbling tower.

  • @user-vm5ud4xw6n
    @user-vm5ud4xw6n Před 7 měsíci

    Sounds like old Vladamir wanted to build a new Tower of Babel!! With nauseating rotations!!
    I wouldn’t want to see any of them built. I’m on a strict budget that doesn’t allow for such frivolous things to be put up.

  • @UranusTheWrapper
    @UranusTheWrapper Před 7 měsíci

    14:57
    Wow, '01 had came for London

  • @DravenGal
    @DravenGal Před 7 měsíci

    Some people spend their retirement on cruise ships, going constantly on cruises back to back, because it's cheaper than going into a home, the food is better, and you get free entertainment!

  • @DravenGal
    @DravenGal Před 7 měsíci

    Yowza! We're already building buildings to boggle minds!

  • @owtsydr
    @owtsydr Před 7 měsíci +1

    Hey AWESOME DUDE! Great video! And I’m the 9th viewer!

  • @TayWoode
    @TayWoode Před 7 měsíci

    Called the Freedom ship, but you can’t get off it when you want 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @laloandbendy
    @laloandbendy Před 4 měsíci +1

    23:37 hey be amazed it's 2 minutes