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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ibnanv" data-source="post: 21391876" data-attributes="member: 218596"><img src="http://www.khaleejtimes.com/storyimage/KT/20170329/ARTICLE/170329169/AR/0/AR-170329169.jpg&MaxW=780&imageVersion=16by9&NCS_modified=20170329045428" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The building will be suspended from an asteroid orbiting 50,000kms from the earth         A New York-based firm is proposing that  Dubai be the site of a futuristic, asteroid-suspended skyscraper that  orbits around the world.The speculative Analemma Tower - which is  being proposed by the Clouds Architecture Office - is designed to be  suspended downward on an asteroid orbiting 50,000km from earth. It would  orbit in a figure-eight pattern across the northern and southern  hemispheres in a 24-hour cycle each day. <img src="http://www.khaleejtimes.com/assets/jpg/KT11190328.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />A design close-up of the asteroid from which the proposed skyscraper would be suspended using high-strength cablesOn its website, the firm notes that "Analemma  inverts the traditional diagram of an earth-based foundation, instead  depending on a space-based supporting foundation from which the tower is  suspended. "This system is referred to as the Universal Orbital Support  System (UOSS)."By placing a large asteroid into orbit over  earth, a high-strength cable can be lowered towards the service of earth  from which a super tall tower can be suspended," the website noted.  "Since this new tower typology is suspended in the air, it can be  constructed anywhere in the world and transported to its final  location."The best location to get started, Clouds Architecture noted, is Dubai."The proposal calls for Analemma to be  constructed over Dubai, which has proven to be a specialist in tall  building construction at one-fifth of the cost of New York City  construction," the designers said.World's next tallest towerThe initial design - which Clouds Architecture  is billing as "the world's tallest tower" - includes separate parts of  the tower dedicated to business; sleeping quarters; devotional  activities; a gardening and agricultural centre; "transfer stations"  that allow for the transfer of people and goods between the earth's  surface and the orbiting structure; and space for dining, shopping and  entertainment.The two highest sections of the tower -  starting at between 17,000 and 20,000 metres above earth - are reserved  for a reliquary section (which would house religious relics) and a  funerary section. The tallest point of the tower above earth is planned  for about 32,000 metres above ground.<img src="http://www.khaleejtimes.com/assets/jpg/KT11191328.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />This is how the Analemma Tower would look from spaceTo power the building, Analemma's designers  plan to instal space-based solar panels, which - "installed above the  dense and diffuse atmosphere" - would receive constant sunlight. Water  is to be filtered and recycled in a semi-closed loop, and re-filled with  condensation captured from rain and clouds.Once built, the tower's proposed orbit would  take it in a figure-eight pattern around the world, "where the tower  would move at its slowest speed at the top and bottom of the figure  eight, allowing the possibility for the towers occupants to interface  with the planet's surface at these points".<img src="http://www.khaleejtimes.com/assets/jpg/KT11192328.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />These are the views the different sections in the tower would offer"The proposed orbit is calibrated so the slowest part of the tower's trajectory occurs over New York City," the website adds.It's definitely not going to be cheapCloud Architecture noted that - if the tower ever comes to fruition - it certainly won't be inexpensive."Harnessing the power of planetary design  thinking, it (the tower) taps into the desire for extreme height,  seclusion and constant mobility," the website says. "If the recent boom  in residential towers proves that sales price per square foot rises with  flood elevation, then Analemma Tower will command record prices,  justifying its high cost of construction."Heaven on an asteroidThe tower - if and when it is built - will have these sections:Business quartersSleeping quartersDevotional activitiesGardening and agricultural centreTransfer stations that allow for the transfer of people and goods between the earth's surface and the orbiting structureSpace for dining, shopping and entertainmentScience-fiction or science-fact?While an asteroid-suspended skyscraper may  seem like an implausible part of a science-fiction movie, Clouds  Architecture noted that it may be closer to reality than most people  think."In 2015, the European Space Agency sparked a  new round of investment in asteroid mining concerns by proving with its  Rosetta mission that it's possible to rendezvous and land on a spinning  comet," the firm's website noted. "NASA has scheduled an asteroid  retrieval mission for 2021 which aims to prove the feasibility of  capturing and relocating an asteroid."The project's designers noted that harsh  atmospheric conditions mean that there "is probably a tangible height  limit beyond which people would not tolerate living"."For example, while there may be a benefit to  having 45 extra minutes of daylight at an elevation of 32,000 meters,  the near vacuum and -40°C temperature would prevent people from going  outside without a protective suit," the website added. "Then again,  astronauts have continually occupied the space station for decades, so  perhaps it's not so bad."</blockquote>

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