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The Hyper Building Design Parameters: |
Site Selection
The site is located on a planned Mag-lev
transportaion line in the Mojave Desert, midway between Los Angeles,
an icon for hyper-consumption, and Las Vegas, an
icon for hyper-hedonism. The Hyper Building stands in contrast to those extremes
of modern society as a place for the continued evolution of human culture.
As population growth continues to increase beyond the earth's capacity to
sustain itelf, it becomes imperative to preserve the natural ecology while
developing marginal lands.
Arid zones have the minimum of sustainable natural resources needed to provide
for a dense yet frugal population.
The high number of sunshine hours in these areas provides vast energy production
opportunities.
As more and more of the world's population begins to occupy arid zones, it
is essential that we learn to efficiently and effectively live on marginal
land,conserving resources and energy by establishing microclimates like those
in the Hyper Building.
General Climatic Condition:the
map above indicates other
areas in the world which have similar arid desert conditions to the Mojave
Desert. In general, the areas experience extrememly low precipitation, low
humidity,
high temperatures with large daily ranges and strong seasonal winds.
THE SITE
By locating the Hyper Building in the
Mojave Desert, an area
anticipated for suburbanization between Los Angeles and Las
Vegas, we direct future development to follow more environmentally friendly
patterns which the Hyper Building is suggesting.
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Transportation Infrastructure:
in close proximity to existing interstate
15 and a planned Mag-lev transportation line.
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Settlements
and Population
Densities:
located midway between Los Angeles and Las Vegas in an unpopulated desert
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Proximity
to Nature Preserve:
adjacent to the Mojave Desert Preserve |
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