Between iRacing Posts and hoverboards I had time to do some sketching on me last holiday to... The Future.
Panama July, 2051,
ACSETS
HISTORY
Construction of the ACSETS Arcology Complex began in March of 2050 at the eastern end of the of the old Pacific-Atlantic Canal. It was completed 14 months later in May, 2051. Designed by the architectural firm of Hubert, Lewis and Dewson Associates and paidfor by the DisneyHyundai Corporation, the ACSETS centre, at 30,700 metres (98425 feet) to the summit of the Fast Tower and 22000km to the orbital terminus was the tallest building in the world until the completion of the MidAfrican Space Elevator at Kilimanjaro equalled it in 2056.
However the MASE base station was located at ground level and so was less impressive than the outsized castle built in Panama.
Architects: Hubert, Lewis and Dewson Associates
Builders: Ove Nanostructure
Height: 30,700 metres (98425 feet) to top of the Fast Tower.
22,000,000 metres to terminus at geosyncronous orbit.
Volume: 37000 million cubic feet.
Area of Site: 83,860,000 square feet.
Cost including land: $40,000,948,900.
Cost of building alone: $32,718,000,000
Construction schedule:
Excavation: Begun January 22, 2050,
Architectural Nano Pour: Begun March 17, 1930. Framework rose at the rate of 400 stories per week.
Cornerstone: Laid by Randy McGibbons, Duke of London.
Elevator Cable completed: November 13, 2050.
Official opening: May 1, 2051, by President Janet Dobinson, who pressed a button in Caracas to turn on the building's internal geothermal turbines.
Total time: 7 million man hours, 1 year and 45 days work, including Sundays and holidays.
Building Materials:
Self-repairing buckycarbon and quartz/diamond-filament matrix
Population at time of print 4.3 million corporeal
27.5 million encrypted
Total design population 40 million
