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Fell down the rabbit hole of reading about this subject for several hours. Yet a couple of cool architectural applications I found were kind of neat.

Bosco Verticale, isn't all that far away in link jumps, yet one of the most applicable current constructions using those types of sci-fi ideas.

Here's the Streetview version at ground level in Milan: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RS4FBzQE1JcYWYH36

The other one that was quite a bit further, from looking at Earthships, tin can walls, and bottle walls, was Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew in Thailand. The Buddhist temple of 1.5 million empty Heineken and Chang beer bottles.

WP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Pa_Maha_Chedi_Kaew

The photo tour's pretty incredible on Google.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/J2BSqS9zhPfxKUJKA




There are a few crazy buildings of this style in Amsterdam.

E.g.: https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/buildings/mvrdv-bre...

Not entirely sure how sustainable they are compared to building shorter houses spread horizontally, but the truth is that this country doesn't have any more space to keep doing that.


Since the link was to the in-progress planning and construction announcement page, here's a link to the finished structure's website and the Google Maps Streetview looking up at the finished structure (completed 2022). The finished website, has a lot of cool aerial views looking down from the upper apartments.

Site: https://www.mvrdv.com/projects/233/valley

Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/3Qcmzu9y7kVTydcL9




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