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There is a practical limit to the height of skyscrapers; how quickly and efficiently can you move people from the ground floor to their destination? The higher the building, the more elevator shafts you need at the core, and at some point you have more space taken up on each floor with elevator shafts than usable area.
I sure hope the test tower being built in Germany for 2016 will be open to the public!
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That is a
turbo lift. My sources tell me by 2270 they will be voice controlled.
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12-07-2014, 09:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-07-2014, 09:28 PM by BuildingScout.)
I've been in modern buildings with three cars per shaft. You enter the floor you are going to and it sends you to a specific car, say people going to the top 20 floors take car A, and people going to the 20 floors below go to car B, then there is an inverted Y junction and both ride up on the same shaft, with car A first and car B below it.
I've also taken elevators where you move horizontally at a high speed and reconnect to an upwards shaft.
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Wow, they've really coordinated a media blitz, huh?
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For the reveal at the test tower, yes. The OVG project announcement probably necessitated it.
This is killing me - I'll be an hour away from it in a week!!