What are Earthscrapers?

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  • @Naxioan
    @Naxioan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +984

    Sky, Ground, Earth, Water, Long ago the 4 scrapers lived together in harmony. Then everything changed when the Sky scrapers attacked.

    • @Aetherguy-cb9bu
      @Aetherguy-cb9bu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Alex Douglas nice one lol

    •  6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      lol

    • @pilentus1230
      @pilentus1230 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Ground and earth same thing?

    • @drunkenfish6274
      @drunkenfish6274 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Troopar Pilentus Plays nope.
      Ground is first level.
      Earth is underneath.

    • @pilentus1230
      @pilentus1230 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Rahmstation but.... But..... Ok

  • @TheManWhoDoubts
    @TheManWhoDoubts 6 ปีที่แล้ว +285

    Earthscrapers would be a great idea to build in Mars !

    • @TheB1M
      @TheB1M  6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Put our last two videos together?

    • @aiyhavnouneim
      @aiyhavnouneim 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      It would be called marscrapers

    • @MDP1702
      @MDP1702 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Buildings on mars would need a lot of energy to heat regardless

    • @josefcaceres1952
      @josefcaceres1952 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I like how you think))

    • @adriankyles9708
      @adriankyles9708 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Archangel17 no

  • @major600
    @major600 6 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    It seems to me that this would only be practical in places with very high demand for real estate whose ground could not support a skyscraper.

    • @seraphina985
      @seraphina985 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Or that is on the glideslope of an active runway or any one of a number of other reasons that cities invoke height restrictions over some or all of their land area.

    • @major600
      @major600 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I thought there was a restriction on buildings not being able to block St. Paul's Cathedral. They can build skyscrapers on sand. Just look at Dubai.

    • @jacobhoffman8610
      @jacobhoffman8610 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      a reverse skyscraper isnt feasable for the same reasons we cant build cities on the ocean floor + earthquakes - enourmous pressure will crush it weather its open at the top or not - if the ground didnt move about though it would be easy lol

    • @isaacoshea
      @isaacoshea 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Jacob Hoffman I'm no architect, but I would imagine it would be possible to design an earthscraper that could handle earthquakes, and easy to design one to handle earthquakes as well as regular buildings - by incorporating into the design room for mechanical slides like for bridges (but for more than a few millimeters), or being detached to other parts of the building (i.e. some earthquake-resistant skyscrapers have pillars in the center that are partially disconnected, that provide structural support, even in earthquakes).

    • @darthutah6649
      @darthutah6649 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or where height limits keep demand from being met by supply.

  • @joshualyden9464
    @joshualyden9464 6 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    Earth scraper? Isn't that a shovel? 🤔
    Good video keep up the great work.👍🏾

  • @cjeam9199
    @cjeam9199 6 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    It’s 2035. You work as a caretaker on the bottom level of the Brazil earthscraper. It’s dark. It’s damp. And you wade through ankle deep litter to get to your desk everyday. Then you start hearing screams and panic from above.

    • @TransistorBased
      @TransistorBased 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      cjeam That's just your daily routine if you live in Brazil

    • @jurijsitar2611
      @jurijsitar2611 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      This should be a wp

    • @youstolethecookie
      @youstolethecookie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's a movie script in the making.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cjeam
      Caretaker: Guess the nukes are flying.

    • @niviamaeva
      @niviamaeva 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TransistorBased Sorry to burst your bubble but it is not .

  • @the20thDoctor
    @the20thDoctor 6 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    It's a hole. Ya live in it.
    Any questions?

    • @ikmal-sy9iy
      @ikmal-sy9iy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @zain mudassir jump
      (Not recommended due to safety issues)

  • @Alex-cw3rz
    @Alex-cw3rz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +249

    Next episode: scraper scraper.

    • @TheB1M
      @TheB1M  6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      We’re totally gonna make that now

    • @goobot1
      @goobot1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You mean an airplane?

    • @bharathidevi3667
      @bharathidevi3667 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheB1M 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Master-kh6ww
      @Master-kh6ww 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can someone please make an air scraper or a space scraper?

  • @Amigps01
    @Amigps01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    “Earth scrapers are not buried underground. Instead they extend a considerable distance downwards from the surface.”
    Uh.......I think that’s the meaning of something being underground.

    • @FellowEarthOfficial1
      @FellowEarthOfficial1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Amigps01 underground would refer to something completely encased by dirt and actually under the surface of Earth. This however would not be as it had access points on the surface meaning it is not technically underground. Just surrounded by dirt

    • @Exodon2020
      @Exodon2020 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Their top isn't covered allowing natural light to get inside the building. Think of it as an inverted regular building.

    • @ado3247
      @ado3247 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It is not buried, it is like if something falls in a hole, its not buried, its just under the surface

    • @joelmorin99
      @joelmorin99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      THANK YOU. That really bothered me too. Its underground. Stop trying to wiggle out of it people! So annoying.

    • @smallstudiodesign
      @smallstudiodesign 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well he means they’re not buried (as in cut’n cover), they’re bored ... 😐

  • @TheB1M
    @TheB1M  6 ปีที่แล้ว

    What are “Groundscrapers”? - th-cam.com/video/H9mp-2w9aFU/w-d-xo.html

  • @carnagekabuto9759
    @carnagekabuto9759 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Now that a name is already created, let the race begin to see who builds the deepest earthscraper.

    • @ilonnolan9259
      @ilonnolan9259 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      -does house of evolution count?-

    • @GrandMasterAbe
      @GrandMasterAbe 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is, just Google the deepest mine in the world.

    • @carnagekabuto9759
      @carnagekabuto9759 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They will say that mines don't count as an earthscraper, just as how telecommunication towers don't count as skyscrapers.

  • @veggieboyultimate
    @veggieboyultimate 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This looks like an infrastructure from an anime series, which is why I think we should make it a reality
    A silly reason yes I am aware.

    • @ahiwdbwodnoeb.anongus
      @ahiwdbwodnoeb.anongus หลายเดือนก่อน

      Forget your virtual reality
      Cuz now it's virtual insanity

  • @alfredhitchcock45
    @alfredhitchcock45 6 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Umbrella Corporation

    • @kaboom323818
      @kaboom323818 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      mel saint resident evil, sure what can be done in the movie can be in reality

    • @abyssstrider2547
      @abyssstrider2547 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      kaboom323818 Well... It's doable, the cost however... Yeah. Unless you are owning a megacorporation and have few bilions of surplus each year then forget about making something like Raccoon city

  • @Maurazio
    @Maurazio 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Maybe it's doable with an overly complicated system of mirrors, ventilation and water evacuation. But it still occupies space that could be used for a much better skyscraper. And comes in conflict with underground infrastructure.

    • @mistermood4164
      @mistermood4164 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i agree, there's limited practical uses for an earthscraper.

    • @Mark_v92
      @Mark_v92 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      what about a sky/earth scraper? twice as big. halfway underground. make it diamond shaped so its more stable and can support its weight

    • @pepps779
      @pepps779 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I wonder if the concept might be better served for construction outside of Earth, like the moon or Mars.

    • @MrGoatflakes
      @MrGoatflakes 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Why bother with the complicated mirrors? Mirrors have loss. To the point where you'd be better off using solar panels and artificial lights at some point. And of course it's also true you will probably need extra artificial lighting even in the day, so mirrors and prisms seem a pointless complication.

  • @kajakkille
    @kajakkille 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Water proof? it could become a giant aquarium .....

    • @Exodon2020
      @Exodon2020 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You can be sure they got that drainage problem sorted out. Still curious how they make water run against gravity in case of a longer blackout.

  • @MTTT1234
    @MTTT1234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Somehow to me that seems quite dangerous to build such a structure in geological active places, like proposed in Japan or Mexico City. I mean, Skyscrapers are allready prone to collapse in such regions, an underground structure seems even more dangerous to me to its inhabitants.

    • @Daniel_ACG
      @Daniel_ACG 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jealous

    • @youngmo77
      @youngmo77 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Waterscrapers for volcano prone regions than.

  • @jaime5367
    @jaime5367 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fernando Higueras, a Spanish architect, called them “rascainfiernos” (“hellscrappers”)

  • @andreslot6134
    @andreslot6134 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Greetings from Mexico !! I had no idea of that project downtown. Awesome video as always

  • @McRocket
    @McRocket 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    This was much more interesting then I thought it would be when I saw the title.

  • @profwaldone
    @profwaldone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    eehm. I have issues with this. I live in an area with a relatively high water table so I may be more aware of this than others. but that inverted triangle would essentially be a giant boat. we have had issues here with semi-submerged parking garages forcing themselves out of the ground after a lot of rain.

  • @CitiesoftheFuture
    @CitiesoftheFuture 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man we love your videos! 👍

  • @syedia
    @syedia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow, im impressed on how they edit their videos so good, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK :D UR DA BEST B1M

  • @drdewott9154
    @drdewott9154 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Y'know in Copenhagen we have metro stations which could be considered earthscrapers, since they're big boxes with the deepest point about 150ft underground with a clear view towards the surface above with glass windows, the sides of the station extending directly above the train tracks could in theory be used for office space too if rebuilt slightly. So yeah you could say that these metro stations are like mini earth scrapers

  • @poqbum
    @poqbum 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What an insane idea. I hope sometime in my lifetime one of these gets built. What would be even more insane is if on top of the earth scraper there was a skyscraper.

  • @MyDiesel101
    @MyDiesel101 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video. Thank You. Just combine the two, Ground Scraper & Earth Scraper into a Hybrid Ground /Tunnel Scraper. It can several miles long and one can have light residential, commercial, & retail Development around the Light Shafts of the Tunnel Sections. Plus it could have it's own light rail transit system.

  • @diegosoto738
    @diegosoto738 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There is a mall in mexico city that is not an earthscraper but its a complex of 3 buildings that go down just like a earthscraper, called Garden Santa Fe.

  • @docbrown7916
    @docbrown7916 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    More on subsurface housing and commercial /industrial stuff would be great. I've always loved underground stuff. Geothermal tech too and general earth sheltered stuff. My late cyber sis ref to me as a tall hobbit, I get more into the tech than the fantasy stuff.

  • @jk3jk35
    @jk3jk35 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the 'scraper' series has some serious undertones if something goes wrong and the homes suddenly become prisons.

  • @highlikejordan1818
    @highlikejordan1818 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    great video

    • @TheB1M
      @TheB1M  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you!! ✊️✊️

  • @Jesuis-qe8ql
    @Jesuis-qe8ql 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    1:40 mi mexico🇲🇽🌮😄😉

  • @davidrawlins2862
    @davidrawlins2862 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    An amazing concept and great video, but it would require substantial mechanical drainage systems

  • @elBorrachoGuapo
    @elBorrachoGuapo 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    There have been a few proposals for an Earthscraper in Bisbee Arizona's Lavender pit mine. It is a large open pit, roughly conical. Most of the digging's already been done. Problem is, real estate prices are too low in Southeast Arizona to justify such a project.

  • @bonosbones
    @bonosbones 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am not sure I would feel OK more than 10 floors down. Interesting video, thank you.

  • @vgames1543
    @vgames1543 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    And here they are, nice to see that I am not the only one who thought about this.

  • @mistermood4164
    @mistermood4164 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    i think its an interesting concept and a great way to tackle housing and office shortages however, how will people get fresh air and sunlight living and working in such spaces?

  • @rebelbeammasterx8472
    @rebelbeammasterx8472 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Can't wait for the space scrapers: scrapers that reach the heavens. Hanging scrapers: scrapers that hang down from outer space attaching back to Earth. And floating scrapers: scrapers that go up and down in the sky.

    • @GearZNet
      @GearZNet 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      at that point just build neo-cities, less physics related roadblocks to overcome.

    • @walangchahangyelingden8252
      @walangchahangyelingden8252 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is possible to build a ringworld engineering-wise. Resources would be massive though. And the time for building. No easy feat, very far into the future.

  • @grassyclimer6853
    @grassyclimer6853 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I want one!

  • @wolfemanbog4176
    @wolfemanbog4176 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mexico City built the one pictured in your video can u update this video

  • @shashwatdev2371
    @shashwatdev2371 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Underground building in Resident Evil was an epic one🔥.

  • @ChrisJohnMedia
    @ChrisJohnMedia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Would they not just hit the water table and just be flooded?

    • @CyberiusT
      @CyberiusT 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      In some places, the water table is a *long* way down. But even in more normal locations, tanking is a thing.

    • @thespicehoarder
      @thespicehoarder 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah flooding and cave-ins would never allow this to happen.

    • @CyberiusT
      @CyberiusT 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      If they can build a tunnel through porous rock and soil *under* *the* *ocean* , they can seal up a hole. Also, there are plenty of mines around the place that go well below the water table (even under lakes and rivers) *without* tanking and *still* not flood (at least while they're in use) thanks to pumping and drainage systems.

    • @bigdickpornsuperstar
      @bigdickpornsuperstar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yeah, I'm sure that never crossed the minds of doctorate level engineers. ::facepalm::

    • @robertbahler9520
      @robertbahler9520 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      In Berlin, Germany the water table is just beneath the surface, yet they have been building underground for over a century. People always find solutions to these kinds of problems

  • @bobroberts7643
    @bobroberts7643 6 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Raccoon city

  • @TacticalFemboy
    @TacticalFemboy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Depthscraper defiantly sounds better.

  • @CDawg
    @CDawg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Isn't Mexico City incredibly seismically active? It doesn't seem feasible to me.

    • @DarthHater100
      @DarthHater100 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ask that of San Francisco.

    • @CDawg
      @CDawg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DarthHater100 Nobody's talking about building Earthscrapers in San Francisco. Are we just naming seismically unstable regions/cities? Your comment makes no sense.
      On a side note, I watched a doc and did some reading on Mexico City and soil liquefaction is what makes it so dangerous there.

  • @MrGoatflakes
    @MrGoatflakes 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Guy's eyes are striking and hypnotic. 🍥^🍥

  • @TeddyKrimsony
    @TeddyKrimsony 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    there's an underground mall in central Moscow and been there for ages

  • @caminuyu
    @caminuyu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Can another building be built on top of an Earthscraper?

    • @TheB1M
      @TheB1M  6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Great question!!

    • @plumsmuglers
      @plumsmuglers 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes and that'd be ideal

    • @pepps779
      @pepps779 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      If using space more efficiently is the goal, then building in both directions would be ideal.

    • @sirtrollalot7762
      @sirtrollalot7762 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My first thought! imagine a building that descends 65 floors into the earth but above ground is the height of the burj khalifa. Sadly I think that we are alive too early to witness such marvels

    • @LG141602
      @LG141602 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes. I made a. Design like that when I was a kid. I'm working on a profesional design now.

  • @DamianLewd
    @DamianLewd 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have and or can you cover the underground city plans for Chicago

  • @syrupgoblin4920
    @syrupgoblin4920 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this channel

    • @TheB1M
      @TheB1M  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      We love our viewers more!!

  • @DanielDogeanu
    @DanielDogeanu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think these would be perfect to build on Mars or on the Moon.

  • @Wltrwllyngaeiou
    @Wltrwllyngaeiou 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My university's civil engineering department was housed in a 7 floor building underground with a central hub for light. It was horrible to visit with terrible lighting.

  • @mactek6033
    @mactek6033 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Digging that would be very costly. It would also be hotter the deeper you go. When you hit the water table, the problem of leaking would be an issue.

  • @jimschuler8830
    @jimschuler8830 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Earthscraper is an incredibly stupid name. A skyscraper is named not because a "scraper" is some kind of tower or building, but because it's so tall it scrapes the sky. This doesn't scrape the earth. It pierces it. Earthpiercer would be more appropriate.

    • @creeperlover53
      @creeperlover53 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sounds like an alien super weapon

    • @joelmorin99
      @joelmorin99 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree its a dumb name but I am not fond of "Earthpiercer" either. I think Subterranean Tower/building or simply Terra Tower is much better.

  • @ABCowl
    @ABCowl 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    How is it safer being in an earthscraper during an earthquake?

    • @seraphina985
      @seraphina985 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Load distribution mostly I would have thought any motion of the ground would be spread out through the building unlike a skyskraper where the entire motion of the ground is transferred to the building via the foundation and the ground floor columns the massive inertia of the building putting a lot of stress on those components in the process.

    • @julesmo323
      @julesmo323 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do you realize what happens the your structural support that is bearing on soil and all of a sudden you have soil liquefaction. Welcome to your burial chamber.

  • @johnkapusta3237
    @johnkapusta3237 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    do you have any idea how hot its gonna be down there from all the sunlight hitting the glass floor?

  • @breadyegg
    @breadyegg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "And they call it a mine. A mine!"

  • @atharvaa18
    @atharvaa18 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    0.10 Which building?

  • @guykool2520
    @guykool2520 6 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    WaterScraper.. SandScraper.. IceScraper.. SpaceScraper.. Scraper between Scrapers...
    😂😂 😄😄 😁 😁😀 😆 😆😆

    • @waywardchild3380
      @waywardchild3380 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      guy kool 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @x9z6x
      @x9z6x 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Do you mean a Scraperscraper?

    • @josiahsutd2666
      @josiahsutd2666 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And everything changed when the FireScrapers attacked...

    • @Myusernamerulez
      @Myusernamerulez 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      guy kool
      StarScraper

    • @VanBurenOfficial
      @VanBurenOfficial 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      DEEEP SUCC

  • @UnReal31337
    @UnReal31337 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Isn't this also known as a Geo-front? Or is that something else entirely?

  • @TheBaldr
    @TheBaldr 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aperture Science has a pretty impressive Earthscraper.

  • @TheLetsComment
    @TheLetsComment 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Skyscraper + Earthscraper = ultimate space usage!!

  • @Confederalist
    @Confederalist 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This would be great for hot places like Phoenix or Las Vegas.

  • @aussiebloke4601
    @aussiebloke4601 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just go to Coober Pedy in Australia. The whole town is underground.

  • @nf9563
    @nf9563 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Imagine a skyscraper right next to an earthscraper! It would be like a double skyscraper

  • @junjung2975
    @junjung2975 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I dont know man
    Have you ever play a game called raw danger on ps2?

  • @JVIPER88
    @JVIPER88 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In theory, the idea of an "earthscraper" would be to maximize land use, and fit more people in your city. But that isn't actually what would happen. If you take a plot of land and build an earthscraper, unless you want the residents to turn into mole people, you surface has to be transparent. So you can't build anything on that plot of land. Can't even plant trees. So in effect, it's no different than simply building a skyscraper on that land.
    But I guess if you don't care about sunlight, and have no interest in ever opening a window to get fresh air, being underground would be a great way to regulate temperature without using too much electricity...

  • @baxile
    @baxile 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Shanghai Songjiang Shimao Hotel is kind of an earthscraper, if not entirely, built in an abandoned mine pit.

  • @DamianLewd
    @DamianLewd 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chicago?

  • @bacarisissoko2554
    @bacarisissoko2554 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    In Paris we have this kind of underground bulding like the parisian Mall name "le forum des halles" .xoxo

    • @kajakkille
      @kajakkille 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      bacari sissoko . And how successful has that been?

  • @johndododoe1411
    @johndododoe1411 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Isn't there an Earthscraper shopping mall in Hong Kong already?

  • @saosaqii5807
    @saosaqii5807 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So basically earthscrapers are bunkers
    Skyscrapers are super high buildings
    Oceanscrapers are basically seasteads

  • @zachfox7771
    @zachfox7771 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    mantle scraper

  • @alasanof
    @alasanof 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This reminds me of my first Dwarf Fortress.

  • @aperture3412
    @aperture3412 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Earthscrapers... like the dwarven place Bilbo goes to in The Hobbit? Does that count?

  • @pepumarius2006
    @pepumarius2006 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aren't fewer structural barriers for ground-scrappers than for skyscrappers?

  • @bcubed72
    @bcubed72 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hooray for radon!

  • @Law19157
    @Law19157 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    London has those Iceberg homes I hear where they build 3 or 4 floors underground since they can't build up. The Construction seems to piss off the neighbors lol!

    • @GeorgRusbeck
      @GeorgRusbeck 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Law19157 up to seven floors. Kensington started to limit it to two floors underground.
      btw. whats about the pyramid of the Louvre?

    • @Law19157
      @Law19157 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow...7 floors. I'm not sure what the pyramid of the Louvre is, a museum or something in Paris Idk looks pretty though.

    • @Exodon2020
      @Exodon2020 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Louvre Pyramid is actually the Entrance to the Louvre Museum. You enter that 18th century French palace through this modern structure. Well, upon entering the Louvre you'll find out the old exterior is just a mere shell with a top-notch interior.
      About the London Iceberg Homes: many Billionaires started digging deeper and deeper underground - even going as far as building beyond the borders of their property underneath the road and in some cases even went as far as violating their neighbour's propery by literally building their own Cellar underneath it. Then they built all sorts of crazy stuff inside it: Multistory Pools, Garages, entire Doomsday Vaults, etc. It was just a matter of time until the city Administration had to step in.

  • @Dugo917
    @Dugo917 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    You mean.... like the houses found in Matmata, Tunisia?

  • @mickeycomcyber6732
    @mickeycomcyber6732 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    we all need that sky view

  • @LoganAddisMusic
    @LoganAddisMusic 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    It would be cool if you could push a number button like an elevator but it would automatically deploy a net across your floor level and you jump down the center to get to your floor.

  • @carlordena
    @carlordena 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Flood waters are definitely its worst nightmare...

  • @amandusan4821
    @amandusan4821 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    There was an abandoned earthscaper in the air gear manga, then it became a space elevator.

  • @noahway13
    @noahway13 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seems like it would cut down on heating and cooling bills.

  • @Jpwillerd
    @Jpwillerd 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    There would have to be some kind of pump system. I feel like the building would easily flood being that deep in the ground. And we all know what happened to New Orleans.

  • @user-ho4tb5qe7v
    @user-ho4tb5qe7v 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Theres one thats being considered to go where that old diamond mine is in Russia

  • @nvondoom545
    @nvondoom545 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Missle silos?

  • @MechanicWolf85
    @MechanicWolf85 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this ideas, this is what I want from humanity ideas of sci-fi fantasy made into reality (and ideas that helps human evolve and keep nature from collapsing)
    Imagine if every city was underground and we left the out side for nature so we only go out for natural exercise or simply to enjoy nature and go to other planets
    But I'm a little clusterphobic and I'm afraid of heights, but I like mountains
    how about a mountain scraper?

  • @sasori144
    @sasori144 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What happens during an earthquake? And the entire ground shifts?

  • @GrandMasterAbe
    @GrandMasterAbe 6 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    Why can't humongous buildings like in Star Wars movies be built instead?

    • @Vysair
      @Vysair 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yung Biz Insufficient resources and not yet possible with current rocket technology.

    • @Vignesh-hl4bd
      @Vignesh-hl4bd 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We can upto 10 kilometers up to the sky.An inch taller it would collapse because of the gravitational limitations offered by earth. We could make it taller in Mars 😂😂😂😂

    • @nigerianprincess3391
      @nigerianprincess3391 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Art Centric
      You are wrong. You could build higher but that just would't be economically feasible.

    • @Vysair
      @Vysair 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Art Centric I think he meant Death Star

    • @Vysair
      @Vysair 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Art Centric We could had built space elevator...that is if we had enough resource for it.

  • @plxton
    @plxton 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    You missed the towers in the film: The Island

  • @sedwarg
    @sedwarg 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Still pretty farfetched in any city with a comprehensive underground system - which are also presumably the cities where land is in highest demand so a bit of a catch 22.

  • @5mnz7fg
    @5mnz7fg 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Ministry of Magic in London is actually described as an earthscraper. ^^

  • @tankinator451
    @tankinator451 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't see these being very useful in many places on Earth right now, but I could definitely see humans building these on Mars in a few hundred years, especially if they go down far enough to reach the underground glaciers

  • @sergarlantyrell7847
    @sergarlantyrell7847 ปีที่แล้ว

    Most cities are built by the coast or a river, so ground water intrusion would be a major issue.

  • @onlinexistence7692
    @onlinexistence7692 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Radon?

  • @itsharris2345
    @itsharris2345 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I wouldn’t live in one. These are depressing tbh

  • @mastertrams
    @mastertrams 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So what would a building be called if it was both comparable to a skyscraper in height, and an earthscraper in depth...
    Or, even more absurd, what if it was wide as a groundscraper, tall as a skyscraper, deep as an earthscraper, and had a sky-bridge connecting it to an oceanscraper?

  • @aral8210
    @aral8210 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Pentagon?

    • @TheB1M
      @TheB1M  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We’re not allowed to talk about that 😉

  • @koiyujo1543
    @koiyujo1543 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    can you imagine how much earth and dig would need to be dug up for this? then again it's not like we haven't dig up that amount before it just he engineering is something we haven't done before

  • @majinbobo256
    @majinbobo256 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's feasible if we solve the pressure problem!

  • @marcelinojr.deperalta3735
    @marcelinojr.deperalta3735 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great Idea, but what happens to the underground areas in the event of a flood, It may turn into an Atlantis Museum.

  • @Techischannel
    @Techischannel 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Heh, the best thing about Earthsrcapers is that in case of Nuclear Warfare or any wich includes many Bombs on Cities (If the Earthscraper has been build Correctly) the Earthscraper can be used as a Bunker. Also another Advantage is that you gan basicaly go down asmuch as you may like, once you're deep enugth you can even use the Updraft of Air created by the Earth Heating Cool Air firstly as a Energy Source but much more as a Naturaly "Fuled" Air Ventilation system (Expected if done Correctly ... logicaly). And another great thing is that you can always expand those and even connect them with other Earth Scrapers, wich is impossible with current Human Tech.