The incredible project of the 1700 metre high super skyscraper that will rise in Tokyo by 2045

The structure of the skyscraper, 1700 metres high, will be able to accommodate more than 50 thousand residents and will be characterised by a hexagonal design, one of the most wind-resistant shapes, which is never lacking in Tokyo Bay.

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This skyscraper, once built, will overtake the Burj Khalifa in height (at least twice as much), becoming the new tallest skyscraper in the world.

The Burj Khalifa, initially known as Burj Dubai, is the tallest skyscraper in the world, built and built in just five years. The building, located in Dubai, and which has become a symbol of this futuristic city, is named after the Emir of Abu Dhabi Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates from 2004 to 2022.

It is one of the most colossal buildings created by man. Yet the world's highest skyscraper record could be at risk. In fact, there is a project that involves the construction of a super skyscraper, 1,700 meters high, to be completed in 2045, in the city of Tokyo.

This skyscraper, once built, will overtake the Burj Khalifa in height (at least twice as much), becoming the new tallest skyscraper in the world.

What does the project include?

The American studio Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates has announced that by 2045 the construction of what is currently ready to become the tallest skyscraper in the world, 1,700 meters high, will be completed. The building in question will be called Sky Mile Tower, and is part of the larger Next Tokyo project.

In the bay of the Japanese capital, not only the construction of the Sky Mile is planned, but of a city-in-city all oriented towards the ability to adapt to climate change.

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This will see the birth of the Sky Mile Tower and a new transit-oriented futuristic neighbourhood, ready to change the face of the Japanese metropolis.

Precisely the consequences of the rise in sea level, or the important seismic activity, that have characterised the Japanese coast, have prompted this group of designers to develop a mega project to improve the bay in the face of these natural disasters.

This will see the birth of the Sky Mile Tower and a new futuristic transit-oriented neighbourhood, ready to change the face of the Japanese metropolis.

Features of this super skyscraper

The structure of the skyscraper, 1700 meters high, will be able to accommodate more than 50 thousand residents and will be characterised by a hexagonal design, one of the most wind-resistant forms, which is never lacking in Tokyo Bay. Also in view of summer, the season of typhoons.

It is planned to create six interconnected modules that form interstices with a tapered section, capable of breaking even the most imposing winds. Every 320 meters there will be terraces, and in general the building will be equipped with all the most common comforts, including shops, restaurants, hotels, libraries, gyms and clinics.

The challenge to optimise energy use

The complex designed to optimise each energy use will be able to reuse the excess heat of one part of the building for any other part in deficit, thus counting on a concrete efficiency of the use of resources.

In addition, inside the building, water will be collected centrally, treated and stored on all levels of the tower, and the distribution will take place by gravity, eliminating the need to pump it from the ground upwards.