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Arconic's Three-Mile-High Skyscraper of 2062

By B.J. Murphy

45 years into the future, what do you envision our architecture will look like? The year would be 2062 – a year that is famous in its own merit. It was the year of which the popular sci-fi TV series The Jetsons was based upon. Today, it is a year of which is inspiring a newer generation of futurists, architects, and engineers to re-envision that future.

For the materials science company Arconic, it is the year when we give birth to a three-mile-high, 3D printed skyscraper!

This tower is only one of many concept designs being pumped out of Arconic. It serves as a design platform for a much larger campaign aptly being dubbed “The Jetsons.” With the combined efforts of futurists and engineers, the company aims to not only predict the year 2062, but also build it.

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Photo Credit: Arconic
Thanks to the advancements in 3D printing, architects have been given the opportunity in rethinking how we design large, physical structures. This three-mile-high skyscraper would take full advantage of 3D printing to realize its unorthodox shape. Its windows would also be coated with EcoClean – a special coating that allows buildings to not only self-clean, but also purify the surrounding air.

Another fascinating feature about the skyscraper would be the windows themselves. As opposed to the normally styled windows which merely open and shut, Arconic aims to integrate a new design known as Bloomframe. Not only would this new design motorize all of the windows attached to the skyscraper, but would also be able to transform themselves into all-glass balconies in under a minute. It would serve as a means of transforming our architectural towers into flexible entities, as opposed to one-and-done space hogs.

“There’s no limit to how tall we’re going to make the showcase buildings.”

– Kevin Kelly

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January 11, 2017By B.J. Murphy

About the author

B.J. Murphy is the Editor and Social Media Manager of Serious Wonder. He is a futurist, philosopher, activist, author and poet. B.J. is an Affiliate Scholar for the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) and an Ambassador for the robotics company Humai.

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