laphamsquarterly:

“As we deplete our natural resources, we are left with huge gaping holes in the ground—scars from our open-pit mining exploits. Matthew Fromboluti of Washington University in St. Louis has a plan to heal those scars with an underground skyscraper that fills the hole and creates a self-sustaining community in its place. His proposal, Above Below, is proposed to infill the 900-foot deep and nearly 300-acre wide crater left by the former Lavender Pit Mine outside of Bisbee, Arizona.”Underground Skyscraper is a Self-Sufficient Desert City Above Below Skyscraper

Sim Tower would have been so much more awesome if there had been underground skyscrapers.

laphamsquarterly:

“As we deplete our natural resources, we are left with huge gaping holes in the ground—scars from our open-pit mining exploits. Matthew Fromboluti of Washington University in St. Louis has a plan to heal those scars with an underground skyscraper that fills the hole and creates a self-sustaining community in its place. His proposal, Above Below, is proposed to infill the 900-foot deep and nearly 300-acre wide crater left by the former Lavender Pit Mine outside of Bisbee, Arizona.”

Underground Skyscraper is a Self-Sufficient Desert City Above Below Skyscraper

Sim Tower would have been so much more awesome if there had been underground skyscrapers.

(via theatlantic)