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'Bee Hive' Skyscraper cities: The future for overpopulated areas

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These 'Vertical Cities' house up to 25,000 people.

The future of urban living is about to change with the conceptualization of "Bee Hive" skyscrapers set up to house communities in urban areas. An entire city within a single skyscraper is the futuristic solution to population density problems in the major cities of the world.

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MUNTINLUPA CITY, PHILIPPINES (Catholic Online) - Stunning photos of a recently envisioned single skyscraper that could accommodate an entire city surfaced as a potential solution to the growing problem of lack of livable and decent homes for urban populations. The single skyscraper, a "Vertical City" will house 25,000 from major areas in the world to solve the lack of space issue in population dense cities. The "Vertical City" aims to provide a spacious living area and a community to major cities in the near future.


The bold and futuristic solution was overseen by Luca Curci, an architect base in Bari, Italy. The "Bee Hive" skyscraper is a self-contained community that features huge hexagonal voids, resembling a bee hive, at its sides to create and maintain a natural environment, even in the 180-floor building setting. The outside world will still remain apart of the community inside.

Curci aims to provide a design that can work and be built anywhere. He and his team want to introduce a new approach in architecture, when it comes to creating contemporary cities. Most of the dwelling areas will be filled with green space, making it look and feel like the outdoors. Several rooms will also be designated as offices and living spaces for residents.

The futuristic tower is imagined as 18-stories high and will be about 2460 feet or 750 meters tall. The green areas in the Bee Hive city would cover over 21,527.82 square feet, including a public garden square located on top of the building.

It would be built into the seafloor, making some of the living and dwelling areas, the lower floors of the "Vertical City," located under water. Several parking areas, spas, meditation centers, gyms and luxury hotel rooms will be featured in the lower floors of the skyscraper.

The city would be accessible via sea, air and land and is envisioned to have a submersible bridge that will allow pedestrians, cars and other public transport to reach the water based areas of the city. A heliport, located on the upper garden square, will be used for air transportation needs.

The energy independent and producing structure would receive their energy from the photovoltaic glass and solar panels housed on the roof. The project is envisioned to be built in cities such as Doha, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The traditional concept of community and society is going to change with the development of this kind of innovative city.

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