Comments on: Inverse skyscrapers http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/inverse-skyscrapers.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/inverse-skyscrapers.html#comment-1465432 ocker3 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168685#comment-1465432 That's the thing, if there's precious little sunlight to begin with at certain times of the year and there's a huge problem with temperature on the surface, better to have  a well insulated building that collects and distributes natural sunlight than to try and go outside during those months That’s the thing, if there’s precious little sunlight to begin with at certain times of the year and there’s a huge problem with temperature on the surface, better to have  a well insulated building that collects and distributes natural sunlight than to try and go outside during those months

]]> By: dilinger http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/inverse-skyscrapers.html#comment-1465273 dilinger Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168685#comment-1465273 I don't understand how this would be at all appealing unless the designers figure out how to pipe natural light underground.  I'm not sure Happy Lamps would cut it. Hah, who am I kidding?  I live above-ground in Seattle, and I still don't see sunlight for 4 months of the year. I don’t understand how this would be at all appealing unless the designers figure out how to pipe natural light underground.  I’m not sure Happy Lamps would cut it.

Hah, who am I kidding?  I live above-ground in Seattle, and I still don’t see sunlight for 4 months of the year.

]]> By: Ryan_T_H http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/inverse-skyscrapers.html#comment-1465241 Ryan_T_H Tue, 03 Jul 2012 04:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168685#comment-1465241  Edmonton's got a pretty extensive pedway system. Not quite Montreal's level, but close.  Edmonton’s got a pretty extensive pedway system. Not quite Montreal’s level, but close.

]]> By: nemryn http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/inverse-skyscrapers.html#comment-1464911 nemryn Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168685#comment-1464911 The Caves of Steel! Asimov was right! The Caves of Steel! Asimov was right!

]]> By: BillGlover http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/inverse-skyscrapers.html#comment-1464806 BillGlover Mon, 02 Jul 2012 22:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168685#comment-1464806 Obviously the first thing we should consider is the cat population and the availability of <a href="http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/features.html" rel="nofollow">magma tubes<a>. Obviously the first thing we should consider is the cat population and the availability of magma tubes.

]]> By: Jonathan Badger http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/inverse-skyscrapers.html#comment-1464801 Jonathan Badger Mon, 02 Jul 2012 22:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168685#comment-1464801 Good point. I don't know if any hot cities have anything quite as extensive as Montreal's underground city, but I remember encountering some tunnels in downtown Houston which were quite appreciated by me during a conference there in August. Good point. I don’t know if any hot cities have anything quite as extensive as Montreal’s underground city, but I remember encountering some tunnels in downtown Houston which were quite appreciated by me during a conference there in August.

]]> By: Listener43 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/inverse-skyscrapers.html#comment-1464800 Listener43 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168685#comment-1464800 We must not allow an underground city gap! We must not allow an underground city gap!

]]> By: Ashen Victor http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/inverse-skyscrapers.html#comment-1464795 Ashen Victor Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168685#comment-1464795  And C.H.U.D.s don't forget those pests!  And C.H.U.D.s don’t forget those pests!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/inverse-skyscrapers.html#comment-1464743 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168685#comment-1464743 I wish that we had that in Palm Springs. I wish that we had that in Palm Springs.

]]> By: edgore http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/inverse-skyscrapers.html#comment-1464655 edgore Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168685#comment-1464655 They forgot to mention the primary disadvantage. Which is Mole Men. They forgot to mention the primary disadvantage. Which is Mole Men.

]]> By: Jonathan Badger http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/inverse-skyscrapers.html#comment-1464584 Jonathan Badger Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168685#comment-1464584 Yes. When I lived in Montreal I had friends whose apartment buildings opened up to the underground city, meaning they could go from their apartment, to the subway, and to work without going outside. And before people say "but that would be terrible", realize that in January or February, you really, really don't want to be outside in Montreal if you can help it. Yes. When I lived in Montreal I had friends whose apartment buildings opened up to the underground city, meaning they could go from their apartment, to the subway, and to work without going outside. And before people say “but that would be terrible”, realize that in January or February, you really, really don’t want to be outside in Montreal if you can help it.

]]> By: James Churchill http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/inverse-skyscrapers.html#comment-1464571 James Churchill Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168685#comment-1464571 Yeah, it's about time we started building a Geofront... Yeah, it’s about time we started building a Geofront…

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/inverse-skyscrapers.html#comment-1464561 Paul Renault Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168685#comment-1464561 If you work and live in the right places in Montreal, you can spend all winter indoors.  They only thing you have to go outside for is to watch the Canadiens play hockey. If you work and live in the right places in Montreal, you can spend all winter indoors.  They only thing you have to go outside for is to watch the Canadiens play hockey.

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