I like anime because it brings cool ideas to the table.
In Evangelion they build this fortress city called Tokyo 3 and basically building can retract into the ground in case of an attack.
Is this even remotely feasible with modern-day technology?
Also general anime tech thread, realistic or not.
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I don't see why it couldn't work with at least the smaller buildings, you might have to have connections between the buildings to increase stability or something though
no probably not feasible without supermaterials
>fea·si·ble
>possible to do easily or conveniently.
No. Its not easy or convenient to do so.
the weight of the city would cause the whole thing to collapse
he borrow the idea from a movie so probably not a good example
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>and basically building can retract into the ground in case of an attack.
Wait, what? Holy shit, all those years I just thought they had another set o buildings underground, just you know pointing in the oposite direction.
no, no...forget the geofront. I just want to dig a massive hole under the building and have it go down in case of maximum happening.
Let's say George Bush tries to 9/11 your building, well now you can just sink your tower into the ground and the plane misses.
What do you think modern-day technology is? No.
I think they show this to greater extent in the Rebuilds....it's crystal clear in Rebuild 1.0 and 2.0 that the buildings just retract into the geofront.
do i really have to point out to you that digging giant holes beneath buildings will cause them to fall into said holes
It shows a bit better in this scene
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STINGRAY STINGRAY
What will it take for Capsule Corp to become real? I want my comfy portable house
Imagine you're on the top floor of a skyscrapper
You're using the elevator to go the bottom floor
In the exact moment the elevator starts moving down
The city activates its defense tech and the building starts going down
Will you survive the pressure change?
That's not how motion repository works....
Just have the corners of the buildings made with serrations that interlock with gears located at ground level, which control wether the building goes up and down. Then you have massive bolts (exactly like in the movie) to secure the building once it's fully up/down.
>it workth becauthe anduhmay!!
Shut up.
I didn't say it works, I was proposing a mode of operation, you absolute nonce.
>I didn't say it works
If it doesn't work, it isn't a mode of operation because by definition it doesn't operate you stupid child.
can work with supermaterials. Where did you learn to think
I can see whatever mechanism you'd use to lift the building up and lowers it down would need to basically be built out of extremely solid material to handle the pressure of constantly having the weight of the building on it at all time. Then you'd need to actually power the thing to propel up the building (you don't want to need power to keep the building up, in an urgency situation where power is unavailable the building should automatically begins its descent). The good thing is that while you need a trememdous amount of energy to lift a building you can do it slowly over a week to not fry half the security systems and cables of the city. The biggest issue is the ground, you want an extremely sturdy base to make VERY deep foundations. I think some of the biggest towers in the world basically started by pouring concrete underground to solidify the area.
So it's possible, but definitely very procey and mostly useless. Don't even get me. started on how you would bring water in the washrooms.
>supermaterials
Like the ones mined from Planet Namek?
wut
why do we even have building in the first place
underground caves, that's where it's at
Where did you learn to think?
says the cuck who doesn't know what a supermaterial is...
What do you think a cuck is?
I feel like you might be able to do it by having each floor be basically a separate structure all along one rail
>possible
yes
>with modern day technology
not really
>feasible
flat no regardless of technology
The architecture of Utena, despite it being fantasy stuff meant for effect than realism, has always interested me. I would like to know if any of the things in Utena would ever be feasible, especially the duel arena in the movie.
so while this thread is on the topic of cool fictional megaengineering may I present the salvaged city fleet of Gargantia?
pretty gargantuan if you see what I mean
That's still the same amount of weight, and you still need to keep the building out most of the time. Plus it'd make any elevator a nightmare
holy fuck that's massive...kinda like Misato's breasts.
if you couldn't tell i'm pretty interested in this