“The elevators are the biggest problem. The longer the cables,the heavier they will be.“
With advances in electric motors and computer control there is no reason that cables cannot be eliminated and the lifting motor to be part of the elevator car itself.
Also there is no reason that the elevator cars to be placed in a shaft, why can they not travel up the sides of the building on special rails?
Also there is no reason that the elevator cars to be placed in a shaft, why can they not travel up the sides of the building on special rails?
But there better be a good supply of barf-bags in there!
They do have those kinds of elevators now.
What happens when the electricity goes out (or, in the event of a ‘Green New Deal’ the wind stops blowing/Sun stops shining?)
I already have issues when the elevator breaks down in my 4-story building and I’m coming home with a prepper-load of groceries; and I’ve seen videos about buildings that are so tall that the people have to call down to the front desk many mornings, to find out what the ‘weather’ is like - they live in clouds.
Give me Terra Firma, thanks...
Also there is no reason that the elevator cars to be placed in a shaft, why can they not travel up the sides of the building on special rails?
Typically elevators are in the building core.
Having them next to a shear wall is handy, also they have lots of delicate electronic components
Moisture and elevators a bad combo.
At Cabrini–Green Chicago the elevators were appended to the exterior wall; nothing but problems.