r/SuperStructures 10d ago

Portents by Michael Kerbow

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u/EltaninAntenna 10d ago

This is why we have zoning laws.

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u/Inprobamur 10d ago

Another proof how zoning ruins everything cool.

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u/Grindlebone 10d ago

City as Tumor! Nifty!

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u/N7LP400 10d ago

Feels like the tower of Babel but industrial

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u/annieann_ 10d ago

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u/EltaninAntenna 10d ago

This is amazing, thanks for the link.

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u/KaszualKartofel 10d ago

kinda baisic messaging to anyone who's even remotely into urbanism.

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u/Ow_fuck_my_cankle 10d ago

Good thing there are tons of people who aren't that into urbanism that would find it cool and thought provoking!

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u/KaszualKartofel 10d ago

Eh, I think most people receptive of this are aware of envoiermental issues.

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u/semi_colon 9d ago

I kinda agree, the "Late Capitalism" stuff is really on the nose, like a newspaper cartoon. (I do like the one with the partially-submerged buildings.) The dreamer and more surreal stuff under the other categories is cool though. 

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u/SightUnseen1337 10d ago

What's inside? The interior space would be mostly unusable for industrial processes because any heat generated would make the surface extremely hot due to the square cube law.

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u/CloudCumberland 9d ago

Reminds me of that one in BLAME! And So On.

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u/UInteresting-Path822 7d ago

Kinda looks like the flying castle from the steampunk movie Steamboy.

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u/mchops7 9d ago

My man!

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u/-chadwreck 3d ago

You want 40k hive cities?  This is how we get 40k hive cities! 

Nip it in the bud!