Sky-Terra Towers, the name is somewhat of an oxymoron— sky is sky and terra is ground. So, which is it?

It doesn’t matter. A San Francisco based designer, Joanna Borek-Clement, is seeing cities in the skies. Not in San Francisco, however. The non-firma terra makes it a non consideration. Her inspiration is the shape of neuron cells.

The cities in the skies will be interconnected towers, so instead of skyscrapers blocking out the sun, it’ll be cities keeping the sunlight out. The idea was one of many entries in the 2009 eVolo Skyscraper competition, Borek had Tokyo in mind with her idea. Tokyo could used the space, no doubt.

The Sky-Terra towers offer many options from public parks, to greenbelts, playing fields, jogging paths, amphitheaters, pools or bath houses – all with the aim of providing people with access to open space.

The transportation system consists of interconnected foot paths and also bike paths and electric car paths. Don’t know about you, but I wonder about cars driving around far overheard.  The towers are supposed to  reduce the urban heat island effect. Rainwater will be used for landscaping needs. The towers will be built from modular parts to conserve resources and energy.

Getting to the city will be done by elevator. Offices and even residential areas will be incorporated into the fins that come out of the inner core. Now, if we could just figure out a way to get the sunlight through. And if I didn’t know any better, I’d say they’re likely to charge to use the elevators and bridges. That’s how we pay for things in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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