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Macrostrucure (engineering)
A megastructure (or macrostructure) is a very large artificial object, although the limits of precisely how large vary considerably. Some apply the term to any especially large or tall building. Some sources define a megastructure as an enormous self-supporting artificial construct. The products of megascale engineering or astroengineering are megastructures. Most megastructure designs could not be constructed with today's level of industrial technology. This makes their design examples of exploratory engineering, speculative (or exploratory) engineering. Those that could be constructed tend to qualify as megaprojects. Examples of megaprojects are the Zuiderzee Works in the Netherlands and Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the UAE. Megastructure (planning concept), Megastructures are also an architectural concept popularized in the 1960s where a city could be encased in a single building, or a relatively small number of buildings interconnected. Such arcology concepts are popular in sci ...
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