Mega Projects That Never Happened

As everyone knows, some projects are never finished on time, whether it’s an apartment, a giant skyscraper or something else. After months or even years of construction, these projects are completed or left unfinished. is left to rot.

But there are some projects that are just for financial or political reasons. remained by design. We are here with extremely interesting mega projects that have never been built.

If this project were built, people would be able to cross a road between skyscrapers.

The ambitious project called The Copenhagen Gateway would connect the two sides of the city of Copenhagen in Denmark. Between the two skyscrapers, people can cycle or ride along the glass-walled opening while enjoying stunning views of the city. He could cross the street on foot.

The idea, which was first put forward in 2008, has been discussed for many years and canceled in 2015. It was canceled because the authorities believed that people would not use this road. So, according to the officials, people would prefer to wander around the port rather than go up and walk.

Take a look at London’s busiest street.

In the 1960s, use of public transport in London declined and traffic in the city began to increase. Authorities, who want to reduce traffic and direct people to public transport, monorail project he thought.

Plans for the monorail on Regent Street, which will connect Piccadilly and the Oxford Circuses, are the beautiful, graceful lines that form the roads. It was canceled because it thought it would block the view of the buildings.

Fatih led the ships from the land; Ron Herron wanted to run the city.

Drawn by Ron Herron, a member of the British experimental architecture collective Archigram, this project is based on the Cold War era. to protect against threats was designed. It was also believed that the project would protect post-apocalyptic surviving communities.

The video above is a modernized version of the project based on detailed drawings.

Mobile settlements, designed as a walking ship, aim to reach safer areas and resources, in other words, to re-establish a settled life. It would make city building easier. However, this project, which we can see in movies, never materialized.

Fanus city Manhattan.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller and named Dome Over Manhattan, the project stretched from 21st Street to 64th Street between two rivers. For residents living in this area a controllable environment was to be provided.

It is planned to reduce pollution by regulating the air. geodesic dome; Thanks to its special structure, it would heat the city in winter and cool it in summer. Although the project was quite fascinating, it was nothing more than a dream. The biggest reason for this was that the expenses that would increase would not be met by the people of the region.

The ‘dream airport’ above the city and the river.

Among the many plans for New York that never materialized was to build an airport in the middle of the city and on the river. There are at least 144 blocks from 24th to 71st, 9th to Hudson River. This airport is surrounded by streets, therefore buildings and about 70 meters above the river would take place.

Introduced in 1946, the project would also include piers and docks where ships could anchor. However, the project was destined to remain a dream because only The building value was approximately $3 billion.

‘Germany, the capital of the world’.

Adolf Hitler occupied Berlin because he thought he would definitely win World War II. Welthauptstadt Germania‘ (“World Capital of Germany”). The mega project was designed by Albert Speer, one of the architects of Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

The aim of the project is to demolish and replace most buildings in central Berlin. was to build a huge palace and a magnificent street. The entire project could not be realized due to the failure to achieve the desired result in the war and what happened afterwards, but a small part of it could be built between 1937-1943.

I guess it was fashionable back then to build an airport over the city and the river.

Planned in 1934, Westminster City Airport was to extend as far as Lambeth Bridge and sit on either side of the River Thames, right next to the Palace of Westminster. runway only single propeller aircraft it would be as long as it could land.

The fuel station and hangars would be located under the runway, and the height of the structure from the ground would also be high enough for ships to pass through. The mega project could not be built at the desired location, but it was completed in 1987. It came to life in the form of London City Airport.

Arcade Railroad, New York, USA

New York’s first subway project was drawn in 1867 by engineer Egbert Ludovicus Viele. If the mega project called ‘Arcade Railway’ was implemented, the roads of the city would be railways, and for wagons and pedestrians. raised canopies would be built. Business owners opposed the idea, arguing it would hurt sales, and the plan was scrapped.

Suspended motor railway, San Francisco, USA

The main point of this interesting project is the passenger transport between the Central Tower office building and Oakland City Hall. cigar-shaped steel cars. Still an unusual futuristic design for railroads today, the cars would hang from a rail built 4 meters high.

According to the plans, each of them can carry up to 100 passengers and can travel at a speed of 160 km per hour. The cars had electric motors. It was believed that the invention would save a lot of time for those commuting between San Francisco and Oakland, who had no other means of transportation than the slow steam-powered ferries of the time. Authorities liked the project very much, but the project could not go beyond design.

Had this city been built, it would have been the tallest structure in the world.

The Illinois Sky City, or The Illinois for short, was designed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in his 1957 book A Testament, and its length is 1,600 m high was thought to be.

Intended to be built in Chicago, the design will span a gross area of ​​1,715,000 square metres. It would consist of 528 floors. In addition, the mega project, which was announced to have parking spaces for 15,000 cars and 100 helicopters, was never more than a dream.

Bonus: This is what the Galata Bridge would look like today if Leonardo da Vinci’s design had been accepted.

Leonardo da Vinci had a bridge plan for Istanbul. Even Italian, the sultan of the period II. He wrote a letter to Beyazıt and said that he wanted to build a bridge to Istanbul. Unfortunately, this letter did not receive a response. designed by da Vinci The bridge would also have an openable structure.

Bonus 2: Sultan II. Cisr-i Hamidi (Hamidiye Bridge), which was intended to be built on the Bosphorus during the reign of Abdulhamid.

The Bosphorus bridge project, designed by the French engineer F. Arnodin in 1900, aimed to use the steel technology from which the Eiffel Tower was built. Above the bridge, which will be approximately 50 meters above sea level train, car and pedestrian path would be found.

According to the plan, thanks to the railway on the bridge, it would be possible for anyone who took the train from Medina to get off in Vienna. So the main purpose Rail link between Asia and Europe was to provide. However, this bridge could not be built due to the abdication of Sultan Abdülhamit and the economic conditions of the period.