Posted on 3/4/2016
When Broad Sustainable Buildings (BSB) unveiled plans for a 220-story prefab tower—Sky City—that would not only surpass the Burj Khalifa as the world’s tallest, but that would be built in just 90 days, the company drew excitement around the globe. But two years on, the project has floundered amid permitting issues and financial concerns.
And as the Sky City foundations languish in Changsha, farmers in the region have taken over the site to dry grain, produce watermelons, and even establish a fish farm—all in plain view.
Sky City was—and arguably still is—supposed to be an energy efficient 838-meter tower that serves as a sustainable utopia, with apartments, office spaces, retail, organic farms, recrea...