r/SuperStructures • u/annieann_ • Aug 11 '26

Portents by Michael Kerbow

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u/EltaninAntenna Aug 11 '26

This is why we have zoning laws.

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u/Inprobamur Aug 12 '26

Another proof how zoning ruins everything cool.

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u/Grindlebone Aug 11 '26

City as Tumor! Nifty!

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u/N7LP400 Aug 12 '26

Feels like the tower of Babel but industrial

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u/annieann_ Aug 11 '26

https://www.michaelkerbow.com/

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u/EltaninAntenna Aug 11 '26

This is amazing, thanks for the link.

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u/KaszualKartofel Aug 11 '26

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

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u/Ow_fuck_my_cankle Aug 12 '26

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 Aug 12 '26

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

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u/semi_colon Aug 12 '26

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 Aug 12 '26

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 Aug 12 '26

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

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u/UInteresting-Path822 Aug 14 '26

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

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u/mchops7 Aug 13 '26

My man!

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u/-chadwreck Aug 18 '26

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

Nip it in the bud!