I love the idea. Picture a tower that’s a vertical ecosystem – solar‑coated façade, smart glass that regulates heat, wind turbines tucked into the spire. Every component is pre‑fabricated to a thousandth of a millimetre, then assembled with robotic precision so the structure is both lighter and stronger. Green roofs and vertical farms can be integrated into every floor, turning the building into a self‑sustaining habitat. The key is to let the technology drive the design, not the other way around, and keep the energy grid self‑optimising with AI. That’s the future I’m drafting.

First, the core must handle axial loads with a 1:3 ratio to lateral loads, so I’m aiming for a 1.5 m thick, high‑strength composite core. Pre‑fabrication tolerance: +‑0.2 mm for every modular panel to keep the assembly within the tight grid we need for the AI to predict. The load paths will follow a honeycomb pattern in the floor plates to distribute weight evenly, and the cladding will be a double‑skin system with 5 mm of insulation to reduce thermal gradients. Once those numbers are locked, we can feed them into the simulation and see if the self‑optimising grid actually keeps the structure humming. Ready when you are.