“HOW TECHNOLOGY HAS IMPACTED THE
WORLD AS WE KNOW IT TODAY”
Technology
has played a major role in the growth of the world, as we know it. During the
time period of the 1800’s the spatial organization of the city changed as new
forms of building introduced a larger scale to the physical environment. James
Bogardus came up or introduced the use of cast- iron columns and weight bearing
walls supporting the structure of nonresidential buildings. These buildings
would then later become the skyscrapers that we learn to love today. William L.
Jenny was the founder of the first skyscraper using the new evolving technology.
Elisha Otis created the first elevator and by the year of 1880, it then created
the widespread of taller buildings.
If we fast-forward to
today’s world those pioneers of the past have changed the world today, as we
know it. Those very breakthroughs in technology back then play a role in today’s
growth of taller nonresidential and new residential buildings. For example, the
former Sears Tower, newly named Willis Tower is one of the world’s tallest
buildings in America. This massive building stands tall at 110 stories high and
weighs in at 200,000 plus tons of structure. The building took over 2000
workers to complete the project of creating the new building. It stands over
105 acres if spread across one level equivalent to 16 city blocks.
The former twin towers
before being destroyed was another skyscraper that stands as an example of how
the technology that was created so long ago played a role in today’s creations
of larger scale buildings. The Twin Towers stood at 1,368 and 1,362 feet and
cost a mere 1.5 billion dollars to create. These buildings are large landmarks of major
cities and stand tall all because of the innovators of the past.
The people of the past
put forth great efforts to change the overall perspective of how buildings are
created. They not only change the structure of how we build these buildings but
how far these buildings can go upward. Some challenges that they took on to
push the limits and innovate makes all the difference for what the future can
hold today. These pioneers changed the game for today’s creators.
During the period in which these creations came about
there was tons of urban expansions, economic interests and land development. Today’s
larger landmarks don’t reflect those of the older time periods but they do come
to look similar in the process in which they were created.
When we think of major cities
today, skyscrapers and major landmarks are what we automatically correlate them
to, These exist in there urban densely populated areas. These landmarks are
highlights of most major cities.
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