用3D打印技術建造摩天大樓

Many of the worlds tallest skyscrapers will make you queasy if you reached their summit. But these grand buildings could soon look like a bungalow in comparison to a three-mile high skyscraper envisioned by architects.

They say that the mighty tower could be built by 2062， using 3D printing technology to create walls that could withstand high winds and unique climates.

The skyscraper is the vision of Arconic， a materials science company based in New York， as part of its larger campaign called The Jetsons — an homage to the 1962 cartoon， set in 2062.

Engineers from the firm are working with futurists to imagine how the world will look in 45 years.

The team has envisioned the Arconic tower — a three-mile-high skyscraper created using materials that are either in-development or have already been brought to market.

As well as being staggeringly tall， the tower will also have futuristic features， including smog-eating surfaces， and retractable balconies.

Arconic is currently working on a project called EcoClean， a special coating that allows building to self-clean and purify the surrounding air.

Sherri McCleary， one of Arconics chief materials scientists， told Business Insider， “The functional coating provides aesthetics， it provides maintenance benefits， and it also provides a benefit to the surrounding environment by reducing the content of pollutants around it.”

如果你到過世界許多摩天大樓的最高層，你一定頭暈目眩過。但是，與建筑學家們所構想的這座三英里高的摩天大樓一比，它們可就成小平房了。

建筑學家們表示，這座高樓可能會在2062年落成，其將使用3D打印技術建造墻壁，可以抵擋強風和極端氣候。

這幢摩天大樓是位于紐約的材料科學公司——阿爾科尼西公司的設想，它是該公司大型活動“摩登家族”的一部分，這一活動是為了向1962年出品的以2062年為背景的動畫片《摩登家族》致敬。

阿爾科尼西公司的工程師與未來派藝術家一起致力于設想45年之后的未來世界。

阿爾科尼西公司已經設想出的這幢三英里高的摩天大樓所使用的材料將會是正在開發或已經問世的。

除了高到極致，該大樓還很具有未來主義特色，包括能夠凈化霧霾的外表涂層和折疊陽臺。

阿爾科尼西公司目前正在研究的一個叫EcoClean的項目，是一種能幫助建筑物自我清潔并凈化周圍空氣的特殊涂料。

阿爾科尼西公司的首席材料學家謝麗·麥卡利在接受Business Insider采訪時表示：“這種功能性涂料不僅美觀，維護保養起來也方便。由于能減少附近的污染物，對周圍環境也有好處?！?/p>

Word Study

queasy /'kwi?z?/ adj. 不舒服的；感到惡心的

envision /?n?v??n/ v. 想象；設想

withstand /w??'st?nd/ v. 抵御；經得起……

purify /'pj??r?fa?/ v. 凈化；使潔凈endprint