After the world's population increased, agricultural areas decreased.<br /> Horizontal expansion is no longer feasible in housing.<br /> And the transition to vertical expansion has begun.<br />Which makes the space itself accommodate more people.<br />It did not stop at normal vertical expansion.<br /> But tall skyscrapers appeared for housing and work.<br /> After the towering edifices belonged to rulers, religions and great empires.<br />Why are there no skyscrapers in Jamaica?<br />Tall buildings appeared in crowded cities, such as Paris, London, Manhattan and Hong Kong, with commercial spaces.<br /> It revolutionized office work, as it enabled the administration to concentrate offices and departments in one building.<br />Especially with the advent of trams, subways, and railways that transport workers from their places of residence to a single location for work.<br /> Decades before everyone could own their own car.<br />Big cities compete to own the tallest buildings.<br />And the need for ventilation and artificial light began to increase, as a necessity for human habitation in those tall buildings.<br />After the engineers struggled to build the tallest skyscrapers in the world.<br />Now architecture is back, telling us that skyscrapers are more harmful than we think.<br /> Tall buildings require a lot of effort to stop swaying, which requires more steel and concrete.<br /> It also needs stronger and deeper foundations to accommodate these high rises.<br />Tall buildings consume a lot of energy to run air conditioners, industrial lighting and elevators.<br />The carbon emissions emitted from them are significantly higher than those emitted from mid-rise buildings.<br /> This means that high-rise buildings solve the problems of residents and office departments on the one hand.<br />#Jamaica#Caribbean#skyscrapers
