Khan Shatyry: World's biggerst tent to house an indoor city

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev who took a bold decision about ten years ago and shifted the capital of the country from Almaty to Astana has now another amazing plan for the city. He plans to build a giant transparent tent that will contain an indoor city. The 150m-high (500ft) dome called Khan Shatyry, designed by UK architect Norman Foster will be a tent made of a special material that can capture sunlight to create green house effect. The indoor city created will experience a moderate temperature and will be protected from severe cold.

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Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev revealed the shape of this world's biggest tent in a 3D model. The city will be made in an area larger than 10 football grounds and will comprise of squares and cobbled streets, canals, shopping centers and golf courses.

The project is very difficult to accomplish with engineering point of view and also very expensive, but for this oil rich state, which is an increasingly important global energy player, cash is not a problem. The time predicted for completion of this project is just 12 months.

Via: BBC