Making Mountains out of Molehills (or in this case Templhoff)

Making Mountains out of Molehills or in this case Templhoff

Thanks Paul.

I thought that this may be the case, but when I went to the MCA site it only really mentioned leisure users. Ill register our boat asap.

cheers,

t

I’m with Old Shape on this one…
The weight of the thing would be disastrous for the surrounds.
Rain Run off would be ‘interesting’
It would also alter the local weather.
The areas downsun of it would be a wee bit ‘gloomy’
Also a wee bit of an ‘obstruction’ to commercial flying in the area,if its there somebody will fly into it.

It would be great if they named it the Schloß Adler and had a themed Junkers Ju-52 doing the pick up and drop off all day… ? 😀

As crazy as it may sound, I actually like the idea.

I think its an innovative use of the space, and certainly makes a change from something normal like another skyscraper/tower or even housing. Secondly, it could be a turned into a great tourist attraction, especially if they built a visitor centre and hotel complex on the top (ok, thats my imagination running a tad wild there!…:))

…in Munich between 1942 and 1945 all the rubble they left was dumped in one huge pile…

Berlin also has one of these called the Devil’s Mountain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teufelsberg

At only 12 million cubic metres it is tiny compared to the 250+ million cubic metres needed to build a mountain 1000 metres high!

Moderators moving mountains eh…

It’s part of the job description.

Moggy 😀

Making Mountains Out of Molehills

Our boys helped to build a mountain in Munich between 1942 and 1945 all the rubble they left was dumped in one huge pile and it was later grassed over and the Munich Olympic Stadium was built by its side.
Nosmo

If it get’s the go ahead I think it will look superb.

Rain run-off is indeed a problem as mentioned above. The weight of it may have a significant bearing on the surrounding suburbs too. It will be like the rubber sheet/steel ball demonstration.

If you can do a wee edit I’ll move it back.

Can you include spelling Tempelhof correctly in that edit? :diablo:

-runs and hides-

Paul

Ok KTYS, I admit I was a little hasty, but the title and content is not that obvious to the eye (even though you put Templhoff in it). If you can do a wee edit I’ll move it back.

Rgds

Dean.

It’s still not that relevant….is it? Wherever it is, it’s still bizarre.:confused:

Ok KTYS, I admit I was a little hasty, but the title and content is not that obvious to the eye (even though you put Templhoff in it). If you can do a wee edit I’ll move it back.

Rgds

Dean.

Moderator’s moving mountains eh… Whatever next ? 😉

uh….it’s a former commercial airport might be changed into a mountain.

Ok KTYS, I admit I was a little hasty, but the title and content is not that obvious to the eye (even though you put Templhoff in it). If you can do a wee edit I’ll move it back.

Rgds

Dean.

And this has what to do with Commercial Aviation?

Moved

uh….it’s a former commercial airport might be changed into a mountain.

They could charge a tenner to go hang gliding off it Deano… ? :diablo:

Then that’ll make it General Aviation :p

And this has what to do with Commercial Aviation?

Moved

They could charge a tenner to go hang gliding off it Deano… ? :diablo:

So, over 250 million cubic metres of rock, say 625 million tonnes of it…..where is it coming from and how much to shift it up there?

Even at €0.80 per tonne that’s half a billion Euros! Nope, I won’t be holding my breath! :rolleyes:

That is just bizarre. To construct an artificial mountain on the site of an airfield in a city. Edinburgh has its volcanic “plug”, Holyrood Park, but that is natural and pre-dates the city by millions of years. The city was built round it – not the other way round. And what are the civil engineering problems? 🙁

And this has what to do with Commercial Aviation?

Moved

It looks great, but how would they manage the water run-off? Also how do construct it & ensure that it remains stable?

That’s just crazy!