Urban Crystal Empire?

[Arima 15]

 

Imagine an alternate history where the Crystal Empire didn't disappear for 1000 years.
Imagine that the small but significant population kept growing and eventually had to come to a decision of balancing their land usage between farming and living space.
Because the Crystal Heart can only provide a finite amount of land that is arable and untouched by snowfall, the most obvious and readily available solution would be to build upwards.
But how would they have gone about in doing this from an engineer's standpoint?
And what would the Skyline of the Crystal Empire look like after a few years of high-rise construction?

Edited October 3, 2017 by Arima

[Foxy Socks 2,599]

I am not sure but I like the current design of it. Unfortunately if it had been urbanized it wouldn't be as neat, and would be a lot different. The shape of the city is what makes the Crystal Empire unique, and to take that away wouldn't be the same.

[sweetolebob18 728]

There are other threads pointing out that The Crystal Empire kinda, sorta looks like Paris.  Plus, Sailor Moon has Crystal Tokyo.