Sustainable vertical cities
SUSTAINABLE VERTICAL CITIES
OBJECTIVE: To research the possibilities, advantages and disadvantages of high rise vertical cities.
ABSTRACT: Today’s modern city acts like a computer motherboard, all things big and small are interconnected with each other. If one component fails to respond or if the connection between the two breaks, the other connected components suffers the delay and loss of information. Similarly, in urban context if a component like a power station, water station fails or a simple thing like a traffic jam occurs, it causes loss and delay. The solution is to create such a space that is self sufficient, sustainable and doesn’t depend on other components for its proper functioning. The idea is to develop a module that can act as a micro city and incorporate all the basic needs of the modern society. These micro cities will be self sufficient and them be clustered together in a form of high rise vertical city.
Keywords: Vertical city, motherboard, sustainable, self sufficient, micro cities, module, interconnected.
The Need of a Vertical City: There have recently emerged a number of urban problems in large cities developed in the past, in the form of soaring land prices, traffic congestion, low nighttime population, air and water pollution, overexploitation of natural resources, and many others. This now calls for a new concept on urban planning, or a vision on a future city. I believe that these problems of urban city can be eradicated by building self sufficient high rise vertical cities. Experts predict that world’s urban population will double by 2050 – which means we are adding the equivalent of seven New York cities to the planet every year. The Indian sub continent houses a population of 1.21 billion; 17.5% of the total world population (Source: Wikipedia)1. The figures are astonishing and overpopulation is causing a major problem of lack of land and other resources. Looking at the present scenario if something is not done to
OBJECTIVE: To research the possibilities, advantages and disadvantages of high rise vertical cities.
ABSTRACT: Today’s modern city acts like a computer motherboard, all things big and small are interconnected with each other. If one component fails to respond or if the connection between the two breaks, the other connected components suffers the delay and loss of information. Similarly, in urban context if a component like a power station, water station fails or a simple thing like a traffic jam occurs, it causes loss and delay. The solution is to create such a space that is self sufficient, sustainable and doesn’t depend on other components for its proper functioning. The idea is to develop a module that can act as a micro city and incorporate all the basic needs of the modern society. These micro cities will be self sufficient and them be clustered together in a form of high rise vertical city.
Keywords: Vertical city, motherboard, sustainable, self sufficient, micro cities, module, interconnected.
The Need of a Vertical City: There have recently emerged a number of urban problems in large cities developed in the past, in the form of soaring land prices, traffic congestion, low nighttime population, air and water pollution, overexploitation of natural resources, and many others. This now calls for a new concept on urban planning, or a vision on a future city. I believe that these problems of urban city can be eradicated by building self sufficient high rise vertical cities. Experts predict that world’s urban population will double by 2050 – which means we are adding the equivalent of seven New York cities to the planet every year. The Indian sub continent houses a population of 1.21 billion; 17.5% of the total world population (Source: Wikipedia)1. The figures are astonishing and overpopulation is causing a major problem of lack of land and other resources. Looking at the present scenario if something is not done to
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