Cities need re-inventing
ISN’T IT TIME WE RE-INVENTED CITIES..?
Since the 1969 moon-landing – arguably the most iconic event in human history – virtually every man-made device that we use in our daily lives has been IMPROVED far beyond what could have been imagined back then.
CARS, AIRCRAFT, TV’S, FRIDGES, WASHING MACHINES, MICROWAVE OVENS, FAX MACHINES, SOUND & VIDEO RECORDING, PHOTOGRAPHY, COMPUTERS, FLAT-SCREENS, COMMUNICATION SATELLITES, INTERNET, MOBILE PHONES, PHOTOVOLTAICS, and so on…
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN UPDATED and IMPROVED..!!!
Except, that is, for CITIES, the MOST NOTABLE and MOST VISIBLE symbol of CIVILISATION, which have NOT CHANGED in any fundamental way..!
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN UPDATED and IMPROVED..!!!
Except, that is, for CITIES, the MOST NOTABLE and MOST VISIBLE symbol of CIVILISATION, which have NOT CHANGED in any fundamental way..!
SPRAWL = CITY CANCER
CITIES, the very embodiment of civilisation, have DEFIED PROGRESS by remaining mired in an obsolescent arrangement – SPRAWL..! – endless unplanned aggregations of buildings of many shapes, sizes and purposes. Sprawl can be equated with CANCER – as it grows it creates stress and illness and symbolises an enormous waste of time, energy and materials. “SPRAWL” DESTROYS efficiency, live-ability, harmony, and BURIES the landscapes that cities occupy..! Oasis Cities composed of compact 3D modules – slimmer and simpler – would be far more efficient, more attractive, more harmonious, comfortable, cleaner, quieter, smaller, neater and SAFER..!
Contemporary Cities are a mirror image of many of their inhabitants – unsightly, unfit and OBESE..!
Lets be honest – they are OBeCITIES..!
There simply must be a better way..!
Introducing "OASIS CITIES"The cancer of sprawl can only be cured if future cities are composed of enclosed habitats (3-D city modules). These would require far less land than OBeCities, would make far fewer demands on the environment, would be infinitely better places in which to live, AND be much more esthetically attractive to behold. Citizens of OA-Cities would be able to live, work, shop, sport, socialise, and enjoy life in a beautiful tranquil place in COMPLETE SAFETY, which cannot be said for OBeCities..! Each OA-City habitat would harvest its own water, solar and wind power, and would consume far fewer resources than 2-D sprawls (OBeCities). Each OA-City habitat will be separated from its neighbour by an expansive “green belt” of gardens, woodland, lakes and streams – they will feel like tranquil oases.
Introducing "OASIS CITIES"
The cancer of sprawl can only be cured if future cities are composed of enclosed habitats (3-D city modules). These would require far less land than OBeCities, would make far fewer demands on the environment, would be infinitely better places in which to live, AND be much more esthetically attractive to behold. Citizens of OA-Cities would be able to live, work, shop, sport, socialise, and enjoy life in a beautiful tranquil place in COMPLETE SAFETY, which cannot be said for OBeCities..! Each OA-City habitat would harvest its own water, solar and wind power, and would consume far fewer resources than 2-D sprawls (OBeCities). Each OA-City habitat will be separated from its neighbour by an expansive “green belt” of gardens, woodland, lakes and streams – they will feel like tranquil oases.
OΔCITIES - a civilisational game-changer Based upon self-contained, self-sufficient, and self-governing city states, thus heralding the most far-reaching change in the FORM and SHAPE of cities in more than 5000 years. In particular their SOCIAL, POLITICAL and ECONOMIC organisation.
OΔCITIES - a civilisational game-changer
Based upon self-contained, self-sufficient, and self-governing city states, thus heralding the most far-reaching change in the FORM and SHAPE of cities in more than 5000 years. In particular their SOCIAL, POLITICAL and ECONOMIC organisation.
OΔCities will be autonomous communities of compatible citizens who will live, work, shop, and play in a beautiful clean, quiet, safe, congenial and co-operative environment. They will be like resort hotels where one would feel as if on permanent holiday.
Even more surprisingly, Oasis Cities would be very AFFORDABLE..!
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