National Engineers Week Future City Competition 2011

National Engineers WeekFuture City

Competition

2011

Manhattan Academy of Technology

National Engineers WeekFuture City Competition 2011

New York City RegionManhattan Academy of Technology

Spring Creek City

From left to right: Ms.Chu, Nicholas Lawrence, Glen Price, Shirley Dong, Antonio Chang Mentor: Divya kannan

Intro

• Location: upstate New York• Population: 90,000• Attraction: Self sustainable (food and energy)• Several renewable energy sources• Recycling center

Sky Farms and Energy

• Food is produced by sky farms • Excess food is sold to other cities• City uses clean energy• 2 different renewable energy sources• Rain water is collected

Transportation

• Main way of transportation is biking• Many bike lanes• Unique bus• Cable car-

(senior center to hospital)

• Underground parking

Spring Creek City

Sky Farm with Solar Panels

The Cable Car

The City School

A Judge Asking Us Questions

Transporting the Model

Main Judging

Winning the Most Creative Transportation Award

Group Picture

Building the model

Research Paper

• The paper gave special aspects of health care• Made us think about health solutions instead

of complaining about how bad it is• Thinking of possible ideas was hard because

we needed to invent a new product

Sim City Simulation

• Meeting the requirements of the competition was challenging

• It took a lot of trial and error as well as patience

• The game taught us the major aspects of city planning; for example, where to place certain buildings and why

Opinions and Thoughts:

• We learned about city planning• We learned about architecture from our

mentor and workshops• The work before the model (essay and

simulation) was very difficult • We also learned about sky farms and

agriculture