Arcology Final 2

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ARCOLOGY

CITY OF THEFUTURE

BY:-

ANKET SUMAN


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ORIGIN

The word "Arcology" comes from a fusion

of "architecture" and "ecology, A term first coined in Paolo Soleris 1969

book, Arcology: City in the Image of Man.

Arcologies have since entered into manyserious discussions on the future of cities,

as a possible inevitable evolution oftodays ever-larger skyscrapers.

Some see Arcologies as the remedy forthe massive urban and suburban sprawlsthat are overwhelming the industrializedworld.

SHIMIZU MEGA-CITY PYRAMID

Status Vision

Type Office, Residential,

Research, Leisure

Location Tokyo Bay, Japan

Floor area 8 square km. (3.1

sq. mi)Architect Dante Bini, David

Dimitric


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CHARACTERISTICS

Arcologies are envisioned as :

1. Optimal human urban

environments.

2. Large, self-enclosed mega-

skyscrapers .

3. Contain everything a human being

could ever need.

4. They would be miniature cities onto

themselves.

5. Engineered for maximum comfort

and efficiency.

THE ULTIMA TOWER

Status Vision

Architectural

style Futurism

Height 3,218.7 metres

Floor count 500

Floor area 1,500,000,000 sq.

ft.

Architect Eugene Tsui

Company


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TYPES OF

ARCHOLOGY

Though arcologies today are seenprimarily as any urban development,arcologies can be built for nearly anyenvironment.

Sea-floating arcologies

Cliffside arcologies Farmland arcologies

Dam arcologies

Deep sea colonies

Arcologies are also seen as a necessaryprecursor to building orbiting spacecolonies or colonies on other planetssuch as Mars.

THE LILYPAD


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BASICS

A break-down of what an Arcology

would be required to provide for its

population :

1. Living Space

2. Open Areas

3. Power

4. Water

5. Food

6. Waste Management

7. Employment

NEW ORLEANS ARCOLOGY

HABITAT

Status Vision

Type Office, Residential,

commercial, Leisure

Location New OrleansArchitect Ahearn Schopfer

Architects


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LIVING SPACE

An arcology would require about 2% as

much land as a modern city of

equivalent population.

Actual living space per person would be

about the same, but the supportstructure can be built on a much more

efficient three-dimensional scale.

The need for road infrastructure (which

can consume as much as 60% of thespace of modern urban sprawls) would

be eliminated altogether.


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The interior of arcology residential areas would

probably be somewhat modular, with reconfigurablewalls and fixtures.

The interior design will be as human-friendly as

possible, with wide corridors, friendly colors, and many

plants, murals, and artworks to please human aesthetic

sense.

Many mirrors and windows would also be worked intothe design in order to create an illusion of space.

As a general rule, single, unmarried individuals would

be given efficiencies with one to three rooms, whereas

families would have between three and ten rooms,

depending on their size.

In both instances the space allotted would depend

greatly on the Arcologys exact design, the inhabitants

social status, and prevailing population density.

LIVING SPACE(INTERIORS)


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OPEN AREAS

Arcologies are often designed with many open

areas, referred to in general terms as parks,where the population can gather and/or spend

recreation time.

Some arcologies are built around a single

enormous open area that may be up to a quarter

or a half mile square. Rooftop gardens could also serve as parks in

some designs.

These open areas are extremely important to the

psychological well-being of the inhabitants;

A number of arcologies are designed to makeoptimum use of sunlight, with windows, mirrors,

and open areas designed in such a way as to

bring as much natural light into the arcology as

possible.


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POWER

Like modern cities, arcologies will almostcertainly require their own dedicated

power sources.

Nuclear and solar power plants are often

cited as solutions,

Alternatives such as wind and tidal powerare mentioned as well, especially for

coastal and floating arcologies.

Arcologies built as dams could also easily

solve this problem.

More exotic solutions, such as geothermaltaps and fusion reactors, may be available

for advanced arcologies.


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WATER

An arcology would by necessity have to provide

an enormous amount of water to its residentsevery day.

An arcology of 400,000 residents would require

nearly 1 million gallons of water per day just to

meet drinking requirements. For things such as

showers, janitorial needs, hydroponics and such,multiply that by 20.

Unless the structure is built right next to a body

of water, an in-arcology reservoirs would be an

unavoidable necessity.


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The reservoir may be one centralized tank,

or it may take the form of an open artificial

lake around which the arcology is built.

It may also be decentralized between many

tanks and/or "ponds" in many of thearcologys parks.

Water recycling would also be a smart investment

for arcology builders, to reduce the amount that

has to be pumped in on a daily basis. Waste r from

the arcologys human residents can be filtered and

used for the arcologys many parks and farms, for

example.

WATER


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FOOD

Food importation would be a necessary

evil for many urban arcologies.

However, they can supplement their food

supply with:

rooftop farms,

hydroponics,

micro-organic cultivation (yeasts and such)

greenhouses,

and/or recycling.

The residents would buy their foods prettymuch like any other city resident, in in-

arcology supermarkets and restaurants.


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WASTE MANAGEMENT

Efficient sewer and garbage management

systems would be absolute necessities in an

arcology.

In fact has to be developed to a much higher

degree than almost any other system in order

to make an arcology work. It would also have to employ a veritable

army of janitors.

With so many people living so close together,

communicable diseases are a very viable

danger.

Keeping on top of waste management and

cleaning would be the first line of defense to

prevent any potentially harmful outbreaks.


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EMPLOYMENT

Many arcologies will be set up to provide jobsdirectly inside the arcology.

Many arcologies will have their own industrial

and commercial sections right in the structure,

making commuting to work just a brisk walk and

an elevator ride away. Manufacturing industries inside an arcology will

by necessity have to be mostly non-polluting and,

given the arcologys nature, will most likely be

high-tech.

One of the main features of an arcology would bean enormous central retail district, or mall, to

cater not only to its residents but visitors and

tourists as well in order to generate outside

revenue.


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IMPORTANT FACTORSThe factors that would affect the design of an arcology.

o Fireo Evacuation

FIRE

Materials which resist fire but emit toxic gasses

when they do burn should probably be avoided.

Ceramics, brick, stone, concrete, adobe are

appropriate materials for surstructures (sur=above,

over)

reinforced or tensioned concrete and steel are the

primary players for the superstructure

structural steel supports could be filled with liquid

or gel to dissipate heat.

Or, reinforced concrete columns might be loosely

encased in stainless steel and then the cavity

between filled with water.


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IMPORTANT FACTORS(CONTD.)

Installing basic fire fighting equipment throughoutthe structure for immediate use.

EVACUATION

The ultimate acceptance of support structures

depends on how safe they are, even if that point of

safety must be pushed to the limit of evacuation.

slides would have to deal with high-volume use,

and allow for rapid dispersal at the bottom to

avoid untoward results.

"Lifeboats" or slide vehicles could be supplied

from special storage within the structure muchlike a magazine feeds shells to readiness.

Such emergency vehicles or pods might make

evacuation more controllable and accommodating

for those not familiar with the ride.


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ADVANTAGES

The compactness of an Arcology gives 90

percent more land to farming and conservationthan today's urban and suburban sprawl.

Greater attention is given to human scale in an

Arcology. In it the pedestrian reigns. Distances

are measured by walks and minutes. Within it

the automobile is nonsensical. Therefore energyis used more efficiently than in a conventional

modern city.

Pollution is a direct function of wastefulness,

not efficiency. The increase in efficiency and

reduction of wastefulness means a reduction ofpollution.

One role of the three dimensional city is to stop

the spreading out of suburbia and its pernicious

effects: hyper-consumption, segregation, waste,

pollution, and ecological catastrophe.


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CONCLUSION

In nature, as an organism evolves it increases in complexity and it also

becomes a more compact or miniaturized system. Similarly a city shouldfunction as a living system.

Arcology, architecture and ecology as one integral process, is capable of

demonstrating positive response to the many problems of urban civilization,

population, pollution, energy and natural resource depletion, food scarcity

and quality of life.

Arcology recognizes the necessity of the radical reorganization of the

sprawling urban landscape into dense, integrated, three-dimensional cities

in order to support the complex activities that sustain human culture. the

city is the necessary instrument for the evolution of humankind.


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