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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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http://www.ecochunk.com/216/2012/06/22/sust
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