Cities of the Future, Part 1: The Hyperstructure Concept

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The following article written by Pam Baker appears in two parts in TechNewsWorld.

Cities of the Future, Part 1: The Hyperstructure Concept

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"Future cities should be compact habitat alternatives to urban sprawl and the single family housing concept. Local resources would be maximized and logistical systems for people, goods and services would be especially efficient," explains Erin Jeffries, spokesperson for the Arcosanti Project of the Cosanti Foundation. For decades, sci-fi writers have painted a picture of utopia as a crystal-domed city appointed with shiny-steel accents, ultra-modern furniture and gadgets ranging from food replicators to floor-hugging maintenance drones. Tranquility and efficiency extend from work to sex, and the human aging process is "curable," as is every other form of disease. Since the first word of predictive text hit the first page on a printer's press, architects and city planners have tried to paste the dream onto the 3-D parchment of reality. The results to date have been pitted and pitched by the decidedly inefficient and totally anti-tranquil aspects of the messy side of human existence. Still, gallant efforts persist, and with the skyrocketing costs of gas and oil, the blinding increase of ecological disasters, and a future that looks downright threatening to man's very existence, many are once again heralding the idea. Building huge cities and hyperstructures that can house hundreds of thousands of people is once again seen as a good shot -- perhaps our best shot -- at preventing or overcoming ecological disasters of our own making. (...)

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Also, find part II: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/61241.html