A nation without a vision of what the future can be
is bound to repeat past errors over and over again.
This brief video will outline a vision designed to avoid old mistakes.
A vision of efficiency, sustainability and intelligent planning
can lead us into a marvelous new world of unlimited human potential.
DESIGNING THE FUTURE
This vision could be a showcase of what the world can be
in our cybernated age.
Science and technology
could be used for human betterment
and the restoration and protection of the environment,
serving as an example of the intelligent application of
a systems approach.
While some people advocate the restoration of existing worn-out cities,
these efforts fall short of the potentials of modern technology.
Repairing outmoded cities results in
higher costs of operation and maintenance.
It is actually less expensive in the long run
to build newer cities from the ground up
than to restore and maintain old ones.
A total city-system approach requires overall planning
to attain a higher standard of living for all the city's occupants.
The circular arrangement efficiently permits
the most sophisticated use of available resources
and construction techniques, with a minimum expenditure of energy.
This can make available to all people the most advanced amenities
that modern science and technology can provide.
It could be the hub and learning center
where people from all over the world visit
and hopefully emulate this design approach in other parts of the world.
Design considerations for these new cities
include its overall functioning, its ease of assembly
the reduction of maintenance, efficient transportation
and its simplicity and durability.
This will include the flexibility to permit ongoing and later changes.
The city would function as an evolving, integrated organism
rather than a static structure.
This systems approach envisions assembling entire cities
by standardizing basic structural elements
which are prefabricated in automated plants
and assembled on site.
Many of these buildings would be comprised of standard units
that can be arranged to meet many different requirements.
This approach means that these cities can be extremely cost-efficient
because only one sector needs to be designed
which can be duplicated repeatedly for the completion of an entire city.
as totally integrated city systems anywhere in the world.
The outer perimeter will be part of the recreational area
with golf courses, hiking and biking trails
and opportunities for water sports.
Inside this area, a waterway surrounds an agricultural belt
with indoor and outdoor agriculture.
Continuing toward the city center, eight green sectors
provide clean, renewable resources of energy
using wind, solar and heat concentrators.
Waste recycling and other services are located beneath the city.
The plan utilizes the best of clean technology
in harmony with the surrounding environment.
The residential district features beautiful landscaping
with lakes and winding streams.
A wide range of creative, innovative apartment buildings
and individual, unique homes
will provide many options for the occupants.
New and innovative methods of fast mass-construction
for housing and building systems
will inject composite materials into a mold
and then extrude the form upward.
In some cases, multiple city apartments
can be produced as continuous extrusions
which are then separated into individual units.
Cranes transport these prefabricated dwellings to site locations.
They are then lifted and inserted into a support structure.
The apartments are lightweight and high-strength.
All of the dwellings are designed as self-contained residences.
The outer surface of these efficient structures
serve as photovoltaic generators
converting solar radiation directly into electricity
for heating, cooling and other needs.
The thermocouple effect will also be used for generating electricity.
The wide range of individual homes are prefabricated
and relatively maintenance-free
fire-resistant and impervious to weather.
With this type of construction, there would be little or no damage
from floods, earthquakes or hurricanes.
Their thin shell construction
can be mass-produced efficiently and economically.
New energy-efficient systems can be installed
to supply enough power to operate the entire household.
Adjacent to the residential district
are planning, science and research centers.
Eight domes surrounding the central dome
house art, music, exhibition, entertainment and conference centers.
Lovely parks, lakes, streams and waterfalls
are located throughout the entire city.
The central dome or 'Theme Center' contains schools
health care, shopping, communications networking and childcare.
It is also the core for most transportation services
which move people by transveyors
horizontally, vertically and radially anywhere in the city.
This minimizes the need for automobile transportation
except for emergency vehicles.
Transportation between cities would be by monorail.
The central dome will eventually house a cybernated complex
which serves as the brain and nervous system of the entire city.
It projects a 3D, virtual image of Earth
using satellite communication systems
which display information on weather, agriculture, transportation
and the operation of the whole city.
This cybernated system will use environmental sensors
to help maintain a balance-load economy
which avoids overruns and shortages.
For example, in the agricultural belt
electronic probes monitor and maintain the soil conditions
water table, nutrients and more.
This method of electronic feedback can be applied
to the entire city complex.
With computers now able to process
trillions of bits of information per second,
they are vital for arriving at correct decisions
for the management of these innovative cities.
The architectural structures themselves will be jewels of future possibilities
with a wide variety of exhibition buildings.
Many of the displays will depict not what the future will be
but what it can be.
Some of the cities may be total enclosure systems
which are self-sufficient.
These massive structures would contain residences, parks, recreation
entertainment, health care, educational facilities and more.
Everything built in these cities would be
as near to a self-contained system as conditions allow.
In these total enclosure arrangements
the skyscraper assures that more land is available
for parks and wilderness preserves
while at the same time, eliminating urban sprawl.
Wherever possible, geothermal energy can be harnessed.
Geothermal power offers the possibility of an
abundant source of clean energy.
This source alone could provide enough energy
for the next thousand years.
National transportation systems would include
a network of waterways and canals.
These bodies of water could minimize the threat of floods and droughts
by diverting floodwaters to storage basins.
In addition, these canals could supply water
for irrigation, fish farms and recreation.
The canals can also be used for desalinization
using a method of evaporative condensation.
In some instances, ships could serve as floating automated plants
capable of processing raw materials into finished products
while en route to their destinations.
Huge ships and submarines
with many removable and interchangeable compartments
will carry freight across the oceans.
Rather than separate containers,
an entire freight section can be automatically disengaged at the port.
Bridge designs would be greatly simplified and
bridges can be made corrosion resistant.
They would be prefabricated and
transported to the site by twin-hold catamarans.
On some bridges, trains could be suspended beneath traffic lanes.
Colonization of the oceans is
one of the last frontiers remaining on Earth.
Prodigious oceanic city communities
will evolve as artificial islands
floating structures, undersea observatories and more.
These large marine structures are designed to explore
the relatively untapped riches of the oceans
and provide improved mariculture, fresh water production
energy and mining.
This could offset land-based shortages.
They could also provide almost unlimited riches
in pharmaceuticals, chemicals, fertilizers
minerals, oil and natural gas.
Oceans cities would be resistant to earthquakes
and greatly relieve land-based population pressures.
The population would vary from several hundred to many thousand.
Underwater oceanic viewing and research facilities
provide expansive panoramic observations of the undersea world
in its natural habitat without disturbing the ocean environment.
Unsinkable floating sea domes will attract those
who prefer unique offshore or island living.
In the event of inclement weather, they could easily be towed ashore
mounted, and anchored to elevated support structures.
Mariculture and sea-farming systems are used to cultivate
and raise fish and other forms of marine life
to help meet nutritional needs.
These marine enclosures are designed as non-contaminating
integral parts of the ocean environment.
If we use science and technology with human and environmental concerns,
it could be a vivid future showcase of the human potential
when working together to preserve the greatest gift we have:
the resources and beauty of our planet Earth.
In the final analysis, we are one people and share one planet.
If you desire more information on any of the systems seen in this video
visit our website at www.TheVenusProject.com
All Architectural Models, Designs, Photography & Script by Jacque Fresco.
Producer / Director - Roxanne Meadows
Editor - Eyeland Telemedia
Animation - Doug Drexler
Narration - Dave Kellogg
Additional footage - William Gazecki