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.
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Cities of the Future, Part 1: The Hyperstructure Concept
Posted by: Pam Baker January 16, 2008 04:00 AMFor 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.