07-21-2006, 03:11 AM
Okay, I have a tendency to write a lot of things that I hope never see the light of day.
One of my latest is a piece of soft science fiction with no plot to speak of so far. In it some people from a city called "Halcyon settlement" colonized Mars. Basically, Halcyon and Mars both are versions of a society composed not necessarily of people with AS, but high IQ eccentrics isolated foundation-style for about one and a half centuries (I think in multiples of twelve, hence twelve squared).
Any rate, I pictured, in describing the city, as carless, fairly narrow streets, in which the only electric transportation are automated "trams," both ground trollies and cables cares. The buildings themselve I pictured as sort of neo-modern, colorful and entirely one sort of panel, of a tinted substance rendering them one-way mirrors.
As the name might imply, I pictured the buildings, at least on the outside, in largely cool colors.
I envisioned, though did not describe, that the panels as having an adjustable opacity, and also serving to store sunlight for release at night.
The city I pictured as largely vacant of people, since the people I envisioned would keep largely to themselves.
Multistory buildings would have glass elevators (well, on one side, with the panels), and most rooms would have a number of small houseplants.
Lobbies would have plants, footrests, and couches, hotels and government administrative offices would provide a reading room in which inexpensive paper backs could be taken, as part of the service.
So basically, a colorful city, but subdued colors, bright from location but light controllable inside, very private buildings with natural light all day, almost nonexistant noise, pollutions, and crowds, in fact, I imagined that each car in the cable system or trolley would hold only one person, or two facing, at least comfortably, to deter packing.
So any rate, the technology does not exist to do any of this, at least not with any efficiency, but just in the hypothetical, does such a thing sound appealing, or am I really unduly weird?
Or how would you guys plan a city if you were to do so, assuming any technology that might reasonably be developed in the next 12 squared years (or more even, since the city was of course founded in the 2020ish-2040ish era).
One of my latest is a piece of soft science fiction with no plot to speak of so far. In it some people from a city called "Halcyon settlement" colonized Mars. Basically, Halcyon and Mars both are versions of a society composed not necessarily of people with AS, but high IQ eccentrics isolated foundation-style for about one and a half centuries (I think in multiples of twelve, hence twelve squared).
Any rate, I pictured, in describing the city, as carless, fairly narrow streets, in which the only electric transportation are automated "trams," both ground trollies and cables cares. The buildings themselve I pictured as sort of neo-modern, colorful and entirely one sort of panel, of a tinted substance rendering them one-way mirrors.
As the name might imply, I pictured the buildings, at least on the outside, in largely cool colors.
I envisioned, though did not describe, that the panels as having an adjustable opacity, and also serving to store sunlight for release at night.
The city I pictured as largely vacant of people, since the people I envisioned would keep largely to themselves.
Multistory buildings would have glass elevators (well, on one side, with the panels), and most rooms would have a number of small houseplants.
Lobbies would have plants, footrests, and couches, hotels and government administrative offices would provide a reading room in which inexpensive paper backs could be taken, as part of the service.
So basically, a colorful city, but subdued colors, bright from location but light controllable inside, very private buildings with natural light all day, almost nonexistant noise, pollutions, and crowds, in fact, I imagined that each car in the cable system or trolley would hold only one person, or two facing, at least comfortably, to deter packing.
So any rate, the technology does not exist to do any of this, at least not with any efficiency, but just in the hypothetical, does such a thing sound appealing, or am I really unduly weird?
Or how would you guys plan a city if you were to do so, assuming any technology that might reasonably be developed in the next 12 squared years (or more even, since the city was of course founded in the 2020ish-2040ish era).
