Monday 29 September 2008

Victory city


Victory, the city of the future?
I don't think so...
During the last class we had to visit a website that talk about Victory City, a project that present us like the city of the future, supposedly the city of our dreams.
Basically treats it about a group of mega buildings surrounded for the countryside, with all services that a city needs.
The problem is that absolutely everything is dominated by the unique private company property of Orville Simpson, the creator of Victory City. Suspect don't you think?
The thing becomes worse when we realized that there exists only one college, only one diary, only one university, only one bank... sounds like dictatorship.
Personally I would feel like in an huge mall. Where are the public spaces?
In addition, the city will use the same energy system, and this is one of the most important problems of our cities and industries. Victory not include solar or wind energy. To include that kind of energies makes of a city a city with vision of future.

1 comment:

Kate said...

Hi Nancy

yes it's suspect to me...

and how they don't think about solar energy?

see you