IE admission essay on the topic "How do you envision the city of the future?"

1. How Do I Envision the City of the Future
Ivan Lyapin – January 2015

2. “I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.”
- Albert Einstein
“The best way to predict your future is to create it”
- Abraham Lincoln
“The trouble with quotes on Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine”
- Christopher Columbus

3. City of the future:
#Ecological #Smart
#Comfortable
#Innovative #Efficient
#Beautiful

4. Social. Education
Most of the educational activities are concentrated in “education ghettos” – special
zones or campuses providing all types of education required (science, arts, sports
etc) and equipped with facilities needed.
This concept is relevant for all age and gender groups.
#smart; #innovative

5. Social. Governance
Every citizen of the city is engaged in governance, decision-making and problem
solving by using advanced online platforms.
#smart

6. Social. Leisure and entertainment
City recreational zones are extended and highly demanded by city inhabitants.
They combine the most advanced technologies used for nature preservation.
#comfortable; #ecological; #beautiful

7. Social. Leisure and entertainment
Sport stadiums and arenas have become universal sport centers, providing
possibility to change field size, marking, covering several times during a day.
#smart; #efficient

8. Social. Culture.
Cultural heritage is kept with care and attention. Old buildings are under
permanent automated control systems supervision, that gives the possibility to
keep them for ages.
#beautiful

9. Transport. Vehicles
No flying cars, sorry.
_________________________________
Vehicles has become 100% environmental-friendly because of wide usage of
hydrogen fuel technology and used as inner city transport for short distances.
#ecological; #comfortable; #efficient

10. Transport. Public
Absolutely new technology of non-contact rail transport, moving by
electromagnetic principle is implemented widely. This provides people the
possibility to travel faster between cities and intensify intercity knowledge
exchange and social interaction.
#ecological; #comfortable; #efficient

11. Transport. Roads
Roads are built using newly developed synthetic materials, allowing minimal
maintenance and repair.
_________________________
Smart and adaptive traffic control systems with the possibility to learn are
implemented.
#smart; #efficient

12. Engineering. Buildings
Buildings have become slightly higher.
_____________________________
Newly invented composite and synthetic materials, light, strong, flexible in
application, recyclable and cost-effective, are used. This allows changing of city
landscape within shortest time and opens new opportunities for architects and
designers.
#ecological; #efficient; #comfortable; #beautiful

13. Engineering. Waste handling
Highly-efficient waste handling systems are developed and implemented
everywhere. 99% of waste is recyclable.
#ecological; #efficient;

14. Engineering. Water treatment
Mandatory use of efficient water filtering systems allows complete water re-use.
#ecological; #efficient;

15. Engineering. Utilities
Systems, using sun, wind and water energy for power generation, has become
much more efficient and pushed out “traditional” for us sources of energy.
__________________________
Wireless electricity transition technology is there.
#ecological; #efficient;

16. Engineering. Lighting
Energy-efficient illumination based on fluorescent sources.
#ecological; #efficient;

17. Engineering. Communication
Wireless data transfer technologies.
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Sensor networks: permanent traffic, lighting, power generation, water systems
monitoring and control.
#smart

18. Economy. Production
No production and warehouse facilities inside cities. They are pushed out into
special production areas.
#efficient

19. Economy. Finance
All financial institutions are virtual.
Cash usage is almost eliminated.
#smart

20. Economy. Shopping and retail
Number of shops and malls has been significantly decreased.
Newly virtual shopping platforms are widely used.
#smart

21. Information
Cities have become sources of the well used and creative ideas, knowledge
centers.
#smart; #innovative