Saint CABRINI CITY
Starting off from the idea of the urban sector, a residential block
which I designed about two years ago,
I
attempted to compose a larger dwelling settlement, that could provide the
resources for the collective
life
of a number of people, and organize them together in an integrated and
organic manner.
This
settlement can hold about 1 000 000 inhabitants. It is composed of several
urban sectors, disposed
one
next to the other in two rows, along the north-south direction (in the view
from above, to give an idea
of
north, the airport is off to the west).
As
I've already said about the paper drawings of the single urban sector,
extensions of the dwellings (in-
tegrating
services, that is) have been set in close proximity of the homes. With respect
to those initial draw-
ings,
I increased somewhat the number of grade-schools. In order to get an idea, I
counted the schools in
the
town of
ants,
and so I found an indicative ratio of a number of grade-schools to a number of
inhabitants. Moreover,
I
thought that kindergartens could be included in the residential buildings, on
the top floors or on the roof,
and
that the middle-schools and high-schools could be arranged along the commercial
streets, reachable
by
foot or by bus. The university buildings are situated in the cultural and sanitary
center of the city. There-
fore
the child can start his school-attending period inside the residential
buildings themselves, to then set
out
to the grade-schools near-by, along the walking lanes in the park; subsequently
move on to the schools
along
the commercial streets, and ultimately to the university in the cultural and
sanitary center.
There
is a network of subway that runs underground and has the same track as the
middle highway, in the
longitudinal
direction, and cuts across every single urban sector along its center line, in
the transverse di-
rection.
It is equipped with stations at every end of the transverse branches, and at
every crossing of these
with
the middle longitudinal stretch. The vehicles are meant to be distinctly
transversal or longitudinal: they
both
run their single stretch in one way and in the other uninterruptedly, from end
to end, stopping at every
station.
Also the airport and the area of the stadium and the sports building are linked
to the city through
their
own subway stop.
There
is a train station, elevated at
of
public
transport, running on the highway, in the first lane to the right, and provided
with bus-stops at every
exit
to the dwellings, offices or commercial streets. These elevated bus-stops are
reachable by means of
staircases
and ramps, starting off from under the highways or from the sidewalks of the
commercial streets.
There
are two collective urban centers: a cultural and sanitary center, and a civic
center. The first one com-
prises
university and research buildings, an auditorium, a hospital and a museum; the
second one, a tall
building
for the city administration and other offices (private and/or public), a
religious building with a few
annexed
services, and a building for exhibitions and congresses. A
this
second center, which I had not thought of before.
Besides
the ones hosting the civic and cultural/sanitary centers, particular urban
sectors are those where
the
tall office buildings are located, with lakes and ponds, a few homes, and some areas
dedicated to pro-
ductive
activities.
General 2D view
2D
view of
city
3D view from above
3D view from south
from
east
3D view
from
south-east
3D view from west
3D view from west 3D view from north-west
3D view
from north 3D
view from
north-east
3D view from east
3D view from east
Cult./sanit. center
area
Behind tall buildings
From near some homes
From north
Toward cult./sanit.
center
Toward civic
center
Behind civic
center
Civic
center
View from admin. building
Urban sector:
2D side
From behind admin.
building
Toward admin.
building
Urban
sector:
Urban sector: 2D
front
2D
from above
Homes: ground
floor
Homes: garages floor
Homes: typical
floor
3D view of exit to garages
+ 0.00
+
To
garages of
homes
Garages of homes
View of garages of
homes
Highway exit to homes
Commercial
street:
Civic center:
Cultural/sanitary
center:
2D from
above
2D from
above
2D from above
Subway
network
Train station: 2D from
above
Train station: section
Office
building:
Office building:
detail
Office building: central
area
Office building: 2D
2D from
above
of
mezzanine
Office
building: section