IE APPLICATION | Express yourself - QUESTION (L) Dual Degree Master in Management and Master in International Relations candidacy Michele Mauceri

1. EXPRESS YOURSELF
• QUESTION (L) •
“ How do you envision the city of the future? ”

2. M.M.
Agenda
• Introduction | 3 - 41.
• Rationalism | 5 - 6 - 72.
• Futurism | 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 133.
• My vision ◦ Pantapoly | 144.
• My vision ◦ Energy | 155.
• My vision ◦ City structure | 16 - 17 - 186.
• My vision ◦Transports | 197.
• My vision ◦ Society | 208.

3. M.M.
Introduction (1)
Why did I choose to answer QUESTION (L)?
Since I was attending the High School, one of my biggest passions was architecture.
I was curious about how monumental and fascinating structures were erected, which line of thought
was the mind behind the project, and how every single detail was so perfectly and harmoniously inlaid
in the bigger picture.
I’ve spent so many hours daydreaming about my ideal future city, taking into account the theories of the
greatest architects of all time, so that now I’m enabled to concretize those visions in a full presentation

4. M.M.
Introduction (2)
In order to show you my
vision of the future city, I’ll
briefly start with retracing an
architecture’s theoretical
path, that includes the most
representative artists
belonging to different
architectural movements
Rationalism
Futurism
My vision
these currents of thought are the
foundation of my vision, and their
exponents my first source of inspiration

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Rationalism (1)
The Rationalist architecture was
born from the need of a real
adherence to the social and
economic reality following the
industrial revolution, aiming to
find a rational solution to the
problems that the society, the
needs of industrial production,
the new size and functions of
the city pose to 'architect and
urban planner.
Period: 1915 - 1945
Rationalism's
four pillars
Functionalism
Pragmatism Cubism
Neo-
Plasticism

6. M.M.
Rationalism (2) – Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier was one of the first
theorists to describe the new type of
modern architecture (Rationalism) in
the '30s
•Vers une architecture, Le Corbusier 1923 •
The rationalist architecture
aimed to get a more detailed
and refined choice of
intentionally innovative, simple
and essential patterns.

7. M.M.
Rationalism (3) – Walter Gropius
The Bauhaus was a school, but also
represented the essential point of
reference for all movements of
innovation in the field of design and
architecture related to the rationalism
and functionalism.
• Bauhaus,Walter Gropius, 1919 •
Features:
• pillars
• roof terrace
• free plan
• free facade
• ribbon windows

8. M.M.
Futurism (1)
Rationalism
Futurism
(1960 – 1970 )
1945
After the second world war, the urgent
need to rebuild everything as quickly as
possible lead to the massive use of
rationalist architecture, simple and practical.
So that, the latter, first perceived an elitist
form of art, became mass architecture,
suddenly perceived as smallness, ugliness,
carelessness and squalor, creating the
expectation for a change: The Futurism.
End of World War II
Deconstructivism (Futusism) is an architectural
movement often opposed to the postmodern
movement (which recovered historicism and rationalism)

9. M.M.
Futurism (2)
Futurism’s methods, in reaction to
architectural rationalism, want to de-
construct what is built
Futurism's four
pillars
Irregular
Geometry
Disarticulated
and
decomposed
forms
Fragmented
volumes, cuts and
asymmetries
Absence of
traditional
aesthetic
canonsIt 'a new architectural vision,
where is chaos, if I may say so,
the ordering element

10. M.M.
Inverse concept of the
carrier structure at sight,
instead of hidden
Futurism (3) – Renzo Piano & Peter Rogers
• Centre Pompidou, Renzo Piano & Peter Rogers, 1971 •
The Centre Georges Pompidou,
1971, considered the high-tech
architecture manifesto, is today
one of the most visited
monuments in Paris

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“ Fluid harmony, absence of
preconceptions, innovation “
Futurism (4) – Frank Gehry
Frank Gehry is one of
the greatest exponent
of the deconstructivist
movement
•Walt Disney Concert Hall, Frank Gehry, 2003 •
• BeekmanTower,
Frank Gehry, 2011 •

12. M.M.
Futurism (5) – Jacques Fresco
Jacques Fresco actually
represents the most
important and
significant visionary for
me, and, further more,
my first ideological
stimulus
Fresco writes and lectures his views on sustainable
cities, energy efficiency, natural-resource
management, cybernetic technology, automation,
and the role of science in society. Fresco advocates
global implementation of a socioeconomic system
which he refers to as a "resource-based economy."
Jacque Fresco (born March 13, 1916), is an
American futurist and self-described social engineer.

13. M.M.
- Environment
- City’s structure
- Technology
The Venus Project
Futurism (6) – Fresco: the Venus Project
Fresco, with Meadows, supported the project in
the 1990s through freelance inventing, industrial
engineering, conventional architectural modeling,
and invention consultations.

14. M.M.
My vision (1) – The future: “Pantapoly”
Not only what I
want to
propose, but
what I dream for
Sustainability
Smartness
Safety
The 3S
Pantapoly will be
erected on the
intersection of the “3S
principles”, listed on
the right.
Those will be declined
in different fields:
• Energy
• Environment
• Transports

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My vision (2) – Energy
Pantapoly will be powered entirely by
renewable energy sources.There are many
forms of renewable energy sources that could
supply the world with more
power than current global needs. Our planet
needs to be heard, and we must answer.
Elon Musk has recently showed the
world how simple supplying the all
American continent with RE could
be, if only governments would
approve the project
Renewable
energies’ sources:
Solar:
- photovoltaic panels
- concentrated solar power
Wind
- wind firms
- offshore wind turbines
Wave
- ocean’s movements and
currents
Geothermal
Hydroelectricity

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My vision (3) – Environment ◦ City
Structure
Pantapoly’s structure
should be designed as
a circular city plan.The
circle is the most
perfect shape present
in nature: it’s elegant,
it’s efficient, and it’s fair.
The city is divided into radial sectors and
circular belts.The circular scheme offers
maximum efficiency, bringing each radial
sector closer to the central dome
The circular structure of the city
would make the overall system
efficient: minimum expenditure of
energy, highest standard of living

17. M.M.
Nanotechnology combines optics
and lasers, and will eventually enable
us to assemble matter, atom by
atom, into whatever molecular
structure is needed.
Industrial Robots and
Laser Excavators
would be used for
large buildings.
My vision (5) – Environment ◦ City
Structure
Automated
Construction Systems
A multi-function unit machine could be used to lift and later
insert prefabricated housing components into a support
structure.
3D PRINTERS
The 3D Printers’ technology could entirely
replace the worker’s physical efforts.
With the use of computer’s design programs,
architects could express a multitude of different
styles and frames.

18. M.M.
My vision (4) – Environment ◦ Total Enclosure
Systems
Total Enclosure Systems
(TES)
“Places with inhospitable conditions such as polar and
equatorial regions have prevented us in thoroughly
investigating their potential.Total enclosure systems,
above ground and subterranean, provide a high
standard of living and enable their inhabitants to
investigate regions, generally unsuitable for human
activity, for longer periods of time.”
Skyscrapers
Subterranean
Communities
TES:
They could assure that more land will be available
above the ground for facilities, while concurrently
helping to eliminate urban sprawl.
They could assure that more land will
be available below the surface, in
extreme extern conditions regions
Everything,
everywhere,
at any time

19. M.M.
I.A. TRANSPORTS
Autonomous self-driving vehicles
Modular Transports
Modular transports consist of floating,
detachable sections that can be rapidly
loaded or unloaded.The number of
sections can be varied depending on the
amount of passengers travelling.
My vision (6) – Transports
Fuels
MAGLEV
Transports
(Magnetic Levitation)
Trains traveling on MAGLEV reduce resource waste and
shorten the average travel time.These maglevs travel
with supersonic speeds almost continuously.

20. M.M.
My vision (7) – Society
Our future creations will reflect
our future society’s soul.
Basically, we create what we are
We will need to create and environment
which could create the proper
conditions for a continuous change of
our set of civil principles, because, in a
globalized world, we’ll have to constantly
update our rules, laws and vlues.
One race, one
civilization:
the Human one
“In a Resource-based Economy the main focus is on the
people and the environment. Producing a high standard
of living for all human beings on Earth while restoring,
preserving and enriching the environment around them
requires the use of science and technology and also
requires a higher degree of efficiency.”
Resource-based Economy:
we need to control the
capitalism machine and use it
for our highest and purest
proposals

21. The end.
Thank you for your attention
Michele Mauceri
IE Application | Express yourself - QUESTION (L)
Dual Degree MiM & MIR candidacy