IE Application Essay L

1. The City of the Future
– a place to connect, share & sustain life –
Manufacture
Live
Travel Fast
Travel Public
Participate
Collaborate
Enjoy Nature
24h
Participate CollaborateLiveManufacture
• Localize production with 3D
printing (near the city but
outside)
• On-demand and predictive
factories are lean and efficient
• High automation of repetitive,
dangerous or boring tasks so
people can focus on
interesting & pleasant work
• Sustainable transformation of
radiation, heat and mechanical
(wind & water) energy into
electricity
• Area to live in energy
efficient, barrier-free, safe
and open houses
• Includes spots of participation
to share common goods e.g.
tools, cars, video conference
rooms or white goods
• Access to common goods is
managed by an intelligent
and transparent system to
ensure efficiency and fairness
• Leisure time area with
stadiums, shopping centres,
sports clubs or other
“meetup”-possibilities
• Area of integration with
kindergartens, universities,
hospitals or nursing homes
so people are connected and
can share experiences
• Core of the city, a place for
everyone who wants to
contribute to something
valuable
• “Summate alone, multiply
together” is one of the
slogans of this place
• Enterprises and organisations
share a common
environment (infrastructure,
teams, etc.)
• Middle of the city is owned
by nobody/everybody to rest
and refresh
The city becomes a service provider for accommodation, connection,
consumption and transportation.
The city itself is organized like the day of a person to minimize traffic
jams, travelling time and space scarcity.
Accommodation Apartment Water Electricity …
Connection Internet
Common
rooms
Delivery
Services
…
Consumption
Shopping
Centre
Restaurants
Amusement
parks
…
Transportation Car Sharing
Public
Transport
Cycle lanes …
City Services Day of a Citizen