EPCOT stands for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, which was the original intention of the project. If a competent technology company built an entire city that was self-contained as a singular structure, would you consider living in it? Why or why not?
“Self contained as a single structure” strikes me as not the best approach, but otherwise absolutely
Cities were meant to be built by the people who live there. Not by some guy with lots of money, fancy ideas, and a beautiful drawing. I’m more for enabling people to change their local landscape to fit the needs of their community, recruit their people, and live a unique, self generated meaningful life.
given past attempts at large centrally planned cities (eg. brasilia) i would be skeptical. i would need strong conviction that their competency in technology translated to competency in urban planning and architecture
Wouldn’t want to feel claustrophobic but would definitely consider. The Barbican comes close?
yeah my friend loves this idea and says how fast transport would be 🥲
also, if a competent technology company is the fruit company, could you ask them to add me to the waitlist ;-)
i'd be interested in trying it out, unless they are called umbrella corp and name it raccoon city
I don’t think I could trust a singular company/pov to provide the texture necessary for a beautiful city to emerge
No, I prefer messy dynamic imperfect weirdness. Bazaar > cathedral.
I think about this often. Usually I get spun around the axle on how to pay for everything. I feel like a revenue stream (could be extra taxes?) needs to be embedded in the community otherwise it will just lose money forever. Building a diverse community would be even more complicated. Feels inevitable tho.
one of my obsessions. definitely would but also think the vision needs a retrofit for a decentralized self-reliant world. if there's central structures they can probably be a lot smaller than you'd think were needed
Why or why not is my question too. Unless I work in logistics, why would I care if it's self-contained?
- set up non profit foundation - raise money from pro progress folks - foundation buys land, large enough to elect council members to ensure relative independence from the state - companies, daos, individuals are invited to set up experiments
It was a co-optation of Buckminster Fuller that went sideways into corporate kitsch, and as such is a perfect cautionary tale about central planning and the inherent conflict between profit motive and places people actually want to live.