Futuristic City
What futuristic images does the mention of Dome Cities conjure up for you?
If you picture apocalyptic scenarios that represent humanity’s last stand as a species that’s either dead or dying, forced to dwell inside glass-encapsulated cities, protected from the inhospitable chaos of the world outside, then you probably have company.
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Wikipedia defines a domed city as” a hypothetical structure that encloses a large urban area under a single roof. In most descriptions, the dome is airtight and pressurized, creating a habitat that can be controlled for air temperature, composition and quality, typically due to an external atmosphere (or lack thereof) that is inimical to habitation for one or more reasons. Domed cities have been a fixture of science fiction and futurology since the early 20th century, and may be situated on Earth, a moon or other planet.”
Conversations around futuristic-sounding domed cities pay tribute to the father of the modern geodesic dome, Buckminster Fuller. ‘Bucky’ Fuller was way ahead of his time, with his classic masterpiece “Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth” and his equally wild-sounding terminology ‘synergetic’ and ‘Dymaxion World’.
A domed city was a type of settlement characterized by a hemispherical dome that covered it. Such cities were employed on planets or in planetary regions where natural environments were inhospitable to the physiology of their inhabitants.Authors used domed cities in response to many problems, sometimes to the benefit of the people living in them and sometimes not. The problems of air pollution and other environmental destruction are a common motive, particularly in stories of the middle to late 20th century.The domed city in fiction has been interpreted as a symbolic womb that both nourishes and protects humanity. Where other science fiction stories emphasize the vast expanse of the universe, the domed city places limits on its inhabitants, with the subtext that chaos will ensue if they interact with the world outside.
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However, what people are calling ‘Dome Cities’ these days is only a baby step towards creating a densely populated urban area or city. An illustration of this would be University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2, a complex of interconnected domes and glass pyramids nestled in the Arizona desert. Its mission is to serve as a center for research, outreach, teaching, and lifelong learning about Earth, its living systems, and its place in the universe. Biosphere 2 serves as a unique large-scale experimental apparatus housing seven model ecosystems with active research by teams of multidisciplinary scientists.
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The Eden Project is another educational non-profit platform that connects us with the natural world and each other by exploring how we can work towards a better future. Here, nestled in a huge crater, stand massive monolithic Biomes, housing the largest rainforest in captivity, stunning plants, exhibitions and stories, which serve as a backdrop to striking contemporary gardens, summer concerts and exciting year-round family events.” The biomes consist of hundreds of hexagonal and pentagonal, Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene inflated cells supported by geodisic tubular steel domes. The largest of the two biomes simulates a rainforest environment (and is the largest indoor rainforest in the world) and the second, a mediterrenean environment.
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Pacific Domes U.S.A. manufactures Biosphere Domes that are engineering marvels designed to maintain whole sustainable systems for the future of Biosphere living. Through earth-based science, Biosphere Domes are forging a new era in sustainable living by integrating the innate Intelligence found in Nature’s self-sustained ecosystems.
Dubai’s climate-controlled desert “Mall of the World”, that houses shops, hotels, apartments and entertainment under its 4.3-mile translucid domed complex, has fanned ongoing discussion as to the pros & cons of building futuristic dome cities. Nonetheless, pointing towards a hopeful future, the launching of a colossal space-age 15-meter geodesic event sphere by Pacific Domes, a U.S. geodesic dome manufacturer, in concert with projection companies Dubai 360 and Obscura Digital encompassed the world’s largest interactive virtual city tour ever.
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Just imagine… if we had sustainable domed cities, couldn’t we control the adverse effects such as solar flares, pollution, wind, weather and other catastrophic and near extinction events? Wouldn’t large, compactly populated cities greatly benefit from filtering out polluted, toxic environments and buffering against Nature’s extremes?
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