this is an issue on the ideal city that a friend of mine asked me to post ... was composed a few months ago but came to my mind just now posting. leave your opinions in the comments I recommend it!
It is difficult to conceive of a concept of the ideal city. In fact, this is a company that now generates wars in men, almost from the beginning of time. The design of the ideal city is also a prospect of many contemporary architects are not. In fact, an ideal city is an urban settlement designed according to a draft rational planning, which follows a scientific method.
In the second half of the fifteenth during Renaissance, began attempts to design a city where space would be fully exploited. Already Plato one has the intention to form a ideal city-state, found in the philosophically Republic. The lordships era, characterized by emulating the classical civilizations, had a desire to build the ideal city. Key elements for achieving this goal were roads, bridges , channels and squares.
But apart from these definitions that I think my ideal city would not be very different from many pacifists. Definitely should be on the sea so as to secure the shipping business. Surely my ideal city should be a synonym of ancient Athens. Of course with some modifications. The culture of the Athenians, as well as their policy was one of the most beautiful and mysterious history.
The story begins with a myth of the Athenians. The inhabitants of Athens, as the majority of people around the world and of all time, assign its historical origins in situations very similar fables, but it was not altogether up stories, they were deformed and truth remote, in fact sunk, passed down from generation to generation through songs and dances.
In the origin of all these legends was a goddess, who at first formed a part of the city that created, and from which it takes its name: Athena. It is a very old greek name. Another version of the myth that explains the origin of the name of this city, Athena does not designate as the founder, but only as the goddess who gave his name and he became the protector. The myth says that when the city that would become Athens had just been founded, the Fate had decided that she would become rich, prosperous and most powerful of all Greece. Athena was therefore decided to take her under his care. However, even Poseidon wanted her under his protection, because the town was very close to the sea. Athena and Poseidon came into conflict because none of them wanted to give the young city to another, even Zeus managed to reconcile them. So Athena offered to let the public decide who they would take the case. Athena and Poseidon, the people gathered on the city ' acropolis and said that each of the two would have provided a gift: the gift judged best would win their respective deities. Poseidon did appear a magnificent horse, and Athena gave rise to an olive tree from the ground. Then the crowd came forward one of the most respected elders saying that both gifts were worthy of being singled out and had a meaning: the horse represents strength, courage, war, while the olive prudence, serenity, peace. Elder also said that war could bring wealth, power, but it was uncertain, but the peace, even if the goods which were granted less conspicuous, were also more secure and durable. All agreed with the words of the elderly and chose the gift to Athena, who finally gave his name to the city. After the decision the people they promised Poseidon that also would lift a temple for him and would have granted the sacrifices. Athens was not far from the sea, who would become the hub of its civilization. The ideal city in my opinion you should find, as mentioned above the sea, to facilitate businesses. But there may be enough: in fact are the people who constitute the institutions: in fact, without the honest people can not go forward, we have demonstrated the most famous newspapers. At a minimum, thanks to our virtues, every sixty years a war more or less important in all parts of the world. Even during the Olympics in Beijing, there was the occupation of Russian troops in Jordan, which in the past was because this was the Olympic peace. The population would be managed by a republic with universal suffrage for both men and for women. In the event that this city was the capital of a hypothetical state, she would be the seat of parliament and government. The representatives of the people should not be treated as special people, only workers who perform a task maybe just a little 'harder. The rules of the constitution, to administer such a system should be free very hard and strict and the minimum offense, the offender should suffer a harsh punishment. Politicians should not differentiate or privilege as we do these days, given the almost disastrous consequences. To prevent economic crises like the one that afflicts us today, you should have free services and what we produce to make it available to everyone. The money would serve only if the state or the economy for trade outside the country. Clearly, this project could never work if everyone does not adopt the same administrative system. But in reality this is something on the edge of the impossible. But dreaming is allowed! In terms of planning would be better if it were built on land on which it was possible to build metropolitan and should certainly be a very big city. There would be many parks, and to limit the consumption of energy, it would derive from the sun and wind. To limit the use of petrol or gas could be used machines built with the principle of the newest trains in the developing world, but is holding up a network of powerful magnets and would travel too, or just taking advantage of solar magnetism. We as a society we're not ready for such ambitious projects, but with time. You just have to hope that the world is a bit systems' at a time, thanks to the cooperation of all and by all means possible.
