***Maximum occupancy calculations***
If total population is 50000 and ocupancy is 4
than number of units = 12500
1200 sq feet/unit or 300 sq feet per person
(i.e., personal, enclosed residential space).

Parimeter Residential Block Formulas -

1. Enclosed Residential Space
Number of Parimeter Sides = 4 (Sides)
Number of Blocks/Side = 6 (Blocks)
Number of Risers/Block = 8 @ 15 ft per Riser = 1 level/riser
Number of Residential Rows/Riser = 4 (Rows)
Number of Appartments/Level/Row = 3 (Apts.)
Number of Appartments/Row = 3(Apts.)

Total Number of Blocks = Sides x Blocks/Side = 4 x 8 = 32
Total Number of Risers = Blocks x Risers/Blocks =
32 x 8 = 256
Total Number of Rows = Risers x Rows/Riser =
256 x 4 = 768
Total Number of Appartments = Rows x Appts./Row =
1024 x 3 = 3072
Total Number of occupants = Appts. x Max. Occ./Appt. =
3072 x 4 = 12288 (one block = 12288 / 32 = 384)

Dimmensions of each Residential Peripheral Block:
Height = 120 ft.
Depth = 240 ft.
Length = 443 ft.
Spacing between Blocks is 248 ft. (if the space were divided
equally. That allows for 6 commercial enterprises or more per
side. or 24 operations. Mostly materials management, storage,
and agricultural processing, and manufacturing.


Five exterior double sets of stairs run up and down each block.
Five enclosed sets of escalators/cable cars are located directly
under the stairs.

It breakdowns as follows:
Platform Parimeter= 12288 residents
Pyramids = 8, Pyramid Residential zones = Perimiter Blocks x 8 =
3072 residents/pyramid x 8 pyramids = 24576
Center Pyramid = 12 x 2 blocks = 24 x 384 = 9216
Two visitor pavillions has room for 12288.
Total residential capacity = 12288 + 24576 + 9216 + 12288 = 58368
A theoretical maximum not likely to be reached, even with day
visitors.

The outside dimensions of the city are contained within a square
of 5800 ft. on a side. The city proper sets upon a platform
elevated 120 ft. above grade.Pyramidal residential zones are 120
x 3 high = 360 ft. ( does not include pyramid topper which is
still being determined). That would put the top pyramid platform
at 480 ft. above grade. Topper would probably be at least
4 levels higher so that would be 15 x 4 = 60 ft. That would
bring the maximum height to about 540 ft. All levels except
the topper levels would be in direct ground contact.

TNS, The next step...

The three advances I discussed in my last post: Personal Computing, Personal Energy, and Personal Manufacturing are important steps on the road to independence. I do not deny that we live in a world that grows more connected all the time. I would not say that that in itself is a bad thing. Having commercial connections with a wide market enriches all the worlds people. What I find objectionable is having a few individuals who hold the rest of us hostage because they control most of the means of sustaining life. Computers have freed us in may wonderful ways. After all, I writing this and posting it here were anyone in the World can read it would have been impossible 50 years ago. The next thing that we need is Personal Energy. I remember hearing debates back in the 1970s between people who were part of the established institutional computing community who advocated putting all our efforts in building ever bigger mainframes, and those who thought that personal computers were the wave of the future. It is amusing to look back at the machines that they were arguing about and compare them to what we have today. It was the Personal Computer revolution the lead the way for all kinds of advances in computers of every size. By making computers that everyone could afford, computers became a household appliance, like a TV or toaster. It lowered the cost of all other electronics so may more products became possible and institutional computing with large computers was not eclipsed because the tide of personal computers brought with it cheaper components that made larger computers more affordable.

-cmm

The Three Required Advancments

Each one of these advances feeds the next. Each one in succession is the next step.

1.Personal Computing
We have nearly completed this advancement. Looking back, personal computers seem like a logical and natural solution for equipping individuals with a problem solving tool. Nothing could be further from the truth. Institutional computing predates personal computing by a decade or more. If it were not for specific advances by individual entrepreneurs who saw the potential, personal computing could make to the individuals productivity, this advance might not have happened at all.

2.Personal Energy
Personal energy is a dream of mine. I want to see advancement toward this goal, rather than a continuation of centralized production of energy. One of the reasons given by utilities for not investing in renewable sources of energy is the inability of the grid to convey power from large wind or solar power production facilities. Because of the size factor, these renewable energy "factories" need to be located in remote locations. If, instead, there were many small producers scattered across the land, there would be little additional strain on the grid. They could be located close to the users of the power and losses during transmission would be diminished. Another problem, storage, may not be a problem long, with a resent advancement, the EESU going into production.

3.Personal Manufacturing
Quietly, researchers have been working on automatic manufacturing systems for decades. CNC lathes and machining tools; laser and plasma cutters are real tools now. Admittedly, tools like "Fab at Home" are more toy than tool, but those of us who saw the potential of personal computers more than forty years ago,when the only ones available were those like the Sinclair, the Apple, or the Commodore, should be forgiven for seeing a pattern emerging here. Personal manufacturing like personal computing, and personal energy will change us forever and open up possibilities unimagined today.

-cmm

Hi,

I have been watching ABC News, "Earth 2100". I was fascinated by the two scenerios that were presented. I would like to think that my city would be useful as a model for where we could go in the future. I think that what we need is a new technological revolution comparable to the personal computer revolution. I lived through those years and thought of myself as a pioneer. I educated myself as best I could, I learned to program in Basic. My first computer was a Commodore 64 I bought from Montgomery Wards in about 1983. It cost me about $300.00. There was no software. There was no memory storage device. I had to type in the programs I used every time I turned on my computer. In 2009 dollars I imagine that would be at least $2000.00. That would buy me about as good a laptop computer as I would ever be able to use today. What we need is personal energy. We have personal computers that are so capable because people invested in inferior products decades ago when institutional computing was at a zenith, and then continued to invest until we have come to the capable machines of today. In the early 20th century, there was a competition between public and personal transportation. The conflict resulted in setbacks for both that haunt us still today. But, in the area of computing, personal computing and institutional computing became interdependent and the internet was born. What is needed is something like that for the energy sector. If we replace our current dirty corporate energy production industry with a greener corporate energy production industry we will go only half way to where we should ultimately go. -cmm

This is another sketch of a corner pyramid. There are six pyramids in the city that look like this. There is room for up to four additional pyramids. The height is similar to the central pyramid. Note the office and commercial space at the corners. The city is actually set on a raised platform which forms the earthen dam for the enclosed reservoirs. The causeways have tunnels that enclose a container railroad system for distribution of products and materials to light manufacturing facilities located around the outside parameter of the city from the central distribution hub. From a distance, the city would look like a Maya temple complex with a surrounding wall. Roofs for all structures would make use of ample grass and small trees. Individual gardens would be encoraged in addition to public green spaces along the walkways and between major structures. -cmm

CENTRAL PYRAMID RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
Each apartment has 1104 square feet. There is a 12' wide corridor at the back of each row of apartments and a 12' x 56' wide front lobby. The angle of the pyramid face is 56.3 deg. from horizontal. Each bay is 19 feet high and divided to accommodate two apartments vertically. Larger spaces can be created by merging adjacent apartments. Smaller apartments can be made by dividing a single apartment, adjacent to a corridor, into two apartments with separate entrances. Between each block of apartments is a corridor with a glass skylight/window. Each of these corridors has vertical elevators and a staircase. The end corridors have trams that carry personal transports all the way to the ground level where personal transports may be loaded onto the elevated transportation system at that level. Each lobby is faced with a 12' x 56'open air veranda. There are 40 levels and 8 full size apartments across each level to make 32o apartments per residential district. There are 3200 total apartments in that structure. Allowing four people to occupy each apartment would make room for 12,800 people with a total of 3,532,800 square feet of living space, not counting corridors, lobbies, or verandas. The bulk of the core of the pyramid is mostly solid fill, so each apartment is directly in contact with this solid mass of fill material and is anchored to it. The maximum number of bays overlaying any single bay is six. The total height above grade is 608 feet. Imbedded within the core are large monolithic concrete domes. -cmm

This is an early sketch of a corner pyramid.