Chapter 114: Gotham in Progress (Part II)
With Stark's narration, a model of the future city gradually emerged in Schiller's mind.
Like Stark said, this does fit well in Gotham. Now Gotham is the main problem is that no matter how much the logistics operation system is changed, it will always be in an extremely saturated state, which means that there is no redundancy left for some emergencies.
But don't forget, the future Gotham stage has frequent accidents, various villains take turns to appear, natural and man-made disasters come one after another, if there is an accident, the city will be paralyzed for half a day, then simply don't develop, everyone will be tired to death every day.
But now, Stark has proposed the concept of a three-dimensional city for the first time, and it is not accurate to say that it is a three-dimensional city, but a new kind of hive city, in which each honeycomb is an independent structure, and within it has its own independent ecosystem, just like a living hell.
In order to do this, it is not enough to build one building after another on a flat surface, the space cannot be fully utilized, so it is necessary to create a three-dimensional structure, the road can not only cling to the ground, but also walk through the city, parking lots and parks can be completely built in the air, apartments and houses can be stacked in three dimensions.
Actually, this concept has been proposed for a long time, but as Stark said, Gotham is simply a perfect place for experimentation, because here, due to some historical developments, many areas of Gotham have spontaneously formed this model, such as living hell.
It is true that Living Hell is a slum, extremely dirty and messy, but this does not mean that it is not part of a three-dimensional city, and Living Hell has initially reached the most critical characteristics of Stark's independent area, high space utilization, and independent urban ecosystem.
This also means that as long as the water supply, power supply and living environment problems are solved, a small piece of honeycomb has been completed.
And the same is true for the rest of Gotham, as long as the transformation of the past piece by piece, it will directly complete one honeycomb after another.
When the time comes, all you need to do is put these honeycombs together, and then you can glue them together with a city-wide transportation system, and Gotham City will become a real three-dimensional city.
This is a unique advantage of Gotham, and the rest of the cities have to tear down and rebuild almost the entire city if they want to achieve this structure.
In Bruce's version of the plan, he designed a modern city, from the urban ecosystem to the logistics system, almost perfect, the only problem is to achieve this effect, which is basically equivalent to tearing down Gotham and rebuilding it.
The manpower, material resources, and various costs required for this are simply astronomical, and the reconstruction of such a megacity is a bit unbearable even for the Wayne Group.
And to rebuild, it would result in a large number of people having to be resettled, which is where Bruce and Falcone have a headache.
You can't say that if you want to tear down the house, you just let everyone live on the road, right? To resettle these people and build new houses, all the construction costs and time costs will be doubled, and because of this, they feel that this plan can only be used as a last resort, and they hope that Schiller can give a better proposal.
Stark is indeed worthy of being a genius cursed by knowledge, perhaps not a matter of knowledge, but compared to Batman, he is more whimsical and creative.
Three-dimensional cities, until this era of Marvel, no city has been successfully realized, and there may be some cities that naturally have this attribute because of the terrain conditions, but in fact, they are not fully realized, and may only have a prototype in a small area.
But if this solution is applied to Gotham, it does have the effect of low reconstruction cost, low investment time, and a lot of traffic redundancy.
Soon, the enthusiastic Stark used Jarvis's computing power to give a detailed plan, and it was divided into three versions, six sets of transformation plans, and then he triumphantly crossed his hands on his hips and said: "Who is the best genius in the world now?" Stark, of course! ”
"Indeed." After seeing this plan, Bruce gave an answer: "This friend of yours is indeed a genius. Although he couldn't understand why the symbiote in his head let out a series of frightened grunts and then hid after seeing the handwriting on it, Bruce was very satisfied.
"Is he interested in coming to Gotham? The Wayne Group will pay him quite well. Bruce asked.
"I'm afraid it's difficult, he doesn't lack money, and he thinks very highly of himself, I'm afraid he won't be employed by anyone."
"A common problem of geniuses." Bruce said, but he didn't think there was anything, there were so many geniuses in this world that it was impossible for them all to work for him, and with Gotham's reputation, basically no one with a pit in his brain would come.
After reading the plan to the architectural planning experts they hired at a high price, everyone was a little amazed, at present, without the help of computers, the general urban planning scheme does not give too many details, most of them are confirmed after the specific construction.
But Stark has a super artificial intelligence Jarvis to help him calculate, and the solution he gave can basically be said to be more detailed than the Lego assembly manual, almost accurate to the height of each wall, the load-bearing range of each column, the way each wire is laid, and so on.
To put it simply, if you take these materials and build them step by step, you will get a brand new Gotham City as easily as building blocks.
And because the magnitude of the changes is relatively small, most of them are covered, and there is no need for large-scale relocation and resettlement, at most a small relocation when the original building is being repaired, which is completely within the acceptable range of Falcone and the Wayne Group.
Schiller made a suggestion to them, that is, you can't become a fat person by eating in one bite, there is no need to start with the hardest part, you can find the easiest place to transform, anyway, if there is any mistake, it will not get worse.
Yes, this place is a living hell, and the living conditions here are really hard to describe, Bruce and Falcone have been here before, and they agree with Schiller that this place will not be worse than it is now, no matter how much it is changed.
As a result, the pilot of the first phase of Gotham City's renovation plan was placed in Living Hell. Of course, there are residents of Living Hell, and there are very many of them, I heard that this place is going to be rebuilt, they are unwilling but there is no way, if there is only one Wayne Group, it will be counted, the key is also the Falcone family, which is the gang leader of all Gotham, they can't resist at all, I heard that there is compensation, they are already planning to move out with the money, and never come back.
But to their surprise, this renovation is not a vigorous demolition and reconstruction, but more akin to tinkering.
First of all, the construction team, which was formed by the gangster family, hired a large number of people to clean the place inside and out.
It turned out that Living Hell did not have any garbage disposal facilities, and most of the garbage was thrown directly down the windows, which turned it into a huge garbage dump, and it took hundreds of people and days to clean it up.
According to Stark's design drawings, the domestic water facilities of the three-dimensional city should not only include full access to tap water, but also solar water heaters and water purification devices.
The water heater was directly omitted by Schiller, Gotham people don't pay so much attention to it, it's only 1987, won't you boil yourself if you want hot water?
But the water purification device is indeed necessary, and this is when Bruce comes in, and he sets up a regional water purification pump, which is buried in the ground of each hive city module, which is used to purify and filter the recycled water in the area, and also to filter the boiling water into the sea.
Batman's shot is naturally extraordinary, and the power of this water purification device can fully meet the needs of domestic water recycling, and by the way, it is also very environmentally friendly.
The next step was to lay water pipes to connect to the running water, and there were more than 2,800 water points in the whole living hell, and after the completion of the project, almost all water was brought to the households, and there was no need to use public wells or pumps.
Followed by the entry of the power system, this part was also designed by Bruce himself, and the power in Gotham City is very sufficient, but the utilization rate is not high.
The wires and antennas that were artificially pulled by Living Hell were all removed, and Stark had already calculated the best line design scheme with the help of Jarvis, and when it landed, Batman appeared to carry out further localized transformation, and after the line was laid, it was already possible to see not a single wire in the city, but the power utilization rate was extremely high, and the power was not interrupted throughout the day.
After that, there is the gas problem and the heating problem, and the solution is basically the same. In addition, the passages inside the living hell have also been refined, and the original dozens of intestinal passages have been combined with the building, widened and connected, and all the corridors and rooms are connected together by the shortest route without changing the main body of the building.
Based on Stark's blueprints, Bruce also designed a separate access elevator for living hell, with elevator passages designed as a grid that extends in all directions, and transport warehouses that can be transported from residential corridors to the nearest living area through elevator passages.
In addition, the entire area is also equipped with the police station, emergency hospital, rooftop park, ecological forest on the top of the building, alley sports facilities, rooftop football field and other environmental facilities necessary for the three-dimensional city.
Since this is a joint transformation carried out by several major forces in Gotham, the manpower and material resources used far exceed the needs, and the efficiency is also extremely high, and the speed is very fast.
The most important thing is that under the threat of force, the wishes of the residents can be ignored, and no resident will come forward to express dissenting opinions or oppose the transformation, and under the full transformation of the power of a city, the living hell will be built into a complete honeycomb module almost quickly.
The final thing to carry out is the exterior renovation, including the installation of more than 6,000 electric lights with sufficient lighting power, the reinstallation of insulation layer on the exterior wall of the building, the design of window anti-theft measures, the installation of balconies, and the beautification of the building façade.
In the building, all the corridors were repaired, the unreasonable house types were renovated, and all the shops in the living area were rebuilt and replaced with modern shops.
In addition, fire-fighting equipment has also been installed, including reserving fire-fighting passages, placing fire-fighting equipment, and installing fire-fighting sprinklers.
The last thing to complete is the landscaping, although the entire living hell area does not have any green space on the ground, but including the high and low roof greening, alley greening, balcony greening, etc., still make the green area barely meet the standard.
So, when the inhabitants of Living Hell who moved out moved back in, they found themselves living in a familiar but completely different place.
This is a modern, even futuristic three-dimensional cellular city, dense but not crowded, accessible but not chaotic, seemingly lacking in the east and west, but in fact the supporting facilities are perfect, as if everything appears where it should not appear, but it is very convenient.
What's more, in addition to the practical features, the aesthetics are also at their peak. A forest of steel rises from the ground, the handrails of the metal passage become branches, countless bright lights become leaves, and between the flying points of light, the vitality that grows in the cold steel skeleton is just right for this crazy city, where the figures are crowded, the light and darkness are intertwined, the cold and warm are stacked, the city is getting bigger and bigger, and the human beings are more and more small.
It's only 1987, and most cities are still just the age of high-rise buildings and highways, so a cyber-style city is cutting-edge enough even for the 21st century, and it can be said to be shocking now.
And this is not only to improve the quality of living for citizens, but more importantly, two interchanges pass through the modular city center, which directly triples the capacity of the entire street.
Many truck drivers do not take the road on the ground next to the block, but take the overpass, the transportation capacity of this area instantly rises in a straight line, and once there is an accident on a road, there will be a sign at the entrance to light up, then the driver can choose another road, which leaves a lot of redundancy for logistics and transportation.