CBC BLOG TAG-2: Mogappair as the Twin City of Chennai!
There are a few twin cities in South India.
- Cochin – Trivandrum
- Hyderabad – Secunderabad
- Bangalore – Mysore
- Coimbatore – Palakkad
- Mumbai – Pune, etc.
But,
- Chennai – ???
That’s why I propose that Mogappair (currently a sub-urban area of Chennai where I live) be developed as a twin city of Chennai 🙂
I know what you are thinking – Mogappair is such a small area – then how can this area be developed into a twin city, that too for Chennai?
Here is my master plan/town planning for the proposed vertical Mogappair Twin city:
As you can see, I have proposed a vertical city over the existing Mogappair East and West areas (Ground level).
At Level 1, 30 meters above ground, there are tiny houses for people to live. This will prevent resources getting wasted due to building of large houses. If you don’t know what a tiny house is, have a look at a few here.
At Level 2, there will be wind turbines to generate power, and resorts surrounded by flowering plants for tourism. At Level 3, there will be solar panels (left) and organic terrace garden (right) to grow all veggies and herbs required for consumption in Mogappair city.
At Level 4, there will be a helipad that will offer helicopter shuttle service to Chennai airport. The red dotted lines depict the Metro train track covering the entire vertical Mogappair twin city.
At the very bottom you can see the underground rainwater storage tank/groundwater recharge, which is complimented by the rainwater storage tanks at individual levels. Water can be shifted up using solar pumps. The city floor is slightly sloped so that excess rainwater can flow down into the underground tank!
At the very top, adjacent to the helipad, there will be a large golden DI statue, in honor of the masterbrain behind the concept and design. There will be several large support structures (only three shown here) with high-speed escalators. If, inspite of this, the city falls down, then DI will not be responsible because it is the fault of the construction team – not planner 😛
So howz my IDEA? 😛
If you are wondering what all this hoopla is all about, well, it is a response to Chennai Bloggers Club (CBC) BLOG TAG-2 where a group of bloggers have come together to write on the topic – “One Aspect of Chennai I want to Change”. I know mine is off-topic, but hey, you don’t exactly expect realism in a Super Star’s movie, do you? 😀
The previous post on this topic was by Sulaiman Sait and the next post will by by Suchitra.
Destination Infinity
Very interesting and unique idea. I think you should send this proposal to Puratchi Thalaivi Engal Idhaya Dheivam Ammmmaaa.
I can send, but administrators might become jealous of the new city rivaling Chennai. So for now it’s better kept as a secret 🙂
Destination Infinity
Hi Rajesh,
Do you think the soil/earth would be able to bear the weight of the futuristic cosmopolis that you have detailed above? I am reminded of the Tower of Babel mentioned in ‘The Bible’.
An innovative post definitely and well thought out and written 🙂
Regards,
Mahesh
The technical details (of whether the soil will hold or not, etc.) are not the domain of the conceptualizer. Those can be addressed by lesser mortals like architects, civil engineers, etc. If there can be a Burj Khalifa, why not my Twin city?? 😛
Destination Infinity
Rajesh sounds straight out of a Sci fi movie. Even if there needs to be a twin city it shud be Annanagar! It was the best and biggest well planned residential suburb in Asia! lol
If my masterplan is executed, Anna Nagar will become a sub-urban area of Mogappair! 😛
Destination Infinity
D.I I hope thos who have the power to plan and all are Listening and reading this ..
very interesting
all the best 🙂
Bikram’s
Yeah, it’s an open source idea, but I hope those who have the power to plan and all are NOT reading this 😛
Destination Infinity
This sounds to me like an apartment system rather city! Lol
But today the multistoried apartments are almost a little town/city. Interesting post
I think this is slightly large apartments 😛
Destination Infinity
Interesting and nice idea 🙂
Yes, out-of-the-box ideas are always interesting 🙂
Destination Infinity
Unique and interesting idea Sir. A bit out of world too 😉 But nothing is unachievable in today’s world.
I am afraid if someone has already created a city like this somewhere 😛
Destination Infinity
Looks like lot of research was done from your side to come up with this plan. Interesting idea 🙂
Nah, it’s pure imagination 😛
Destination Infinity
Very interesting! But why helipad? Metro and helipad both? To Chennai?
I am intrigued by tiny houses!
I wanted to have a full-fledged airport. But since twin cities generally share an airport, I just put a helipad there 😛
Destination Infinity