After the presentation of the "Woven City" concept presented by the Toyota corporation, we can confidently say that a fantastic future is just around the corner. Soon, at the foot of Mount Fuji, there will be a “smart” city, which will use hydrogen energy, test unmanned vehicles in real conditions, test the work of city-wide and home “smart” systems, household robots and self-refilling refrigerators.
Akio Toyoda unveiled the "Woven City" concept at the CES in Las Vegas.
Toyota has begun clearing 70 hectares of land at the foot of Mount Fuji to begin building a unique future city, Woven City, which is an ambitious and forward-thinking project. The projected “smart city” goes beyond the corporation's rather significant past achievements and can leave a significant legacy if done correctly and according to plan.
Toyota is preparing a site at the foot of Mount Fuji to create an ambitious smart city technology test bed.
It is planned to start creating the infrastructure of Woven City already by the beginning of 2021, in order to test ultra-modern robotics in practice and still try to implement energy systems and transport operating exclusively on hydrogen.
The priority in the planning of the "smart" city will be the complete delineation of traffic routes (the concept of "Woven City").
First of all, they will start with the organization of a traffic intersection, which is aimed at separating traffic. This means that all pedestrians, bicycles, electric unicycle and other medium-speed mobile devices will move along paths laid only in the green zone. And these routes are distributed so that under no circumstances will they intersect with highways for high-speed transport.
Public transport will move along multi-level highways located along the houses (concept "Woven City").
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Such optimization will provide complete safety for all participants in different-speed traffic, which cannot be said about modern settlements. Naturally, it is planned to test in real conditions unmanned public and personal vehicles powered by hydrogen engines.
All vehicles will be unmanned and operate on hydrogen (concept "Woven City").
Of course, all transport will run on hydrogen, this is the main strong point of the city of the future "Woven City", which was designed by the architecture firm BIG Denmark, led by the famous architect Bjarke Ingels.
All houses will be made from environmentally friendly wood and will be equipped with solar panels (concept "Woven City").
The firm is known for developing and implementing projects that prioritize environmentally friendly materials that do not emit harmful carbon into the environment. According to the concept, all buildings will be created only from local timber in traditional Japanese style, which will integrate the latest technological developments in the field of "smart" technologies and in the production of robots.
Each resident will have the opportunity to admire the picturesque view (concept "Woven City").
Along with caring for the environment and minimizing any emissions into the atmosphere, the authors of the project took care of the citizens themselves. The houses of this "smart city" are located so that every inhabitant can admire the picturesque Mount Fuji from the huge windows and terraces. In addition to breathtaking views, all buildings without exception will be provided with autonomous energy systems located on the roofs.
Storage, processing, cleaning and delivery systems will be hidden underground (concept "Woven City").
But underground they will create special tanks in which they plan to store hydrogen reserves and systems of fuel cells that convert it into energy, as well as water filtration units through which processing waste and ordinary sewage drains will be passed. This water will be useful for the maintenance of green spaces, which will be planted to the maximum in the city. Other communications will also be carried out at depth, such as a direct underground delivery service, in which small robots will sort the received mail and parcels and send them to the desired addressee on special elevators.
Tiny robots underground sort parcels, correspondence, various orders and deliver them to the addressee through a special elevator.
In order to receive correspondence, a special hatch will be created in each house, in which it will be possible to find not only the parcel, but also any goods / foodstuffs ordered by the owner. Also, a garbage chute with connected garbage cans will be built underground, which will self-clean and such an implementation will keep the city and houses clean.
Assistant robots will be in every apartment (concept "Woven City").
In addition, Toyota plans to use Woven City to test all sorts of innovative technologies designed to make both household work and production easier. Already familiar to many Japanese robots-helpers around the house will be joined by "smart" refrigerators, which will be able to independently plan and replenish food supplies. Also provided are gadgets for monitoring the state of health, the microclimate in the apartment, the state of water, air, lighting, etc.
Mobile modules with food and retail goods can arrive anywhere in the city, if there is a need for it (concept "Woven City").
They did not forget about the organization of the common habitat of the townspeople. Autonomous modules will be created on the squares and sidewalks, where you can dine or buy the necessary products and essential goods. They will also install a variety of sensors and artificial intelligence systems that allow organizing the delivery of the module with food / products to where the order came from, announcing the traffic schedule, climate change or city-wide events. The developers believe that such implementations will make everyday life easier and more organized and efficient.
Public space of a “smart” city (concept “Woven City”).
The authors of the project will try to unite the townspeople into an integral community, where more attention is paid to live human communication than to virtual, which has already sufficiently divided modern people.
Fun Fact: The project will allow about 2,000 people to live in Woven City, and although Toyota plans to prioritize its own researchers, it will offer many opportunities for retirees, young families, traders, academics and industry partners.
Maximum greening of all public and pedestrian zones of the city is planned (concept "Woven City").
It is ordinary city dwellers who will test all "smart" systems and actions of robots that perform various functions in everyday life. This ambitious project was created for the sake of testing innovative developments in real life.