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THE NEW SMALL VERTICAL CITY 101

directly in line with the central tower, enabling 5 to 6
levels to receive and manage the flow of 600 trailer
trucks as well as 36.000 m² of storage space [figure 33].

This cylindrical building is also naturally ventilated
and lit, and is distant at minimum of 18,625 m from the
hexagonal prism that forms the interior of the parking
garage.

This interstitial annular space is reserved for the
connecting station to the rapid collective transportation
system between small cities 5.

Six roads for individual vehicles and trucks, above the
railway lines, connect this intermodal station of commu-
nication with those of the neighboring small cities. They
crisscross in star form at 60° the bisectors of the neigh-
borhoods. 6 The infrastructure and the silently rolling
equipment ensure absence of noise.

5 These means of transportation, particularly for short distances
such as here from station-to-station 1.013 m (644,8 m) will probably
remain trains on tracks (which only exist since 1840, less than two
centuries) for several more decades. Research as to other means,
such as magnetic levitation begun only 50 years ago, promises new
perspectives for this century. The Japanese Maglev, on 30 km and
already since 10 years, connects Shanghai to its airport in 7 minutes
and 20 seconds, but at an excessive energy cost.

6 The division of a sphere in twenty equilateral spherical triangles
(icosahedron) can be more finely divided (until infinitely small) in
approximately equilateral triangles. This is the adventure of geo-
desic design, which began with the Iena planetarium in 1922. This
would be the most efficient manner to create the network links of
the entire planet.