Chapter 357 Soga
In fact, East Africa will also face this problem. Many people in East Africa have never seen a train. There will definitely be some people who will feel fear when they see that steel monster of a train for the first time. This requires the government to provide scientific education and comfort to the people along the railway in order to solve the problem.
"Look?"
Outside the car window, I saw a team of railway workers working on the construction site. At this time, the railway changed and a branch track was formed to the south. Workers could also be seen laying tracks.
"Mr. Aryan! Didn't you say the railway was completed? Then what do they do?"
Aryan was a little annoyed. These people had too little experience and were always questioning him, so he said impatiently, "It's finished! And it's been completed for several months. This is what the East African government personnel said. And this is obviously a fork road under construction. I think you should know what a fork road is. After a road is built, will it not be connected to other places? There must be small roads connecting the main roads in your Far East!"
Obviously, they didn't notice Aryan's displeasure and continued to ask, "Where does this fork in the road lead to?"
This time Aryan didn't continue to pay attention to them. This was his first time in the East African Kingdom. If they asked him everything, who knows where this railway branch leads to! As I said before, although Aryan is an East African, he has only been to Europe and the Far East before, and he doesn't know anything about East Africa. In addition, he is not a geography or railway expert, but just a small clerk in the East African Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It's good enough to know the general situation. These doctors in the Far East are really looking for trouble. What does this have to do with you?
The branch road deviates from the main road to the south.
In a place that the group could not see, a large construction site was under construction. This was the destination of the fork in the road - "Soga". Soga was located just south of Bagamoyo, southwest of Dar es Salaam, and southeast of the first town. The four points formed a diamond shape.
After the transformation of Dar es Salaam was completed, the huge engineering team was not disbanded or sent to other places, but was transferred to Soga, 36 kilometers southwest of Dar es Salaam.
That’s right, Soga is Ernst’s latest planned city. The geographical location of Soga cannot be said to be very good, but it is definitely not bad. It is some distance away from the First Railway, but the First Railway will subsequently build a branch line to connect here.
Although the purpose of Soga City is unknown, its specifications are very high. Ernst specially invited the royal designer from Vienna to plan and design Soga City. Soga City refers to Vienna and focuses on building a "garden city". This positioning is different from the first town, Dar es Salaam, and Bagamoyo.
No one knew what Ernst wanted to do. Even Constantine didn't know what his son's purpose was in building the city. However, there was no big problem with building a new city, so no one cared too much.
On the construction site.
"Mr. Lawrence, according to the requirements on the blueprint, we need to build a flower bed here, but isn't this specification too wasteful in terms of area?"
Lawrence: "You just need to follow my instructions. The flower bed is built for beauty. You see, this is a Y-shaped intersection, and a three-story building will be built right in front of the intersection. Building a huge flower bed in the middle of this intersection can serve as a buffer and allow the high-rise buildings on three sides to see the flower bed together, giving people a sense of security while being pleasing to the eye."
While Lawrence was teaching his subordinates, the workers on the construction site were digging the city's sewers. The drainage facilities in Soga City were more advanced in design than those in Dar es Salaam.
The population of Soga City is not designed to be large, about 50,000 people, but its infrastructure is the same as that of Dar es Salaam, and the new city of Dar es Salaam can accommodate about 150,000 people.
Moreover, the buildings in the city of Soga are more exquisite in design. Many buildings even use the same elements as the Schönbrunn Palace in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Fountains, squares, flower beds, and woodlands can be seen everywhere. In fact, they are French gardens like the Schönbrunn Palace.
After educating his assistant, Lawrence asked his partner, "Mr. Dress, what do you think we should use as the symbol of this artwork?"
Dress is also the designer of Soga City. The difference between him and Lawrence is that Lawrence is better at classicism, while Lawrence prefers modernism and pays more attention to the convenience of life in urban design.
Dress: "Landmarks can serve as the finishing touch for every cultural city, so we should design a symbol with German characteristics to reflect the connotation of the city of Soga."
"Connotation, but what is the connotation of Soga City?" Dress's words caused Lawrence to ponder.
Berlin has the Brandenburg Gate, Paris has the Arc de Triomphe, Vienna has St. Stephen's Cathedral, Britain has Big Ben, and New York's Statue of Liberty are all memorable and inject soul into the city's image. So what is the soul of Soga?
Firstly, Soga is an East African city, and secondly, East Africa is a German country, so Soga should have these two characteristics.
Dress: "How about we build a fountain square to reflect the artistic characteristics of Soga City?"
Lawrence: "It's a bit difficult for a square to become famous. It has to be large enough to attract people's attention. The scale of Soga City is obviously not suitable for a large square. I think it's better to build a large sculpture to make people impressed."
Dress: "Sculpture is not a good idea. This is what I thought about at first. The design requirements are too high. We must hire a master. And this will not be good for the two of us. Although Soga City is located in Africa, it is also a rare work of art."
For Dress, mastering the design of a city is an incredible achievement, even if he is in Africa. After all, how many people can get the right to design an entire city!
Lawrence: "It's not easy to highlight the design features of Soga City and increase our value at the same time. Soga City can be said to be the most perfect among the many cities I have designed. It is a dream city conceived entirely on a piece of white land. Alas, why don't European cities invite us to design it! Even if it is a second-tier city that invites us, it would be fine."
Lawrence said with some emotion that if Soga City was in Europe, more people would be able to see the city he designed, which would greatly enhance his commercial value and popularity.
It was a pity that Soga City was built in East Africa, a remote place. Even after it was built, who would live here? Lawrence and Drake agreed that Soga City was just Ernst's toy. Now Soga City has been completed by one-third, but no one has moved in. Except for the construction team and designers, there is no one else.
(End of this chapter)
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