In a design firm in a certain city, everyone was busy working at their computers.
This is a well-known and powerful design firm. They have had many excellent works and have won various awards, making them a prominent presence in the industry.
However, with the arrival of the disaster, this design firm, which was originally thriving in Shanghai, had to relocate to an inland area.
Moreover, as a private enterprise, the design firm, under the current circumstances, had no choice but to affiliate itself with a state-owned design institute, relying on the business allocated by them to survive.
This is also the national approach to resettling private enterprises with certain technical strengths: overall relocation, overall resettlent, retaining the original technical strength, and providing certain business opportunities so they can continue to survive.
However, not many enterprises can enjoy this treatnt—only technically strong and known companies receive such treatnt.
Most ordinary companies either close down and scatter their staff, or get absorbed by state-owned enterprises, directly integrating into the system. Few private companies manage to survive.
Fortunately, the strength of this design firm was still quite strong, and since the business allocated by the affiliated state-owned design institute was not insignificant, they managed to maintain their survival.
"Everyone, stop what you’re doing for a mont, I have sothing to announce." The head of the design firm suddenly ca to the office, clapping his hands to interrupt everyone’s work, drawing their attention to himself.
Seeing everyone looking at him, the head continued, "First, I want to announce so good news. Previously, our Do City project, designed in collaboration with the design institute, has passed the initial review. The design institute called just now to confirm this."
Upon hearing the head’s words, everyone burst into cheers—getting recognition for their hard work was undoubtedly a joyous and celebratory outco.
But the head waved his hand to quiet everyone, indicating there was more to say.
Once everyone settled down, the head continued, "Although it passed the initial review, whether our plan will ultimately be adopted is still uncertain, so we cannot relax. Please keep up the good work.
The subsequent design work will continue to be a joint effort with the design institute. They will handle the do, heating, and other infrastructure designs, while we will be responsible for city construction, greening, and related aspects. So, we all still have a heavy workload."
Upon hearing the head’s words, there wasn’t much reaction from the team.
When they received the Do City design task earlier, they had already prepared for the subsequent work.
They just hadn’t proceeded because they were unsure whether their design would pass the initial review. Now that it’s confird, they naturally began the next phase of work.
Everyone simply responded to the head briefly and then returned to their individual tasks.
The follow-up design work for Do City was already arranged when they received the task earlier. So people had even completed so work beforehand, so no further arrangents were needed.
The head saw this and said no more. If it were in the past, he would have incentivized them with bonuses and vacations to boost their morale.
But under the present circumstances, there was little he could do.
Raises and bonuses were now ineffective, as money, while still recognized by the state, couldn’t actually buy anything. In contrast, materials and resource vouchers held more value.
However, the resource vouchers on the firm’s books were earmarked for acquiring materials necessary for the firm’s operations. The general-purpose vouchers were scarce, and the firm didn’t have many, and they would have to wait until this design task was completed to offer bonuses.
And, as for vacations, forget it. In this icy and snowy weather, where could anyone go on vacation?
Nevertheless, the head still offered so words of encouragent, urging everyone to complete this design task and strive to secure this project.
Returning to his office, the head took out the previous design plan, intending to review it again for any possible modifications.
Before establishing this design firm, he was a seasoned designer with talent and flair. Otherwise, he couldn’t have opened such a firm in a place like Shanghai just through his own efforts.
However, after becoming the head, most specific design work was delegated to subordinates while he took charge of overseeing the bigger picture.
As it was a collaboration with the design institute, the do and other infrastructure designs for Do City were handled by the institute, which were standard and relatively unremarkable.
But in terms of city layout, the firm’s designers proposed a bold idea.
They decided to place the Energy Tower and geothermal power facilities, responsible for providing heat and energy to the entire Do City, and the ecological greenhouses for growing crops, outside the do, freeing up more space inside.
Moreover, they excavated downward, expanding the city beneath, increasing the space within the do.
This was indeed a bold and innovative design. Chen Xin chose to approve this proposal for the initial review precisely because of its uniqueness.
Compared to a conventional layout placing the Energy Tower at the city’s center and building the city around it, this out-of-the-box design was more creative.
Besides, it wasn’t just technical showmanship; the design truly produced excellent results. It created more buildable space inside the do while breaking the constraint of city construction around the Energy Tower, allowing for more options and layout patterns in urban planning.
Because of this, another key facility for city operation, the ecological greenhouse, was also extracted from within the do.
Although ecological greenhouses aren’t essential for every Do City, the environnt within a Do City is unquestionably better than the outside, making growing crops directly within the Do City a viable option.
In their proposal, the ecological greenhouse, while still connected to the do, was a section attached beside the do rather than covered by it, thus freeing up even more space for city buildings.
Nevertheless, even after excluding these two areas, limited by the do’s 5KM diater, this Do City still seed quite tiny, needing to fit administrative, functional, residential, and living areas beneath the do.
To achieve this, the designers nearly worked themselves to exhaustion, but fortunately, they managed to complete the task.
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