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Better Cities of the Future

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Content:

Introduction 3

A City 4-5

Investigation & Data Collection: Ancient and old cities

Chan Chan, Peru 6-7

Investigation & Data Collection: The present city/cities

Copenhagen, Denmark 8-9

Melbourne, Australia 10

Investigation & Data Collection: The future city/cities

Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid 11-13

Case study on the selected type of the future

The Floating City Project 14- 19

The Avalon 20- 22

The Conclusion 23

References list 24

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1. INTRODUCTION

The is the final project for FNBE February 2014 batch in semester 1. In

this project, we have to build our future city which is main focus on

sustainable and livable.

To build the future city, I have to do a lot of case study and research

such as the vicissitude of a city and how to make the city sustainable and

livable and it also related to the technologies and management of the

government to maintain the city.

It’s very important for students to understand the importance of sustain

and conserve because when we continuously develop our city we will forget

our mother nature. Mahatma Gandhi said “Earth provides enough to satisfy

every man's need, but not every man's greed”. If we keep on destroy our

mother nature and we wouldn’t know what will come in the future. That’s why

we are having ENBE(Elements of Natural and Built Environments) in FNBE.

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2. THE CITY

2.1 The City Definition

City is a place where people live that is larger or more important than a

town; an area where many people live and work. Cities are the centers of

the world’s economy. They are sites of production, the central nodes in

services and distribution networks and the command points from which

economic decisions are made.

2.2 History of city

A city formed as central places of trade for the benefit of the members

living in close proximity to others facilities interaction of all kinds.

Uruk is the world’s first city which founded in 4th millennium BC. Uruk was

extremely well penetrated by a canal system that has been described as

“Venice in the dessert”. This canal system flowed throughout the city

connecting it with the maritime trade on the ancient Euphrates River as

well as the surrounding agricultural belt.

Mohenjo-daro existed from about 2600 BC, was one of the largest, with a

population of 50,000 or more. The sheer size of the city, and its provision of

public buildings and facilities, suggests a high level of social organization.

The city divided into 2 parts, the so-called Citadel and the Lower City. The

Citadel- a mud-brick mound around 12 metres (39ft) high- is known to

have supported public baths, a large residential structure designed to

house about 5,000 citizens, and two large assembly halls. The city had a

central marketplace, with a large central well. Individual households or

groups of households obtained their water from smaller wells. Waste water

was channeled to covered drains that lined the major streets. Some

houses, presumably those wealthier inhabitants, include rooms that

appear to have been set aside for bathing, and one building had an

underground furnace (known as a hypocaust), possibly for heated

bathing. Most houses had inner courtyards, with doors that opened onto

side-lanes. Some buildings had 2 stories.

2.3 What makes a city?

Louis Wirth, the sociologist states that cities are defined by four

characteristic:

(1) Permancence

(2) Large population size

(3) High population density

(4) Social heterogeneity

2.4 What makes a good city?

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A good city is made by a secure water supply and sanitation system. A

solid economy. A transportation network on every level. A strong tax base.

Good to great schools. Better then good police protection. Affordable

housing, A built in arts and culture environment, affordable medical, social

services, sanitation and fire protection. A community spirit, a Love Thy

Neighbor attitude, planning and management that is pro-active.

2.5 What is the future city?

For me, future city can be either a high-tech city or a sustainable city.

Technologies become more and more advanced and at the same

moment our mother nature is being destroyed. What we can to is to

create a city which will bring less impact to the earth. A future city can

defined based on a good transportation which is walking, cycling,

infrastructure promoting transit and other alternatives to car use, highly

energy-efficient buildings, on-site energy generation from such renewable

sources such as solar, wind and geothermal energy renewable off-site

energy supply which include low-impact hydropower, wind power and

solar power, waste cycling, green roofs, rainwater harvesting, water

recycling, locally processed materials, healthy indoor air quality and old

buildings made energy efficient.

2.6 Positive and negative externalities of city

These are the positive externalities of city:

(1) Reduced transport costs

(2) Exchange of ideas

(3) Sharing natural resources

(4) Large local markets

(5) Development & amenities such as running water and sewage

disposal

These are the negative externalities of city:

(1) Higher rate of crime

(2) Higher mortality rates

(3) Higher cost of living

(4) Worse pollution

(5) Traffic and high commuting times

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3. INVESTIGATION & DATA COLLECTION:

ANCIENT CITIES

Chan Chan, Peru

Chan Chan is founded about in ninth century. It is one of the largest cities

in the ancient world, and was the largest pre-Columbian city in South

America.

3.1 What makes is a significant city and what are the details?

The cities were elaborately planned, with large, flat-topped buildings for

the nobility and intricately decorated adobe pyramids serving as temples.

The Chimu paneled their temples with gold and cultivated palace

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gardens where even the plants and animals were made from precious

metals.

The city walls were brightly painted, and the style of architecture and relief

decoration is sometimes ascribed to the fact that the Mochica migrated

from Central America into this area, bringing them knowledge and ideas

from a more advanced civilization, like the Maya. At its most properous

moment, the city of Chan Chan may have accommodated as many as

60,000 residents.

The site of the city received less than one tenth of an inch of rainfall each

year, on average, but the Chimu people undertook a project to divert the

nearby Chicama River, and constructed irrigation channels which

supplied water, the city, aside from its water problem, which, when solved,

allowed enough water into the area to grow crops in neighbouring fields,

was very prosperous.

The Chimu inherited ideas and techniques from a host of previous cultures

along the coast, including the Mochica, and, most importantly, adapted

the techniques from many generations of trial and error in irrigating the

Moche Valley. In the desert, access to a regular water supply was critical

in development of an urban civilization like that of Chan Chan, whose

very existence depended on extracting water not only from Rio Moche

but also, via a complicated system of canals and aqueducts, from the

neigbouring Chicama Valley.

3.2 Conclusion about Chan Chan, Peru

The ancients are very smart by finding solutions to overcome their

problems. Chimu built canals and aqueducts to convey water from one

location to another. The rise of most of the ancient city is caused by their

water system.

3.3 Information or element for my new future city

Water system

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4. INVESTIGATION & DATA COLLECTION:

PRESENT CITIES

Copenhagen, Denmark

Copenhagen is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with an

urban population of 1,246,611 and a metropolitan population of 1,969,941.

4.1 What makes is a significant city and what are the details?

Copenhagen is a well-known green city in the world. 50% of

Copenhagener commutes daily by cycling. They are born and raised into

a biking culture. As kids, many Copenhageners are carried on a parent’s.

A few years later, kids are for the first time set free on their own two wheels.

By the time these young Copenhageners start school, most are confident

enough in biking that they bike the short route between home and school

each day. Copenhageners think that “biking is a much faster and more

convenient way of getting around.”

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Copenhagen applies few green technology or sustainable effort in their

daily life. The buildings receive its outside energy supply from wind farms

off the coast of the city and from second-generation biomass facilities. A

water basin next to the building which collects rainwater for use in toilets

and washing machines (An average citizen uses 33 litres each day to flush

the toilet and 19 litres for washing clothes. Instead of using pure drinking

water for these purpose, a big portion is replaces by the rainwater.)

Green walls, green roofs and rooftop gardens are a natural part of

building design in Copenhagen. Rooftop solar panels in Copenhagen are

a mix of solar collectors heating water for the buildings and photovoltaic

panels providing electricity. Buildings meet LEED (Leadership in Energy and

Environmental Design) requirements.

Energy-efficient windows, skylights and glass walls which ensure optimal

exploitation of daylight and create natural heating of the building through

sunlight.

4.2 Conclusion about Copenhagen

Copenhagener are smart which they’ve already used cycling as their

transportation few years ago. This can reduce the amount of CO2 in the air

which can make the city more sustainable and livable. Besides that, they

use green technologies in their buildings and also daily life.

4.3 Information or element for my new future city

Green technologies applied in Copenhagen, cycling culture and

walkability

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Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne is the world’s most livable city.

4.4 What makes is a significant city and what are the details?

These are the reasons why Melbourne is the most livable city in the world:

(1) Stability: Melbourne is commonly considered a reasonably safe city.

(2) Healthcare: Melbourne has good facilities on healthcare.

(3) Culture: Melbourne is an international cultural centre.

(4) Environment: Melbourne government has a lot of good plans to

overcome the environment problems.

(5) Education: Melbourne has a lot of famous university with ranking in the

world.

(6) Transport: Melbourne has an integrated public transport system based

around extensive train, tram, bus and taxi systems.

4.5 Conclusion about Melbourne

Melbourne meets every requirements for a livable city for human which is

needed for my future city.

4.6 Information or element for my new future city

The 6 criteria of the livable city

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5. INVESTIGATION & DATA COLLECTION:

FUTURE CITIES

Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid

The Shimizu TRY 2004 Mega-City Pyramid is a hypothetical project for

construction of a massive pyramid over Tokyo Bay in Japan. The structure

would be more than 14 times as high as the Great Pyramid at Giza, and

would house 1,000,000 people. The structure would be 2000 meters (6,561 feet)

above mean sea level, including 5 stacked trusses, each with similar

dimensions to that of the great pyramid of Giza. This pyramid would help

answer Tokyo's increasing lack of space, although the project would only

handle 1/47th of the Greater Tokyo Area's population.

5.1 What makes is a significant city and what are the details?

(1) Plentiful Sunlight and Air Provided by Truss Construction

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The basic design of the TRY 2004 is based on a combination of regular

octahedral units, each measuring 350 meters per side. Each

octahedral unit is formed by vertically joining two square pyramids at

their bases. These units are then combined both vertically and laterally

to enable flexible expansion to suit specific purposes.

The wind-permeable design reduces wind load, while each

octahedral unit supports an integrated building on all sides. Together

with vibration-control devices installed at optimal points, the

construction method used reduces the vibration and distortion to

which various airborne structures are subjected.

(2) Smooth, Efficient Transportation and Distribution Systems

To move vertically within the city, people will use a continuous

circulatory transportation system that incorporates elevators in

diagonal shafts. Residents will use a new linear-motor transportation

system set up inside the horizontal shafts to move laterally.

To move from a node to a building, people will use moving walkways,

escalators, or corridors. Those within buildings will use elevators.

The distribution system established in the city will rely on a continuous

circulatory transport system for vertical conveyance. Then, at each

node, the automatic transfer loader will place packages onto a

container carriage or conveyor belt for automatic delivery in the

horizontal direction.

Transportation within the city would be provided by accelerating

walkways, inclined elevators and a personal rapid transit (also called

personal automated transport or podcar, is a public transportation

concept that offers on-demand, non-stop transportation, using small,

independent vehicles on a network of specially-built guideways)

system where automated pods would travel within the trusses.

5.2 Conclusion about Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid

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Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid has a highly efficient transport system which

there have a lot of nodes. Nodes and linkages play an important role in

future city. Nodes have a hierarchy related to their importance and

contribution to urban functions, such as production, management,

retailing and distribution.

5.3 Information or element for my new future city

The nodes and linkages

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6. CASE STUDY ON THE SELECTED TYPE OF THE

FUTURE CITY

The Floating City Project

6.1 Concrete was selected as the material to build the floating platforms for its

balance of stability, cost and maintenance.

The report contains an environmental analysis of characteristics of the ocean

which are to be avoided because they add expense (i.e., waves, tide, depth

, wind), along with positive characteristics, such as precipitation (for water coll

ection), sunlight (for solar panels) and wind (for wind turbines).

6.2 What is the interesting part and important consideration

There are six most important objectives are: movability,

dynamic geography, growth, seakeeping, safety, and water experience.

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(1) Movability

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(2) Dynamic geography

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(3) Seakeeping

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(4) Water experience

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(5) Growth development

The ‘ship’ or ‘raised platform’ structures need to be constructed and financed

at once and are difficult to expand. Smaller structures, which may be

protected by a breakwater or combined to one large structure, allow for

much more gradual growth. For a gradual strategy, a modular system

consisting of smaller parts is more suitable than large structures that are

constructed at once.

(6) Safety

Safety is on one hand providing a reliable floating structure and a living

environment where people can safely move around and enjoy their life. It

is equally important to protect the floating city from environmental

hazards like large waves, storms, and even hurricanes. Therefore it is

important to move away fast enough to avoid a hurricane.

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7. THE AVALON

7.1 How did you came up with the solution to create this new city?

The city is polluted and the sea level is keep on rising because of the

increase of temperature. The city will sink in 20 years and I’m the mayor

and I’m going to create a new city for my peoples.

7.2 Why is it on water?

The sea level is rising and a floating on water city is safer.

7.3 What is the important characteristic and elements

It is in a circular shape with 35km2 with population 250,000. I’ll be focus on

the transportation of the city because transportation is the major emission

of GHG of earth. By reduce GHG, we are able to create a more healthier

city. Besides that, green technologies will be applied in my city.

(1) Transportation & networking:

To make the city walkable, walk paths and cycle ways will be built

beside the road and some pedestrian bridges are used to connect

from a place to the another. I’ll encourage my citizen to use the public

transport by build some MRT station in my city and tram.

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The transportation link of the city which black represents the MRT

station, red represents the north-south link, yellow represents the

east-west link, blue represents the “eye” link, turquoise

represents the port and purple represents the major road. There

are also airport in the city.

(2) Green spaces and forest

Green spaces is the second focus part of my city. 30% of my city would

be a green spaces and forest. Factory will surrounded by the forest

which trees can absorb the gases that emitted by the factory. There

are also green spaces in the commercial and business area for

peoples to have a break there.

There are green walls and glass wall apply in the buildings. The blue

colours parts are the cycleway which built beside the road and the

walk paths.

(3) Green technologies

Green walls and green roofs as a guidance for my city. LEED

technologies apply in the buildings. Energy-efficient windows, skylights

and glass wall which allow the exploitation of sunlight and keep the

room warm. Solar panel on the top of buildings.

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7.4 Conclusion about the Avalon

Avalon isn’t a city with futuristic buildings and elements but it’s a city which

is sustainable and livable. In my opinion, the management and

development of a city is important than a design since we would not want

a polluted although it is an elegant, beautiful city. So Avalon is a simple

city but is eco-friendly and sustain.

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8. CONCLUSION

What everyone should learn is the knowledge about the green

technologies. We can apply these kind of green technologies in our buildings

and residential. Green technologies are good for our mother nature and it

can minimize the impact to the nature.

In my opinion, it’s more important to create a green and sustainable

city than a high tech city. Organisms needs a healthy and comfortable

lifestyle so only that they will able to create more and more things that will

bring advantages for themselves. A computer controlled network can builds

and manages the city very easy but once it gets hack then it will also destroy

the whole city.

What I’ve learned is some basic planning of the city such as different

kind of planning system, elements that must included in a sustainable and

livable future city.

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9. REFERENCE LINKS

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http://perugig.blogspot.com/2012/03/chan-chan-capital-city-of-

chimu.html

City retrieved 24/4/2014

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Copenhagen retrieved 24/4/2014

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Floating City Project retrieved 25/4/2014

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Shimizu TRY 2004 Pyramid retrieved 25/4/2014

http://anarchytects.wordpress.com/2012/12/22/tokyo-mega-pyramid-

project-the-future-of-cities/

The Floating City Project retrieved 25/4/2014

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content/uploads/2014/04/Floating-City-Project-Report-4_25_2014.pdf

TRY 2004 The "Pyramid City in the Air" Concept retrieved 25/4/2014

http://www.shimz.co.jp/english/theme/dream/try.html

Town Planning retrieved 25/4/2014

http://www.slideshare.net/DhruvSeth/town-planning-3

Uruk retrieved 24/4/2014

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruk

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