Part a report( agnes)

ENBE | Final Project | Part A – Report | The Future City Representation

Better Cities of the Future

ASPACHE

NAME : AGNES YEO SHU YUAN |

STUDENT ID : 0318668 |

INTAKE : FNBE FEB 2014 |

GROUP NAME : THE AIRHEADS|

LECTURER : MR FARIZ |

Agnes Yeo Shu Yuan | 0318668 | Group F | FNBE Feb 2014 | Taylor’s University1


Content:

1. Introduction 3

2. A City Investigation on Better City Guidelines and Issues (City definition , Brief History , What makes a city , What makes a good

4-5city and What is the Future City)

3. Investigation & Data Collection: Ancient City ( Maya City)(History ,What makes is a significant city and what are the details , Conclusion and What information or element that you can use to your new future city) 6-8

4. Investigation & Data Collection: The Present City ( Gangnam City)(History ,What makes is a significant city and what are the details , Conclusion and What information or element that you can use to your new future city) 9-10

5. Investigation & Data Collection : The Future City ( Songdo City )(History ,What makes is a significant city and what are the details , Conclusion and What information or element that you can use to your new future city) 11-12

6. Case study on the selected type of the future city (Skyscraper)(Where did you get your information and What is the interesting part and important consideration) 13

7. The New “X” City / ASPACHE ( Problems and solutions , why is it a skyscraper , name and it’s meaning ,Logo , Theme , shape and hierarchy , Important characteristics , zonings , Transportation , technology and conclusion) 14-21

8. Conclusion 22

9. References list 23



1. Introduction

The topic of our second project is Built Environment , Better

Cities of the Future . This project is divided into two parts , part

A(individual) and part B(group) . In part A , we are required to

submit a report and a 3 minutes video presentation . In part B , we

are required to build a model of the chosen city and prepare

maximum 3 numbers of A2 board to explain about the city .

In this project , as a mayor of a city which we need to design

and build a new city as the previous one was destroyed or damaged

. The new city have to be functional and sustainable .

This project will help us to expose the elements of natural and

built environment in their basic unit , form and function . We get to

understand the different characteristics of the natural and built

environment by exploring the basic elements such as landscape ,

space and building .

2. The City



2.1 The City Definition

A city is a large and densely populated urban area; may

include several independent administrative districts . People lives

in a city which has a lot of attractions and houses . City is a home

to everyone .

Cities have been called the highest forms of social

organization. Think of the complexity of road systems,

transportation, building laws, markets, food distribution,

educational systems, etc.

Cities often provide protection in a precarious world. During

attacks, the rural populace could flee behind city walls, where

defence forces assembled to repel the enemy. The wall served

this purpose for millennia, until the invention of heavy artillery

rendered walls useless in warfare. With the advent of modern

aerial warfare, cities have become prime targets for destruction

rather than safe havens.

2.2 What is the brief history

During most of the Neolithic age, people lived in small tribes

composed of multiple bands or lineages. There is little scientific

evidence of developed social stratification in most Neolithic

societies; social stratification is more associated with the later

Bronze Age.

However, Neolithic societies were noticeably more hierarchical

than the Paleolithic cultures that preceded them and hunter-

gatherer cultures in general. Families and households were still

largely independent economically, and the household was

probably the center of life. However, excavations in Central

Europe have revealed that early Neolithic Linear Ceramic



cultures were building large arrangements of circular ditches

between 4800 BC and 4600 BC.

2.3 What makes a city

Someone needs to control the city . This person will run the

whole city and has the responsible to protect the citizens . The

government is in charge of everything in the city . A city need to

have transportation , business area , road system , houses ,

services area , attractions , education area , hospitals ,

agriculture area and more .

City needs to provide food and water so that people can live in

this city . Clean water to drink and food to eat is a basic needs for

a human .

Cities are more densely populated than towns. Towns are

smaller than cities but bigger than villages. Unlike towns, most

cities are the seat of most of a region’s administrative functions,

that is to say, most of the important administrative offices are

situated in the cities.

2.4 What makes a good city

- Safe to live

- Clean environment

- Clean water to drink

- Efficient electricity

- Balance economy

- Has a good education

- Enough places to live

- Has many attractions

- Religious building to encourage people to go and to learn

- Proper roads in the city

- Good medical resources

- More public places for people to interact



- Good leader / politics that can lead or run the city

- Jobs around the city

2.5 What is the future city

A future city is different from ancient city . It is more modern

and have many improved technologies which make life so much

easier . Future cities have for facilities and more development . It

aims at unlocking the full potential of interdisciplinary research in

urban technologies, as well as strengthening knowledge transfer

activities in close cooperation with local and global industrial

partners.

A future city is a sustainable city which is a better city and a

greener city . Future cities focuses more on the environment so

that we can live better and safer .



3. Investigation & Data Collection:

Ancient Cities -MAYA CITY

3.1 History Middle Preclassic Period(1000-400BC) - Small villages began to grow to form cities - (500BC) possessed large temple structures decorated with

stucco mask representing gods .



- Nakbe is the earliest well-documented city in the Maya lowlands - Nakbe already featured the monumental masonry architecture

, sculpted monuments and causeways .



s Sculpted monuments , masonry

architecture and causeway

Late Preclassic Period (400 BC - 250 AD)

- El Mirador possessed paved avenues, massive triadic pyramid

complexes , stelae and altars

- El Mirador is considered to be one of the first capital cities

- Swamps of the Mirador Basin appear to have been the primary

attraction

- Tikal was already a significant city

Classic Period (AD 250-900)

- Cities throughout the Maya region were influenced by the

great metropolis of Teotihuacan in the distant Valley of Mexico

.

- Tikal had expanded to have a population of well over 100000 .

- Copan was the most important city

- The most notable forms of tribute pictured on Maya ceramics

are cacao , textiles and feathers .

- During the 9th century AD , the central Maya region suffered

major political collapse , marked by the abandonment of cities

, the ending of dynasties and a northward shift of population .



Postclassic Period (AD 900-c.1524)

- Was marked by a series of changes that distinguished its

cities from those of the preceding Classic Period

- Cities came to occupy more-easily defended hilltop locations

surrounded by deep ravines , with ditch-and-wall defences

sometimes supplementing the protection provided by the

natural terrain .

- Chichen Itza , in the north , became the largest and most

powerful of all Maya Cities .

3.2 What makes is a significant city and what are the details

-Maya city decorated stucco mask to represent Gods

- Has a causeway

-Featured plazas and ball courts ( Ceremonial ball game )

-Temples and Palace in the city center

-uses roof comb

-Hierarchy



3.3 Conclusion about the cities

Some cities were destroyed by natural disaster or being take

over . The Mayan city as it exists today is composed of a main

complex of ruins with several secondary complexes encircling it.

The main complex consists of the Acropolis and important plazas.

Among the five plazas are the Ceremonial Plaza, with an

impressive stadium opening onto a mound with numerous richly

sculptured monoliths and altars; the Hieroglyphic Stairway Plaza,

with a monumental stairway at its eastern end that is one of the

outstanding structures of Mayan culture. On the risers of this 100

m wide stairway are more than 1,800 individual glyphs which

constitute the longest known Mayan inscription. The Eastern

Plaza rises a considerable height above the valley floor. On its

western side is a stairway sculptured with figures of jaguars

originally inlaid with black obsidian. Maya City became an

attraction to the tourist .

3.4 What information or element that you can use to your new future

city

- Maya city has a ball court in the city center to gather people

for the ceremonial ball game . My city has a festival park



which gather people to come too for any festival . Events will

be going on in that park .

- The hierarchy system . My city’s hierarchy system will start

from the mayor , council members , operators and securities .

4. Investigation & Data Collection:

Present Cities-GANGNAM CITY



4.1 History and Introduction

Reorganized Sangbuk-myeon and Dong-myeon in Gwacheon-

gun into Sindong-myeon of Siheung-gun according to No. 111 of

the Joseon Governor General’s Order (December 29, 1913) .

Incorporated some parts of Gwangju-gun, Gyeonggi-do and

some parts of Siheung-gun into Seoul according to No. 11172 of

the law (November 21, 1962) .

Newly established three branch offices (Eonju, Songpa, and

Cheonho)

Administrative Dong and jurisdiction

The Gangnam District is one of the local government districts

which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. Gangnam literally

means "South of the (Han) River". As of the 2010 census,

Gangnam District had a population of 527,641, making it the 4th

most populated district in Seoul. Gangnam District is the third

largest district in Seoul, with an area of 39.5 km2. In addition, a

lot of parents choose the Gangnam area for their children's

education, thanks to its many academies and privileged high

schools.

Gangnam is one of three districts that make up the Greater

Gangnam Area along with neighboring Seocho District and

Songpa District. Combined, these three cover approximately 120



km2 of land and had a population of 1,567,881 as of 2010,

making up 20% of the area and 15% of the population of Seoul.

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

-Entertainments companies such as SM Entertainment , JYP

Entertainment , Cube Entertainment and more are located in

Gangnam

-Gangnam district has many business building and companies

such as KEPCO , GS Group and more .

-Attractions such as Trade Tower , COEX Mall , Dosan Park and

more .

- Festival : international peace marathon Festival , Daemosan

festival ( all these festival allows people to interact with each

other)

-Popular culture such as , k-pop song ( Gangnam Style) , and

several subway stations in Gangnam and nearby areas were used

as filming locations for Hollywood Film

-Trasnportation : Karail , Seoul Metro , Metri 9 corporation and

Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation .


These present cities are still developing into a better city . Both

the greater Gangnam Area and Gangnam itself are widely known for

its heavily concentrated wealth and high standard of living becauses

it has many business area and companies .




city

- Build more attractions

- Decided to be a business city (Theme)

- Design of the Building

5. Investigation & Data Collection:Future Cities-SONGDO CITY



5.1 History

Songdo International Business District (SIBD) is a new Smart

City or Ubiquitous City built from scratch on 1,500 acres (610 ha)

of reclaimed land along Incheon's waterfront, 40 miles (65 km)

southwest of Seoul, South Korea and connected to Incheon

International Airport by a 7.4 mile (12.3 km) reinforced concrete

highway bridge, called Incheon Bridge. Along with Yeongjong and

Cheongna, it is part of the Incheon Free Economic Zone.

A small number of Japanese residents have sought to live in

Songdo IBD after the Tohoku earthquake.

By its completion date in 2015, the district is planned to

contain 80,000 apartments, 50,000,000 square feet (4,600,000

m2) of office space and 10,000,000 square feet (930,000 m2) of

retail space. The 65-floor Northeast Asia Trade Tower became

South Korea's tallest building. Computers have been built into the

houses, streets and offices as part of a wide area network .

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

-Clever Rubbish which is a waste system that sucks rubbish

directly from kitchens to a processing centre .

-Designed with sensors to monitor temperature , energy use and

traffic flow .



- There are no rubbish trucks trawling the streets or vast bins

dotted around . Instead, all household waste is sucked directly

from individual kitchens through a vast underground network of

tunnels , to the processing centres and it will deodorized and

treated to be kinder to the environment .

-Household waste will be used to produce renewable energy

- 25KM network of bicycle lanes (carbon-free transportation)

-Parking is primarily located underground to minimize the urban

heat island effect

-Low–VOC materials will be incorporated into all buildings


This future city focuses more on the environment . Wanting to

make the city even more eco-friendly . Songdo city is a green city

which uses many green technologies to run the city . Songdo

provides bicycle lanes that encourage people to cycle instead of

driving .


city

- The technologies such as clever rubbish and sensors

- Bicycle lanes around the city

- Surrounded by green trees and plants

6. Case Study of a Skyscraper 6.1 Where did you get your information?

I got all my information from books and internet . I did some

research on how to build a city and what should I include in the

city . After researching for these information , I’ve learnt a lot



from the process of researching and included it in this report and

the video presentation .

6.2 What is the interesting part and important consideration

The interesting part is to learn how to maintain a skyscraper

which I have some solutions to stabilize the skyscraper and to

maintain it well .

The another interesting part of researching is I get to know

what’s happening around us . I was very amazed at the

technologies that we have now and the past . I get to understand

their lifestyle from the past and the patterns , structures and the

elements that they have last time . It is completely different from

now .

The transportation are very different now . They used to walk

last time but now , there are so many different types of

transportation for us to travel anywhere in just a short time .

So , for my “X” city , I will have 3 transportation which Im not

going to include cars as one of the transportation as it is bad for

the environment .

I’m including a lot of green places to help the environment and to

let people to interact more often . A business city is my theme ,

which I have included a big space for the business area . These

companies and building will help my city to grow in different

aspects . I have also included new technologies for my city which

will help the city even better .

7. The New “X” City – ASPACHE

7.1 Problems And Solutions

The cause of tsunami and earthquake is getting very serious

as it destroyed most of the houses , buildings and almost



everything . As a mayor , I have decided to build a Skyscraper

so that people can live on top to avoid these disaster .

These disaster such as tsunami can be avoided by building a

skyscraper because , Skyscraper is tall and the citizens are

living on top . Therefore , it doesn’t affects the citizens . As for

earthquake , this city is built with large dampers filled with

magnetorheological fluid to stabilize the structures . This

magnetorheological fluid is a liquid that changes to a near-

solid when exposed to a magnetic force , then back to liquid

once the magnetic force is removed .

7.2 Why is it a skyscraper ?

Aspache is a business city , as many business buildings are

high-rise . Hence skyscraper is suitable for a business city like

Aspache .



By building a skyscraper , it can reduce the risk of the citizens

to lose their homeland as this city has many technologies to

maintain and protect the city .

7.3 Name and Meaning of the city

Aspache is the name of the ‘X’ city . This name came from

these two words , Aspasia it means welcome and Tyche which

means fortune in Greek . The combination of these two words

has the meaning of “welcoming Fortune” which means this

city is full of fortune .

7.4 Logo

7.5 Theme , shape and hierarchy

The theme of this city is Business and Green . Aspache is a

business city . This city focuses more on business and development

as it is a modern with full of technologies . It is also a green city as it

has many green places .



The shape of this city is a crescent shape . I chose this shape is

because this shape is the shape of a crescent moon which we are

closer to the moon than anyone else . This skyscraper is connected

to the ground with a long tube . The height of this city is 450m .

The hierarchy of this city will start from the Mayor , council

members , operators and lastly , securities .

PERSPECTIVE ( CRESCRENT )

THE TUBE



LAYOUT

7.6 What is the important characteristic

This city is surrounded by trees to protect the citizens

by covering around this city . All citizens will live at the tube ,

and all buildings such as commercial , parks and so on are on

the crescent .

7.7 Zoning





7.8 Transportation

This city provides 3 types of transportation . Sky tran , bicycle and walkability .

SKY TRAN



BICYCLE THAT CLEANS THE AIR

LAYOUT



WALKABILITY

15 STATIONS ( SKY TRAN)

7.9 Technology

-Energy and electricity is taken from solar panel , wind power plant

-The clever rubbish system is installed in every building or shops

including residential area . There are no rubbish trucks trawling the

streets or vast bins dotted around blocks of flats. Instead, all household

waste is sucked directly from individual kitchens through a vast

underground network of tunnels, to waste processing centres, where



it's automatically sorted, deodorised and treated to be kinder to the

environment.

-Rainwater harvesting system is located at the industrial area .

The rainwater is collected on top of the building with a tank . The water

will then flow through the tube and will be filtered .

-For the agriculture area , Plant tissue culture is a collection of

techniques used to maintain or grow plant cells, tissues or organs

under sterile conditions on a nutrient culture medium of known

composition. Plant tissue culture is widely used to produce clones of a

plant in a method known as micropropagation . This is used for food

source .

-Installation of light sensors at the building perimeters to take

advantage of daylight .

7.10 Conclusion about the new X city

This city is definitely a better city and an improved city . This city

has many green places which helps the environment and the

oxygen . This city has many technologies which makes life easier .



Citizens of this city can enjoy their lifes and interact with others . I

believe this city will bring joy to the citizens .

TOWN HALL AND TUBE

STREET AND BUSINESS BUILDING

8. Conclusion

This whole process of designing and thinking how to build a city is

very challenging . We have to think all different types of aspects and

small little details of a city .



What I’ve learnt is to think about the others instead of the needs of

myself while building/designing a city . I think a green place is very

important for a city as people can go there to relax and to release

stress from work. It is better to have more places where people can

relax their mind . My city has a festival park which brings all the

citizens together to celebrate any festival . I think its very important to

think about the others too while designing a city .

I have also learnt how to communicate ideas through observation

and using different tolls or techiques to present information .

I believe that Aspache can bring joy to everyone and it can be more

and more better in the future .

9. Reference Links

1. http://www.songdo.com/

2.http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/maya/

mmc02eng.shtml

3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangnam_District

4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_tissue_culture


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

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

http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/maya/mmc02eng.shtml

http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/maya/mmc02eng.shtml

http://www.songdo.com/


5. http://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/structural/smart-

structure.htm

6. http://itechfuture.com/concept-bike-cleans-the-air/

7. http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2009/urbanization.aspx

8. http://wideurbanworld.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-is-city-definitions-of-

urban.html

9. http://www.future-cities.eu/project/idea-strategy/

10. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20770518


http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20770518

http://www.future-cities.eu/project/idea-strategy/

http://wideurbanworld.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-is-city-definitions-of-%20%20urban.html

http://wideurbanworld.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-is-city-definitions-of-%20%20urban.html

http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2009/urbanization.aspx

http://itechfuture.com/concept-bike-cleans-the-air/

http://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/structural/smart-structure.htm

http://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/structural/smart-structure.htm

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