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Content:
1. Introduction
2. A City
3. Investigation on Better City Guidelines and Issues
4. Investigation & Data Collection: Ancient and old
5. Investigation & Data Collection: The present city/cities
Investigation & Data Collection: The future city/cities
6. Case study on the selected type of the future city
7. The New “X” City / Or the new name The Conclusion
8. References list

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Introduction
In project two “Built Environment”, which as known as final project in subject
ENBE. The title for the project is “Better Cities of the Future”. Student needs to
imagine themselves as a mayor for X city, was somehow deemed to be a place that
is no longer to live. Therefore, students have to think an idea of future city, it can be
an underground city, an underwater city, a floating on water city, a city in the air or
a city next to water.
Students are required to carry out two presentation, part A and part B. Part A
is an i while Part B is group work. The task in Part A, an A4 report and 3 minute video.
while a model and A2 presentation board in Part B.
By carrying out this project, students can understand how to apply ENBE on
project. They have to create a city with the elements, such as transportation, water
system, infrastructures. At the same time, they build the environment which is
sustainable in the future so that people can live, work and have fun in the city.
A floating on water city City next to water (river) An underground city
Floating in the air city An underwater city

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The City
 Definition of city
-City is an urban area which consists of population, commerce and culture. It
known as metro polis. It provided a fertile ground for the evolution of human
culture: the arts, scientific research, and technical innovation. They serve as
centers of communication, where new ideas and information are spread to
the surrounding territory and to foreign lands.
 Brief history of city
-During ancient time, people don’t have a place to live. They moved time by
time to find food, water and shelter. When all the people found a better
place that can live together, a village or a simple society formed, as well as
the social organization. They have job, they have a leader to bring the village
to another stage. Gradually, a town formed. As the population growth and
development of the area go rapid, a city born. Uruk is the first city that exists in
this world.
 What makes a city
-Concentration of talent, mixture of peoples,
and economic surplus become the element
to become a compound, which is a city.
 What makes a good city
-Smart growth. This identifies and nurtures the very best opportunities for
growth, plans ways to cope with its demands, integrates environmental
thinking, and ensures that all citizens enjoy a city’s prosperity.
-Well city planning. A good city must consider few aspect so it can ensures all
the people live in a better city. Circulation system and walkability is important
since in a city, people moving around for their work or living. Power and food
supply should managed in the best way as well.
-Hi-tech system. An advanced city system provides a good space for people
to enjoy and utilize the technology that brought to them. Not just
convenience, but saves a lot of time and energy. For example, high tech
waste management system, smooth data connection etc.
 What is the future city
- The city of the future addresses problems like overpopulation, pollution and
sprawl by building high-density vertical neighborhoods that are
interconnected at all levels so residents can move freely from one place to
another on foot. Future city also considered as a revolution of generation, like
a change to a better stage.

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Investigation & Data Collection:
Ancient Cities (Mohenjo-Daro)
 History of Mohenjo-Daro
-Chandragupta Maurya unified all the janapada ( republic) into a
mahajanapada ( united republic ). Maurya leaded his army forces and
successfully colonize the whole India. His son, Bindusara continues
colonization with his very own way, which is religion affect instead of using the
violence or war. Asoka, the son of Bindusara spreads their area after won the
War of Kalinga. It’s destruction was by the hands of invading Aryan hordes, as
some historians believe, or was triggered by an earthquake, or flood remains
yet to be established. This city been abandoned and not discovered until the
year 1922.
 Basic info
-Built around 2600 BCE. It is one of the largest settlements of ancient Indus
Valley Civilization (Harappa Civilization ) . Mohenjo- Daro means Mound of
Dead in Sindhi. Development started around 3000 BCE from the prehistoric
Indus culture.

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 What ancient city are you concentrating on
-Mohenjo- Daro is a city on land nearby river. This city located in the Lakarna
District of Sindh, Pakistan, on a Pleistocene ridge in the middle of the flood
plain of the Indus River Valley. The site occupied the central position between
the Indus River and the Ghaggar-Hakra River.
 What are the details that make the city significant
- Largest city of Indus valley
-One of the important early cities of South Asia
-Most developed and advanced city in South Asia with its planning and civil
engineering
-High degree of social organization (houses were protected from noise, odors,
and thieves)
-The world's first urban sanitation systems
-The city was destroyed seven times and each time it was rebuilt with
excellent planning
-The Great bath of Mohenjo- Daro for ritual bathing practicing
-Sewage from the houses flowed into a sewer line that followed down the
street grid
 Conclusion
-Mohenjo- Daro did such a great job in developing a city. Not just fulfill the
basic term and condition to be a city, but it also upgrades into an advanced
level so people can get a better and comfortable life. The buildings
arrangement also impress me since the street can divide the city in very neat
arrangement. Their opened mind also allow them to meet with other
civilization and finally built a better city by exchanging ideas.
 Information that consider for my new future city
-The planned layout ( In Mohenjo- Daro, layout based on street grid with
rectilinear buildings) allows my future city looks neat and tidy
-Way to manage sanitation system (advanced system for waste removal)

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Present Cities (Kuala Lumpur)
 History of Kuala Lumpur
-Kuala Lumpur’s history began just over 150 years ago when tin miners came
to explore the muddy confluence between Gombak and KL. Raja Abdullah,
one of the member from Selangor Royal family opened parts of Klang Valley
to tin prospectors. Since the extraction industry of tin rises, prospectors start to
pouring into few settlements on the bank of muddy confluence. “Kuala”
means junction while “Lumpur” means muddy.
With more labors replace tin miners, traders and merchants began
establish their business and town formed. As the new town keep growing, the
peace between the parties never goes last…finally bloody feuds and wars
happened. For example, race riot on 13 May 1969.
Kapitan Yap Ah Loy, third leader of Chinese community as a leader to bring
the peace back to Kuala Lumpur by converting the sleeping mining site into
a commercial town.
Sir Frank Swettenham appointed the Resident after death of Kapitan
Yap. After the completion of trailway from KL to Klang, the growth of
population was futher boosted and keep going on evolution.

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 Basic info
- Kuala Lumpur was conferred city status on 1st Feb 1972 and declared as
Federal Territory on 1974. The area of Kuala Lumpur is 243km square. The
population is 1.59 million on year 2010.
 What present city are you concentrating on
-Kuala Lumpur is skyscraper city. Kuala Lumpur is home to the tallest twin
buildings in the world, the Petronas Twin Towers, which have become an
iconic symbol of Malaysia's futuristic development.
- Capital city of Malaysia
-A generally efficient infrastructure which provides with basic facilities (KTM,
hotel, airport, LRT, bus)
-Streets tend to be safe due to heavy police presence
-Significant building (Central markets, Istana Budaya) / skyscrapers (Petronas
Twin Tower, KL tower, )
 Conclusion

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-After the case study of Kuala Lumpur, we can make a better city with
providing the facilities that people need indeed. From history to present, the
culture plays an important role in forming a good city. It teaches us a lot, it
can be a new idea for a building, it can be a new way for evolution. So, we
should appreciate the past and also proud of our country.
 Information that consider for my new future city
-Skyscrapers create cityscape. (Build more skyscrapers in my future city)
-Fully provided with the facilities and infrastructure
: Transportation (petrol-free car, electro-bicycle, parking lot)
: Accommodation (hotels, well-planning residential area)
: Communication (free wifi, excellent connection line)
: Education (university, campuses, vocational school, online-edu)
: Religion and culture (mosque, temples, museum)
: Commercial (industrial area, shopping center, markets)
: Defense system (police, army, natural disaster prevention)
: Recreational site (parks, streets, passive landscape)
: Health (clinics, hospitals)
: Administration and data center
: Water supply, electricity, food

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Future Cities ( Car-free City China)
 History of Car-free City
- A theoretical design for a carfree city of one million people was first
proposed by J.H. Crawford in 1996 and further refined in his books, Carfree
Cities and Carfree Design Manual.
 What future city are you concentrating on
-A future city which is free from cars. The purpose of this action is to promote
zero-carbon concept to collaborate with green cities idea.
-An existing city can be made a car-free city areas by strategic closures of
streets to car traffic and by opening streets and squares to exclusive
pedestrian use. A pedestrian and bicycle network gradually emerges and
joins several parts of the city. Similarly, prompted by the same need to avoid
conflicts with car traffic and enhance pedestrian movement, pedestrian
networks have emerged below street level (Underground City) or above
road-level to connect large downtown areas. For new areas on the fringe of
cities or new towns, two new complementary ideas have recently emerged.
The concept of Filtered Permeability (2007) and a model for planning towns
and subdivisions - the Fused Grid (2003). Both focus on shifting the balance of
network design in favour of pedestrian
and bicycle mobility.

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Case study on the future underground
city
I get my information of future underground city from Derinkuyu Underground City
at Turkey. It is the deepest underground city among the 36 underground cities in
Cappadocia, Turkey. It contains all the usual rooms found in an underground city
(stables, cellars, storage rooms, refectories, churches, wineries etc. The 55m deep
ventilation shaft was also used as a well. Derinkuyu contains at least 15,000
ventilation ducts that provide fresh air deep within the underground city. It is
unlikely that the underground cities were ever intended for permanent dwelling,
or even long stays, but they were clearly built to withstand attack and could
support large numbers of people and their domestic animals, for extended
periods of time. The urban organization was very complex, and there was
probably always work in progress.
The extensive networks of passages, tunnels, stepped pits and inclined corridors
link family rooms and communal spaces where people would meet, work and
worship. The cities were complete with wells, chimneys for air circulation, niches
for oil lamps, stores, water tanks, stables and areas where the dead could be
placed until such time as conditions on the surface would allow their proper
disposal. Most importantly, carefully balanced moving stone doors, resembling
mill stones, were devised to quickly block the corridors in the event of an attack.
Of course, these doors operated from one side only!

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The New “X” City
Under Ta’nah
 How does the idea comes up
and why Under Ta’nah
-In year 2114, the ozone layer,
which plays a role as an UV
radiation absorber was
destroyed because of the
chemical substances such as
CFC
(chlorofluorocarbons)…and
finally it’s totally depleted.
As a consequence, the
sunlight from the Sun directly strikes to Earth. People cannot live since the
sunlight can causes the skin cancer on human. Plants will also affected, in the
end, reduced growth, photosynthesis and flowering.
By increasing of the UV radiation, plankton are heavily threaten and dead
finally. Without the food, people cant survive longer. The climate will change
to higher temperature as well.
Therefore, I come up with the idea of underground city. It can avoid from the
sunlight, hence, its colder than above. And the population estimated will
expand by 3 times in 100 years. Underground is not yet developed…so,
there’s still space for more people and following generation.

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 Characteristic and elements
-Under Ta’nah is a brand new city which made up from 1 nanogon and three
circles surround it.
-Area : 30km2
-Population : 250, 000 (Malaysian)
Why nanogon?
Each corner means an aspect
which comes from one major
element.
There is three major elements, that is
Social, Environment and Economy.
These 3 elements mean a lot for a
city.
OUTER SURFACE
The outer surface of Under Ta’nah is
covered by solar panel. The upper part
of the city expose to the outside so can
absorb the maximum sunlight. The solar
energy is the main resource to power up
the whole city. Smartly utilize the energy
since the sunlight is strong and high
ability to convert to more useful energy.
The absorber in the cover is useful in
absorbing the shock when there’s a
earth quake. Then the shock power will
then convert into energy to use again.
This tube is to channel the solar energy
absorbed to the power supply station for
convert to electrical energy and finally
distribute to the whole city
Social:
 Human activity
 Facilities and infrastructure
 Organization
Environment:
 Sustainability
 Walkability
 High technology
Economy:
 Jobs
 Commerce
 Administration

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INTERIOR
- INDUSTRIAL AREA
LEGENDS :
Train trail way
Transit station
Factory
Fishing area
Water storage
Power supply station
Market
Agricultural area
/// Wastage decompose site

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-INDUSTRIAL AREA
Factory :
The place where produce
the daily products, such as
food, furnitures etc.
People can work over
here. It also uses the high
technology to maximize
the efficiency of
manufacturing.
Fishing area:
Port where boats park and
the harvesting area. After
collecting, the marine
products will send to market
for selling.
Water storage :
Place to store the
water for people
in daily life. The
water is tunnel
into the water
storage from sea.
After the filtration
and cleaning, it
will distribute
throughout the
city via the
underground tunnel.

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Power supply area :
The solar energy absorbed from the
solar panel is transport to the power
supply station. The station will convert
the solar energy to electrical energy
and eventually distribute to all parts of
city.
Market : A gathering place where all the
deal and trading carry out. People can
obtain their item to fulfill the requirement
in daily life.
Agricultural area : Plantation in this
area to provide the plant or
vegetables for users. All the product
will soon collect and send to market
for all residents.
The transparent wall with the special
UV- eliminate screen to allow
sunlight to pass through for the
plants.

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-RESIDENTIAL AREA, RELIGIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS
LEGENDS:
Train trail way
Transit station
Residential area
Sport Complex
Resident service center
Police station
Religional buildings
Water fountain
Hospital
Educational buildings
/// Waste decompose site

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-RESIDENTIAL AREA, RELIGIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS
Residence area and sport complex: The residential area is in a L shape. All the
residents will stay into the two bars. While the joint ( circle ) is the sport complex,
located at the middle so residents can reach there for exercise in a short time. The
rooftop provides swimming pool and park.
Resident service center : A place
where resident can gather for
meeting or minute for better
resident society. It also known as
Resident Life Central that open for
all residents to enjoy games and
have fun inside!
Police station : To ensure the residential
area’s safety, this building is a must to build
up.
Hospital : A medical center for all citizens to
receive treatment

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Religional buildings and water fountain: These buildings are provided for all residents
since Under Ta’nah is a society with multi-races. Not just for ritual ceremony or
praying, but it also can attracts tourist. Water means unstoppable, therefore, the
water will flow into four directions and bounding the religional buildings.
Educational
buildings: A
place to
provide
education for all
from primary
school to
university.

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-RECREATIONAL AREA AND HISTORIAL BUILDINGS
LEGENDS:
Train trail way
Transit station
Park
Statue
Historial buildings
Theme park
Hot spring
Forest
Lake

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Park : A peaceful place for all to relax and
carry out activities such as jogging, cycling
etc. The green landscape beautify the
whole park.
Statue: A sculpture is place at the center of the park. It’s
a mayor statue, as a symbol for Under Ta’nah City.
Historial buildings: A venue where
including museum, memorial hall
etc. The buildings reflects back
the history of Under Ta’nah.

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Theme park
& hot spring:
Both places is
prepared for
public to
have fun in
Under Ta’nah
City. Robot
theme park is
a brand new
place to enjoy the excitement and moment with
family and friends! Hot spring is easily produced
since it’s closer to the Earth’s core.
Forest & lake : Place where has the most
softscape, for all to feel in the natural
environment

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-ADMINISTRATION, BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL
LEGENDS:
Train trail way
Data center
Government building
Square
Departments
Food court
Commercial block
Shopping mall

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Data center and government building : Located at the heart of the city since the
administration is important for a city. This allow the easy to access to every places in
city.
Departments : Buildings that responsible on each obligation to ensure the city
can function well, such as Department of Health, Department of Defense etc.
Data Center
Government
building
Square

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Food court, commercial block,
shopping mall : A heaven for all to
enjoy just in one area. Live, Work,
Eat.

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Transportation and energy resource
On-the-ground train trail way is in one way. So there will be one way to the
Government area and one way OUT from the Government area.
Floating car
On-the ground train
Tunnel bullet train
ON-THE-GROUND
TRAIN
TUNNEL
TRAIN
FLOATING CAR

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Conclusion
Throughout the researches and findings, finally I done
my proposal for my Underground City “Under Ta’nah”. Its
special created for future…since nowadays the disaster
have been destroyed the some part of our world. Therefore, I
came up with this idea to overcome this nightmare so
everyone can continue their living.
After that, I realize an existence of a city is much
important because it can be a lot of roles. It can be a place
for live, it can be a place to play, it can be a place to
work…so we should not neglect our responsibility to build up
a better environment for our own, as well as our generation.
Planning a future city isn’t an easy task to do because
everything is just under our imagination. The important
information that required when planning a future city is the
basic infrastructure and facilities, such as education,
transportation, communication, community etc.
The high technology may change the perspective of
people towards a city. Therefore, a future city must be build
innovatively and creatively with the aid of advanced
technology. By this, not just people can enjoy a brand new
life but a new image for all! Furthermore, sustainable future
city is an important issue. If a city doesn’t function for long
term, it’s not make any sense if we pay a lot of effort.

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Reference Links
 http://mashable.com/2012/12/26/urban-tech-wish-
list/
 http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/html/home/home.sht
ml
 http://www.iso14001requirements.com/what-is-
environmental-aspects-and-impacts/
 http://weburbanist.com/2014/01/06/walkability-
hyperdensity-14-concepts-for-future-cities/
 http://www.goreme.com/derinkuyu-underground-
city.php
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carfree_city
 https://www.future-london.com/
 http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/11.04/subur
b.html
 http://www.art.net/~hopkins/Don/simcity/manual/his
tory.html
 http://wideurbanworld.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-
is-city-definitions-of-urban.html
 http://geography.about.com/library/faq/blqzcitytow
n.htm
 http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/11.04/subur
b.html
 Google for some images

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