FNBE0214 0318695 ENBE X CITY REPORT

ENBE | Final Project | Part A – Report | The Future City Representation
Better Cities of the Future
Vohtev
“The city you will never leave once you lived.”
Student Name: Janice Lee Juen Yung
Student ID : 0318695
Course :Foundation in Natural &Built
Environment
Intake :February 2014
Janice Lee Juen Yung | 0318695 | Group h | FNBE Feb 2014 | Taylor’s University
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Content
1. Introduction 3
2. The City 5
3. Investigation & Data Collection: Ancient City 7
4. Investigation & Data Collection: Present City 8
5. Investigation & Data Collection: Future City 12
6. Case study On The Selected Type Of Future City 13
7. The Underground City – Vohtev 25
8. Conclusion 26
9. References list 28
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1.Introduction
In this project 2 of subject Elements of Natural and Built Environment, the
lecturers have assigned us to do a project related to the built environment which is
Better Cities for the Future. This project is 40%, 20 % for group work and another
20% for individual work. There are 2 parts of the project which is Part A, the
individual work and also Part B, the group work.
This project is assigned to us because it can expose to us the elements of the
natural and built environment in their basic unit, form and function. Besides, it shows
symbiotic relationship of the elements and built environment.
In Part A, we are required to investigate and explore a city at first hand. Then,
investigate about the present and ancient city. After collecting the information, we
are to propose the future city that focuses on the people’s needs, facilities,
infrastructure, and how sustain it is in the future.
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2. The City
2.1 The City Definition
A city is relatively large and permanent human settlements that have a particular
administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.
2.2 What is the brief history
Throughout history, cities have been found at the intersections of transportation
routes, or at points where goods must shift from one mode of transportation to another,
as at river and ocean ports. The agricultural surplus from the surrounding countryside is
processed and distributed in the city. A city exists for many reasons, and has complex
functions that a city can perform. For example, a city acts as the main storage, trade,
manufacture and religious place. Ancient peoples had sacred places, often associated
with cemeteries or shrines, around which cities grew. Many medieval cities were built
near monasteries and cathedrals. A City often provides protection to the community.
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During attacks, the people could flee behind city walls, where defense forces assembled
to repel the enemy. A city also serves as centers of government.
2.3 What makes a city
• Strategic Location
• Complex functions
• Good circulation and connectivity
• Safety
• Community (cooperation , work together etc)
• Contains all facilities and services.
• A great leader with good followers.
• Has metropolitan areas and urban areas, creating numerous of business commuters
travelling to urban areas for employment.
2.3 What makes a good city
A good city that has every function that the community needed, very well planned
city map, a responsible, great, hardworking and kind leader. The city must be very
safe and has metropolitan areas and urban areas to create numerous business
commuters travelling to urban areas for employment to be a good city.
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2.4 What is the future city
A future city is a green, sustainable, and smart city. The future city will be using
all smartest and latest technologies that consists all functions. The future city is a
pollution free city which uses 100% efficiency machines. It will consist of many
green landscapes too.
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3.Investigation & Data Collection:
Ancient City- Xiangyang City, China.
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3.1 History
Famous for Siege of Xiangyang by invading forces of the Mongol-founded Yuan
Dynasty. Important district during the period of the Three Kingdoms. The
location of major battles during Three Kingdoms. A place where a warlord, Sun
Jian fought another warlord, Liu Biao in 191 AD during the Three Kingdoms. A
major scenic spot and cultural sites including their street, temple and more.
Xiangyang has a monsoon- influenced, four season humid subtropical climate,
with cold, comparatively dry winters and hot humid summers.
It posseses large water energy resources whilst its mineral deposit. The city is still
present today, preserved by China’s government.
3.2 Conclusion about the cities
Many battles had occurred in Xiangyang City. The main battle that occurred in
Xiangyang City is during the period of the Three Kingdoms. It has to have a very
strong, solid, and rigid wall around the city to protect the city from being
destroyed. It needs many soldier too to prevent the city from being destroyed by
its enemy. The citizens travel by walking, or by riding a horse.
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3.3 What information or element that you can use to your new future city
Has to have a strong wall surrounding the city to protect the city from being
destroyed by enemies and natural disasters.
Present City- Shanghai, China
Originally a small agricultural village, developed during the late Qing Dynasty as one of
China’s principal trading ports. The city begun to become one of Asia’s financial centers
since the economic reforms of the early 1990s.
Became the world’s busiest container port.
China’s biggest and most prosperous city.
Shanghai looks like New York and Paris in
term of modernity.It is the world’s leading
economic and business city. Shanghai has very
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gorgeous night scenes with spectacular lights. It has unique culture, also a large collection
of colonial culture. Shanghai night scene is one of the best view with spectacular lights. It is
a very memorable scene ever encountered. Shanghai has one of the most perfect balance
within the modern city and the ancient city. The city is very well-planned as it consist of large
collection of colonial culture and preserves them well. One of the famous tower in Shanghai
is the Oriental Pearl Tower. It is an iconic tower of Shanghai. In conclusion, I believe this
Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai is created making it a distinct landmark in the area. I will
place a monument in my proposed city plan making it a distinct landmark in my city.
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Future Cities – Redwood, California
Redwood City is a California charter city located on the San Francisco Peninsula in
Northern California. Today the city is known as the home of several technology companies
such as Oracle and Electronic Arts. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of
76,815. Redwood City's history spans from its earliest inhabitation by the Ohlone people, to
its tradition as a port for lumber and other goods, to its place as the county seat of only
deepwater port on San Francisco Bay south of San Francisco. The city has a total area of 34.6
square miles (90 km2
).
One of the primary goals of the Redwood City is to create a network of great public
open spaces. It needs additional public open space to improve proximity, and a series of
improvement to existing parks to improve its usefulness. It also needs a series of “Complete
Streets” improvements which are
designed, among other things, to
improve accessibility to public open
spaces. New public open spaces area is
to maintain the City’s standard of 3
acres per 1,000 residents. The
following suggested new public open
spaces are intended to increase access
to public open space, as well as to take
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advantage of natural features, create important linkages, and create focal points in the urban
fabric.
Some proposed new public open spaces are, Depot Plaza, Hamilton Green, Franklin
Park, and Redwood Creek Park. Some of the existing public open spaces to be improved are,
Little River Park, Sequoia High School Open Space, Spring Parklet, Arch Parklet. One of the
reasons that this public open spaces needs to be improve is the back side of the Little River
Park features an unimproved and overgrown creek bank backing up to a commuter parking
lot. For Sequoia High School Open Space, it needs more entry point, seating, lighting and
signage. Some Existing Public Open Spaces to be removed are Spring / Marshall Parklet
because this parklet is very underutilized, and the Arguello Plaza due to its less strategic
location. In conclusion, I will place more public open spaces in my city for my people to
relax and play.
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Future Cities – London, England.
London is a future city because it
has an urban population of
9,787,426 and occupied an area
of 1,737.9 square kilometres
(671.0 sq mi). London has
become a traffic congested city
due to the quantity of private cars on road. This becomes a reason why most people prefer
cycling, walking, taking public
transportation, and car pool instead of
driving. Transportation in London has
become very easy with its Barclays Cycle
Hire. It can be found anywhere in London.
London became a very bicycle- friendly city in the world. By 2062, London aims to become
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an eco-friendly, green, and pollution free city. For my city plan proposal for transportation,
bicycle will be one of the main transportation in my city for a healthier lifestyle.
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6. Case Study On The Selected Type
Of Future City
I have chosen the underground city because of
its uniqueness compare to the other types of city.
An underground city is safe from many natural
disasters such as tornado, tsunami, and more.
There are some inspirations for my underground
city on the left. Some of the important
consideration that I need to be aware of is
earthquake. I will have to prepare a strong
protection for my city.
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7.The Underground City – Vohtev
In 2114, Malaysia is the most harmony and prosperity country in the world. Malaysia is
best known for its culture and races as it consist of 3 types of races, which is Malay, Chinese,
and Indian. Malaysia is living very well with rich natural resources such as fuel and natural
gas. It became one of the most major cargo port in the world. It is famous for its agricultural
area as it is sufficient to provide the people with food supplies and even exporting food to
other parts of the world.
It is the International Beach Day on the 26th
May 2114, as everyone around the world
goes to the beach and enjoys and have fun at the nearby beach including Malaysia. Malaysia
is very well known for the beaches because it has blue and clear sea water and very clean
beach that are always windy and sunny. Unfortunately, around 2 p.m. in the afternoon, a huge
sea wave with a longer wavelength is seen by the people in Malaysia. They started getting
excited and all getting ready for their cameras and people started posing to take a picture with
this huge sea wave.
As it gets closer to the beach, the sea wave has a longer wavelength and became
bigger and getting higher. It was soon identified by one Malaysian that it is a tsunami. People
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start to run for their life but it is too late. The tsunami that is 134km hit the shore and have
taken away about 14,000 lives in Malaysia on that day within an hour. About 35,400 people
were injured. This tsunami wave is so strong that it ruined the whole city of Subang Jaya.
All the buildings in Subang Jaya have been destroyed and collapsed. Subang Jaya is
no longer sustainable for the people to stay anymore. As the mayor of Subang Jaya, I will
have to build a city for my people to stay. “Instead of the common city on the land, I am
going to do something even special for my people and my city!” said the mayor of Subang
Jaya.
The city that I have proposed is the underground city and it shall be named Vohtev.
“It shall be an underground city because it is safer, stronger and free from pollution!” said the
mayor of Subang Jaya. The name of Vohtev came from Ville Of Haute Tech E Verde, which
means City of High Technology and Greens. Vohtev will provide the people a safer, better,
and higher technology environment. It gives the people a healthier lifestyle, better
environment, stronger shelter and buildings.
Vohtev has a lantern shaped shell protecting the city from any natural disasters such
as earthquake. The outer shell is made out of very thick layer of metal and the inner shell is
made out of glass to allow sunlight entering. Vohtev is rectangular in shape and has 4 levels.
Each level is 2.5km by 4km, making its area 40km in total. It will consist of large towns and
approximately fitting all people in Subang Jaya which is 355,000 of population. “I’ve gotten
the inspiration from the ant hole, and we shall be as hardworking as the ants to build this
city!” said former mayor of Subang Jaya, mayor of Vohtev.
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First level of Vohtev:
Zikof
The first level is the level nearest to the sunlight. Therefore, as the mayor, I will place
the solar panels here to absorb as much sunlight as possible. Then we have the water supply
generator to collect as much rain water as possible since it is the closest to the land. A
recreational area will be located in the middle of Zikof as a public open space for people to
relax.
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Second level of Vohtev:
Ogif
For the second level, placing the government building in the centre of the level makes
it a strategic location. A garden on the right of the government building makes the whole
level greener and more lively. Police station is situated beside the government building to
secure its security making this whole city safe and sound without and crimes going on. There
will be a school at the most centre right of the level for the citizens to gain knowledge. A
field in front of the school allows student to exercise, encouraging a healthier lifestyle.
Citizens are also encourage to exercise in the field too. A monument in between the garden
and field is placed. A monument becomes the icon of the whole city of Vohtev. Making it a
good landmark in the area.
A beautiful mosque is placed in front of the government building since Muslim is the
main religion in Malaysia. It also encourages the people in the city to pray more often. This
helps the citizens to release stress, get closer to the God and have trust in God. There will be
3 eateries in the second level for a better food distribution. There will be a military base at the
top left of the second level. This allows citizens to be more patriotic and help protect the city.
There are also 2 hospitals for a better health. A park is placed in the middle left of the level
since we want more public open spaces.
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Third level of Vohtev:
Keruf
The third level is mainly for the citizens to play, relax and stay. In the centre of the
level, there will be a football court, volleyball court, badminton court, swimming pool and
also a playground. This encourages the residents to exercise for a better lifestyle. There will
be shops in front and behind the badminton court for the residents to shop. 4 residential area
will be surrounding the centre for the people of Vohtev city to stay. Each residential area has
their own religious places such as the Buddhist temple, mosque, Indian temple and church.
Gardens will be located behind all residential area since we want more public open spaces for
the citizens to relax and play. A clinic and a police station is situated on the right of the third
level to protect the residents and making the whole place crime free, and also to allow
citizens to check their health frequently.
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Fourth level of Vohtev:
Alof
Alof is mainly an industrial level. For more public open spaces, I place a recreational area in
the middle of the level for the citizens to gather. A waste management area on the top right of
the level is to manage waste in the whole city. It will recycle and reuse the items that are not
wanted by the citizens anymore and manufacture into something useful and to be used again.
For the geothermal energy generator, a tube connected underground absorbs heat. It is then
converted into geothermal energy by the geothermal energy generator. And it will further
convert to electrical supply for the whole city. The agricultural area is mainly for farming.
The fruits and so on in the agricultural area will then transfer to the food manufacturer area
which is in front of the agricultural area to become food for the citizens. The solar energy
generator gets its solar energy from the solar panels in level one. The solar energy is then
converted into electrical supply for the whole city.
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For transportation, every level consists of 4 transportation lifts at all 4 corners that
connects all 4 levels, 4 stairs to practice healthy walking that connects all 4 levels, a
highway hybrid train station in the centre of each level that has 2 hybrid train railways.
Each hybrid train railways have 4 train stops. Every train stop have 3 bicycle rental place
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to rent public bicycles for the citizens.
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8.Conclusion
It has been weeks since I have been researching on cities, it was a very challenging topic
to do since city is a very wide and big topic to talk about. However, the exposure to cities was
a very good experience after all.
I would say that being a mayor of a city is not an easy task to do. We have to place the
people as the first priority instead of ourselves. We must take the risk at all times and also
sacrifice ourselves for the people to have a better stay in our city. Planning a city is very
challenging as we have to make it very green, high technology and so on. We have to think of
the transportation, built form of all areas, walkability, connectivity and also circulation.
There goes a saying, a future city is a sustainable city. If we can achieve sustainability,
we are living in the future life. Therefore, we have to achieve sustainability in a city.
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9.Reference Links
1. http://www.art.net/~hopkins/Don/simcity/manual/history.html
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami
3. http://www.city.ac.uk/
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redwood_City,_California
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City
6. http://www.redwoodcity.org/about/
7. http://www.londoncityairport.com/
8. http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Pages/default.aspx
9. http://www.redwoodcity.org/
10. http://www.zillow.com/redwood-city-ca/
11. http://www.city-data.com/city/Redwood-City-California.html
12. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Tower
13. http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/shanghai/shanghai-tower/
14. http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=391698
15. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai
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16. http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/shanghai.htm
17. http://wikitravel.org/en/Shanghai
18. http://www.shanghai.gov.cn/shanghai/node27118/
19. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ancient_cities
20. http://listverse.com/2012/12/01/10-ancient-cities-still-around-today/
21. http://www.historvius.com/ancient-cities/fr247
22. http://greencities.org.au/
23. http://www.earthday.org/greencities/
24. http://www.earthday.org/greencities/learn/
25. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_city
26. http://www.sustainable-city.org/
27. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/sustainability/sustainable_li
ving_rev1.shtml
28. http://sustainablecities.net/
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