Fp part a - report template


Content:

1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………………….. 3

2. A City Investigation on Better City Guidelines and Issues…………………………...4

3. Investigation & Data Collection: Ancient cities (Mohenjo Daro)…………………...9

4. Investigation & Data Collection: Present city (City of Sydney).……………………16

5. Investigation & Data Collection: The future city (Masdar city)……….……………23

6. Case study on the selected type of the future city…………………………………..30

7. The New “X” City, ESPERO ………………………………………………………………..31

8. The Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………41

9. References list……………………………………………………………………………….42



1. Introduction

In this project, I am required to pretend that I am the mayor of the “X” city and to propose a better future city for the people because the city is no longer livable. In order to create a better city, I will have to find out what a city is, its development and history, components, elements and what makes a better city.

This project is aimed to expose us on how to design a sustainable and livable city for the people. People ignore design that ignores people. Hence, we have to design a place that suits the people needs. In order to do so, I have to do researches on city planning.

After doing the comprehensive researches on what makes a better city, I am required to produce a report to demonstrate my understandings and the collection of data on what a city is.



2. The City

2.1 The city definition

A city is a relatively permanent and highly organized center of population, of greater size or importance than a town or village. Think of the complexity of road systems, transportation, building laws, markets, food distribution, educational systems, etc., and you get an idea of what is meant by that statement. But that complexity didn't spring up overnight. It is the result of long years of human development.

For instance, the city of Kuala Lumpur, in the 1850s, it was nothing but a large tin mine. Through years of development, it became the federal



capital and most populous city in Malaysia. It is also an urban agglomeration of 6.9 million. It is among the fastest growing metropolitan regions in the country, in terms of population and economy. In a nutshell, it took over a century to spring up to what it seems today.

2.2 Brief history of city

The first cities appeared in Neolithic times when the development of agricultural techniques assured surplus crop yields large enough to sustain a permanent populations. Ancient Greece saw the creation of the city-state, a form also important in the emergence of the Roman

Empire as well as the medieval Italian trading centers of Venice, Genoa, and Florence. After The Middle Ages, cities came increasingly under the political control of centralized government and served the interests of the nation-state. The Industrial Revolution further transformed city life, as factory cities blossomed rapidly in England, northwestern Europe, and the northeastern U.S. By the mid-20th century, 30–60% of a country’s population might be living in its major urban centers. With the rise of the automobile came the growth of suburbs and urban sprawl, as

factories, offices, and residences erected in earlier periods became paged and obsolete. Today many cities suffer from lack of adequate housing, sanitation, recreational space, and transportation facilities, and face problems of inner-city

decay or burgeoning shantytowns. Local governments have sought to alleviate these problems through urban planning.



2.3 What makes a city?

A city has professional administrators, regulations, and some form of taxation (food and other necessities or means to trade for them) to feed the government workers. The governments may be based on heredity, religion, military power, work projects (such as canal building), food distribution, land ownership, agriculture, commerce, manufacturing, finance, or a combination of those.

Besides that, a city consists of infrastructures and facilities for the citizens. A city is also a place where human activities centered. Education is centered at the city too. Last but not least, societies that live in cities are often called civilizations.



2.4 What makes a good city?

Now we know what a city is, but what is a good city? A good city achieves resilience, inclusiveness and authenticity.

Resilience focuses on adaptability, flexibility and balance. It is about the ability of a city to ‘invent’ or ‘re-invent’ itself through shocks and stresses to harmoniously accommodate old and new values and to adapt the functions and requirements of the city. It illustrate a city’s capacity to balance continuity with change, heritage and innovation, natural spaces and the urban environment to the benefit of its inhabitants.

Inclusiveness is about creating social integration and cohesion. Inclusive cities are open for participation from the widest range of civil society, irrespective to gender, age, ethnicity, cultural heritage, beliefs, religions and economic status. Inhabitants should have equal opportunities to participate in the activities of the city. Inclusiveness enhances community feelings, the sense of ownership to the city, the sense of belonging to that place.



Authenticity is the ability to maintain the local character of the city, the local heritage, culture and environment. At the same time, a city needs to accommodate social, economic and technological changes – and evolves itself. The evolution needs to be sustainable and match the expectations of the citizens.

2.5 What is future cities?



So what is future cities? There are no real definition on what is a future city. We are still working towards that goal, and there are quite some approaches that resembles future cities.

In order to build a future city, sustainable development is vital. Sustainable development is an organizing principle for human life on a finite planet. It posits a desirable future state for human societies in which living conditions and resource-use meet human needs without undermining the sustainability of natural systems and the environment, so that future generations may also have their needs met.

Sustainable development ties together concern for the carrying capacity of natural systems with the social and economic challenges faced by humanity. The sustainability of human settlements is part of the relationship between humans and their natural, social and built environments.

Fundamental human needs such as the availability and quality of air, water, food and shelter are also the ecological foundations for sustainable development.


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Sustainable agriculture may be defined as consisting of environmentally friendly methods of farming that allow the production of crops or livestock without damage to human or natural systems.

Sustainable energy is the sustainable provision of energy that is clean and lasts for a long period of time. Unlike the fossil fuel that most of the countries are using, renewable energy only produces little or even no pollution.

Sustainable architecture is architecture that seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings by efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, and development space. Sustainable architecture uses a conscious approach to energy and ecological conservation in the design of the built environment.

In a nutshell, future cities uses technology and communication to create more efficient agglomerations in terms of competitiveness, innovation, environment, energy, utilities, governance, and delivery of services to the citizen.



3. Investigation & Data Collection:Ancient Cities

3.1 History of ancient cities

Urbanization is the process by which rural communities grow to form cities, or urban centers, and, by extension, the growth and expansion of those cities. Urbanization began in ancient Mesopotamia in the Uruk Period (4300-3100 BCE) for reasons scholars have not yet agreed on. It is speculated, however, that a particularly prosperous and efficient village attracted the attention of other, less prosperous, tribes who then attached themselves to the successful settlement. This process, then, gave rise to the densely populated centers which came to be known as 'cities’.

After Mesopotamia, this culture arose in Syria and Anatolia, as shown by the city of Çatalhöyük (7500–5700BC). It is the largest Neolithic site found to date. Although it has sometimes been claimed that ancient Egypt lacked urbanism, several types of urban settlements were found in ancient times.

The Indus Valley Civilization and ancient China are two other areas with major indigenous urban traditions. Among the early Old World cities, Mohenjo-daro of the Indus Valley Civilization in present-day Pakistan, existing from about 2600 BC, was one of the largest, with a population of 50,000 or more.



In ancient Greece, beginning in the early 1st millennium BC, there emerged independent city-states that evolved for the first time the notion of citizenship, becoming in the process the archetype of the free city, the polis.

Agriculture was practiced in sub-Saharan Africa since the third millennium BC. Because of this, cities could develop as centers of non-agricultural activity.

Excavations at early urban sites show that some cities were sparsely populated political capitals, others were trade centers, and still other cities had a primarily religious focus. Some cities had large dense populations, whereas others carried out urban activities in the realms of politics or religion without having large associated populations.



3.2 Mohenjo Daro

Built around 2600 BCE, it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, known as the Harappan Civilization, which developed around 3000 BCE from the prehistoric Indus culture and one of the world's earliest major urban settlements, contemporaneous with the civilizations of ancient

Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Crete.

Mohenjo-daro was abandoned in the 19th century BCE, and was not rediscovered until 1922. Significant excavation has since been conducted at the site of the city, which was designated as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. The site is currently threatened by erosion and improper restoration.

Mohenjo-daro was the most advanced city of its time, with remarkably sophisticated civil engineering and urban planning. When the Indus civilization went into sudden decline around 1900 BCE, Mohenjo-daro was abandoned.

3.3 What makes it significant?

Mohenjo-daro has a planned layout based on a street grid of rectilinear buildings. Most were built of fired and mortared brick; some incorporated sun-dried mud-brick and wooden superstructures. Estimates of the area covered by the city range from 85 to 200 hectares, with a "weak" estimate of peak population at around 40,000.



The sheer size of the city, and its provision of public buildings and facilities, suggests a high level of social organization. The city is divided into two parts, the so-called Citadel and the Lower City. The Citadel – a mud-brick mound around 12 meters (39 ft) 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 of 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 two stories.

One large building in Mohenjo-daro, identified as a "Great Granary" has certain wall-divisions in its massive wooden superstructure appeared to be grain storage-bays, complete with air-ducts to dry the grain. Carts would have brought grain from the countryside and unloaded them directly into the bays.



` Close to the "Great Granary" is a large and elaborate public bath, sometimes called the Great Bath. From a colonnaded courtyard, steps

lead down to the brick-built pool, which was waterproofed by a lining of bitumen. The pool measures 12 meters (39 ft) long, 7 meters (23 ft) wide and 2.4 meters (7.9 ft) deep. It may have been used for religious purification. Other large buildings include a "Pillared Hall", thought to be an assembly hall of some kind, and the so-called "College Hall", a complex of buildings comprising 78 rooms, thought to have been a priestly residence.

Mohenjo-daro had no series of city walls, but was fortified with guard towers to the west of the main settlement, and defensive fortifications to the south. Considering these fortifications and the structure of other major Indus valley cities like Harappa, it is postulated that Mohenjo-daro was an administrative center.

Both Harappa and Mohenjo-daro share relatively the same architectural layout, and were generally not heavily fortified like other Indus Valley sites. It is obvious from the identical city layouts of all Indus sites that there was some kind of political or administrative centrality, but the extent and functioning of an administrative center remains unclear. Mohenjo-daro was successively destroyed and rebuilt at least seven times. Each time, the new cities were built directly on top of the old ones. Flooding by the Indus is thought to have been the cause of destruction.



3.4 Conclusion

Since ancient times, humans know the need of a city. As the rural communities begin to grow, urbanization is vital. Through years of urbanization, humans learned to master city planning. With the technologies they had at that time, it’s really unimaginable that they were able to build a city for themselves. But somehow, they did it.

It is not just a city that they were building, they were building systems. It is not just the buildings they built made the city, there were governance & policies, economies, social organization, transportations and so on. They were learning to create a better city for the people.

Finally, humans were practicing city planning since thousands of years ago and because of that, we are living in a highly organized, well-facilitated, healthy city today.

4.5 Information or elements to apply on ESPERO



After the extensive research on ancient city Mohenjo Daro, there are a few elements that I would like to apply in my city:

High level of sophisticated civil engineering and urban planning. Urban planning is very important as the design of the city must suit the needs of the people.

Find new materials and create new ways to build the city.We may be limited by the materials we need to build the city so we need to find for new materials and be innovative to create new ways to build the city.

Central trading place.A place where all the economic activities centered.

Good waste management.To ensure the sanitation of the city is well maintained.

Great use of space for residential area.Construct areas for residential that is integrated into the activities of the surroundings.

Storage base for food and water source.Store food and water to support the population.

Self defense mechanisms.The safety of the city and the inhabitants in it must be ensured to provide a safe and comfortable place for them.



4. Investigation & Data Collection:Present Cities4.1 History of present cities (Sydney)

The name Sydney comes from "Sydney Cove" which is where the English admiral Arthur Phillip established the first settlement, after arriving with the First Fleet. On 26 January 1788, he named it after Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, who was the home secretary at the time, and the man responsible for the plan for the convict colony in Australia.

The "City of Sydney" was established on 20 July 1842 by the Corporation Act which encompasses present-day Woolloomooloo, Surry Hills, Chippendale and Pyrmont, an area of 11.65 km². There were six wards established by boundary posts. A boundary post still exists in front of Sydney Square.

The boundaries of the City of Sydney have changed fairly regularly since 1900. The Municipality of Camperdown was merged with the city in 1909. Added in 1949 were Alexandria, Darlington, Erskineville, Newtown, Redfern, Glebe, Waterloo, and Paddington. In 1968 the boundaries were changed and many of these suburbs moved to be part of a new municipality of South Sydney. South Sydney was brought back into the city in 1982, but became separate again under the City of Sydney Act of 1988 and then became smaller than its original size at 6.19 km². It grew again in February 2004 with the merger of the two council areas, and now has a population of approximately 170,000 people.

The City of Sydney is a major supporter of the Sydney Peace Prize.


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4.2 City of Sydney

The City of Sydney is the local government area covering the Sydney central business district and surrounding inner city suburbs of the greater metropolitan area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The central business district of Sydney is roughly bounded by Circular Quay and Sydney Harbour to the north, Macquarie Street to the east, Darling Harbour to the west and Liverpool Street and Central railway station to the south.

On 6 February 2004, the former local government area of the City of South Sydney was formally merged into the City of Sydney. Suburbs within the boundaries of the City of Sydney before the merger include the actual downtown or central business district of Sydney itself, Pyrmont and Ultimo to the west, Haymarket to the south and Woolloomooloo to the east and other suburbs. Suburbs within the City of South Sydney before the merger included Alexandria, Darlington (now mostly occupied by the University of Sydney), Erskineville, Newtown, Redfern, Glebe, Waterloo,Paddington.

The leader of the City of Sydney holds the title of the Lord Mayor of Sydney. The current Lord Mayor is Cr. Clover Moore.




Sydney is well-endowed with open spaces and access to waterways, and has many natural areas botanic gardens and parks. Within the CBD are the Chinese Garden of Friendship, Hyde Park, The Domain and the Royal Botanic Gardens.

The metropolitan area also contains prominent parks and gardens, such as the Auburn Botanical Gardens, and national parks, including the Royal National Park, the second oldest national park in the world, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and several parks in Sydney's far west which are part of the World Heritage listed Greater Blue Mountains Area.

Contemporary architecture includes the Sydney Opera House (1973), designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon. Described as an "artistic monument", it is one of the most recognisable landmarks in both Sydney and Australia and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

One Central Park (2013), an urban renewal development in Ultimo, is a prominent example of green design in Australian buildings and features vertical gardens.



Residential architectural styles vary, with Victorian terrace houses being most common in the inner city regions, while single detached family homes with mid to large gardens are prevalent in the suburbs. Harry Seidler built modernist homes and skyscrapers in Sydney, and designed prominent buildings such as the MLC Centre, the Capita Centre, and Australia Square. Seidler's designs contrasted with the "Sydney school" of the 1950s and 1960s, who favored more natural and organic designs, often hidden from view in bush land. This style of architecture often utilized natural local materials as structural elements.

As the financial, manufacturing and economic hub of Australia, Sydney has grown to become a wealthy and prosperous city and its residents enjoy the world's second highest earnings when measured using domestic purchasing power, among world cities. The largest economic sectors in Sydney, as measured by the number of people employed, include property and business services, retail, manufacturing, and health and community services. Sydney's Central Business District (CBD) extends southwards for about 3 km (2 mi) from Sydney Cove to the area around Central station. The Sydney CBD is bounded on the east side by a chain of parkland, and the west by Darling Harbour, a tourist and nightlife precinct.



Sydney has public, denominational and independent schools. Public schools, including pre-schools, primary and secondary schools, and special schools are administered by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training. There are four state-administered education areas in Sydney, that together co-ordinate 932 public schools. Of the 30 selective high schools in the state, 25 are in Sydney.

Health services in Sydney are delivered through a mix of public and private systems, funded by government (from tax revenue) and private health insurance. The government of New South Wales, in particular the Ministry of Health, operates several large public hospitals in the Sydney metropolitan region

Road transport and the motor vehicle are the main form of transports in Sydney. The road system consists of an extensive network of freeways and toll roads. Public transport in Sydney consists of an extensive network of road transport as well as rail transport and water transport modes.



4.4 Conclusion

Presently, people are able to manage a bigger city and the population that is way bigger than the past. A better and highly organized governance and policies brought a better living quality and standards to the people.

Due to the advancement of technologies, we can now access from one place to another place in just a few minutes even if it’s kilometers away. Besides that, we can talk to our far distance friends at anytime and anywhere we want. Hence, the world has no more boundaries. With this, the cities can have diplomatic relationship to shares information and resources with other cities.

People nowadays strive for education and wellness. As we became wiser since the ancient time, we realized that knowledge is very crucial for us. By knowledge, we know one must be healthy in order to live longer. Therefore, institutes and hospitals were built around us.

4.5 Information or elements to apply in ESPERO



After the extensive researches on the city of Sydney, there are a few elements I would like to apply in my city:

Big capacity.To sustain great amount of people.

Green and open public places.Built for the people to interact among themselves and at the same time, enjoy.

Central business place.Where all the economic activities centered.

Organized structure of government. To lead the people to the right direction and prevent chaos between people.

Efficient water storage.Built to supply water easily to the people and dams are built to store water for emergencies.

Education prepared. For the younger ones so that they will be knowledgeable and do further contributions to the city to make it better.

Health services provided for the people.To ensure the wellness of them.

Advanced and systematic transport system includes public transport system built to make the peoples’ travelling easier

5. Investigation & Data Collection:



Future Cities5.1 Masdar City

Masdar City is an arcology project in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. Its core is a planned city, which is being built by Masdar, a subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company, with the majority of seed capital provided by the Government of Abu Dhabi.

In 2008, Masdar City broke ground and embarked on a daring journey to develop the world’s most sustainable eco-city. From its inception, city planners knew that taking such a visionary concept to reality would be a challenging and an evolutionary process. And today, through smart investments, Masdar City is successfully pioneering a “green print” for how cities can accommodate rapid urbanization and dramatically reduce energy, water and waste. The bold dream has turned into a sustainable operation – pushing the boundaries of smart design and technology.

For Masdar City to reach its full potential – and be replicable - it adheres to the guiding principles of sustainability to ensure it delivers social, environmental and economic value. This requires going beyond best practices and proving that being sustainable is as much about creating commercial opportunity and a quality lifestyle as it is about reducing the carbon footprint.




The city, which combines ancient Arabic architectural techniques with modern technology, is naturally cooler, captures prevailing winds and is more comfortable during the high summer temperatures. Masdar City has terracotta walls decorated with arabesque patterns. From a distance, Masdar City looks like a cube. The temperature on Masdar's streets is generally 15 to 20°C cooler than the surrounding desert. The temperature difference is due to Masdar's unique construction. A 45-meter high wind tower modelled on traditional Arab designs sucks air from above and pushes a

cooling breeze through Masdar's streets. The site is raised above the surrounding land in order to create a slight cooling effect. Buildings are clustered close together in order to create streets and walkways shielded from the sun.

But the sun is also a blessing. Harnessing the sun’s rays, Masdar uses clean energy generated onsite from rooftop solar and one of the largest photovoltaic installations in the Middle East.



At the city’s core is an innovation engine. The city is growing its neighborhoods around the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology – a research university dedicated to cutting-edge solutions in the fields of energy and sustainability. The institute is Masdar City’s nucleus, which extends a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship throughout the city. Companies

can foster close ties with the university and partner to spark economic growth and accelerate breakthrough technologies to market.

Masdar City is integrating a smart transportation network, which includes cars, light rail, automated pod cars and a variety of electric-powered public transport options. But most importantly, the city prioritizes walking, cycling and public transportation as the city is very walkable and pedestrian friendly. Under a revised design, public transport within the city will rely on methods other than the PRTs. A driverless, point-to-point personal rapid transit (PRT) system. Masdar will instead use a mix of electric vehicles and other clean-energy vehicles for mass transit inside the city. Centralized zero-carbon, automated public transportation network.



5.3 Conclusion

From ancient till future cities, lots of smart technologies have been added into city planning. Thus, this led to a better living environment in the city. For a country that was born a dessert, relying on the technologies and the knowledge they have, they were able to cool the temperature of the city down to a 15 – 20 degree Celsius decline. How magnificent it can be.

Sun is an enemy for all dessert countries as it causes drought to the people but they don’t hate on sun but blessed to have sun by their side. They harvest the sunlight to generate energy for their city and they made use of the sunlight very well.

Lastly, the city is created to suit the need of widest range of people. No matter who you are, you tend to feel enjoyable in that city as it is a very friendly city.

5.4 Information and elements to apply in ESPERO



After the extensive researches on future city, Masdar city, there are a few elements I would like to apply in my city:

Utilize renewable energy.So that the city is more efficient and self-sustaining.

Pedestrian friendly design.So that the city is more walkable, accessible and livable.

Centralized automated zero carbon public transportations.Uses public transportations that have zero emission for healthier environment.

Research and development area.Provide cutting-edge solutions in fields of energy and sustainability.

Great orientation of buildings.To seek maximum efficiency gains at the lowest cost by optimally orienting the city grid and buildings

Integration of the aspects of city life.All aspects of city life are integrated so work, entertainment, recreation and home are all in close proximity, for convenience and to minimize use of transportation.

Vibrant urban realm. In the city, as much focus has been put on the public spaces between the buildings, as well on the buildings themselves. Thus, the streets and squares invite people to enjoy the outdoors, where they interact and engage with fellow students, residents, professionals and visitors.



6. Case study on the selected type of the future city

6.1 COLUMBIA

Columbia is a city floating in the sky, commissioned by the United States government and founded by Zachary Hale Comstock as a symbol of American political and religious ideals. The city, capable of flight due to the scientific discoveries of physicist Rosalind Lutece, was completed in 1893, and seceded from the United States in 1902. It is the primary setting of BioShock Infinite.

6.1 Important and interesting considerations

Columbia floats above the North American continent and is comprised of neoclassical buildings similar to cities in the American Northeast (such as Boston) built in the earlier days of the United States. While reactors, propellers and balloons are present throughout the city, its ability to float is due to quantum levitation which allows objects to be suspended indefinitely. The city is also designed with "rain-catchers" that collect water from precipitation in the clouds to keep the vegetation and populace supplied with water.

The city was designed with docking stations and propulsion devices to allow sections of it to move about independently. Columbia was constructed for long distance travel, allowing for national and international tours. The city had a regular route across the United States with periodic stops near major cities, connecting to relay stations which contain transport rockets. These rockets function as a means of entry into Columbia, accessible via coded signal. Columbia's internal means of transportation include zeppelins, cargo barges, hovercrafts, gondolas, and Sky-Lines. Bridges are also automated to connect with different moving portions of the city at various stations, scheduled like any other transportation system.



7. The New “X” City, ESPERO

7.1 Why I created this city?

In year 2077, the Final War, an atomic war deployed, devastating the land on Earth. As the mayor of “X” city, I proposed the city in the air, ESPERO to create new livable environment for the people, bringing hope once more to the people.

ESPERO is a 30 square kilometers floating in the air city. It flies within the altitude of 1000m to 3000m.

7.2 Why is it in the air?

The Final War caused the land to be desolated, non-livable for humans anymore.

The air at that level is very poisonous, even If we gasp only one breathe of it, the damage may be fatal or even cause death.



Besides that, diseases start to spread and affecting the health of the people severely. To prevent the people from getting ill and die, the city have to be in the air as the quality of air at that altitude is clean and germ-free. People will be free of diseases and have extended longevity.

7.3 Characteristics of ESPERO

Protecting the city is a layer of membrane. It filters the air outside to provide cleaner air for the city and it’s transparent so sunlight can enter.


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There are only 2 levels in the city. The city floor and the Industrial zones on the lower level. The human activities will be centered on the city floor area.

Zoning and layout.

The overall layout plan for ESPERO The military and law enforcement unit



The capital and main government buildings

A welfare state is a concept of government in which the state plays a key role in the protection and promotion of the economic and social well-being of its citizens. It is based on the principles of equality of opportunity, equitable distribution of wealth, and public responsibility for those unable to avail themselves of the minimal provisions for a good life.

F.R.E.N.S, the main entertainment area



The Dome, the agricultural area

Vertical farming

The Dome practices vertical farming to save space and farm efficiently. It has not only vegetables but with livestock together that have symbiotic relationship between them. In this large scale of farming, the city can sustain great amount of people due to sufficient food source.



The R&D/ Education area

R&D area provides cutting-edge solutions in fields of energy and sustainability.

Aside of plain R&D, it provides the people a very comfortable study environment so that they can study better and further contribute to the city’s development.



Residential area

Pod-like design as the residential houses as it is easy to maintain and can stack up to several floors if there is an increase in population.

The residential area is focused on the city center so that people are gathered together and they can spread out to their workstation easily which means the accessibility is very high.

On every fifth floor, there is an open deck installed to connect few blocks of stacked up pods. People can interact and spend time on the green space prepared for them. Besides that, groceries are placed on the deck too for the people to buy anything they want.



The airport

The Central Trading place

All economic activities is centered at this place. The most prosperous place in the city.



Industrial area/ Energy management

Solar panels on rooftops

Airborne wind turbine installed around the flying city.



Transportation

Straddling bus Its passenger compartment spans the width of two traffic lanes and sits high above the road surface, on a pair of fencelike stilts that leave the road clear for ordinary vehicle to pass underneath. It runs along a fixed route. It is six meters, or about 20 feet, wide — is to be powered by a combination of municipal electricity and solar power derived from panels mounted on the roofs of the vehicles and at bus stops. Fully automated.

The buses spread out from the central station in the central trading place and go to different sections and interchange at the central station again.

Bicycle

Bicycles is the easiest and greenest transportation. In the city, there are designated bike lanes for bicycle users. The bicycles is for public usage as they are

installed at everywhere in the city at the vertical bike stands along the streets side.



8. Conclusion

Doing this project, definitely is an eye opener to me. It made me to do comprehensive researches and therefore, I managed to look at city differently.

Planning a city is not easy, it is not just building nice buildings and ignore the needs of the people. The people in the city is what we need to focus on. If the people don’t feel livable in the city, the city will not grow any further.

Making a city self-sustaining is also very important, it really cut down a lot of energy usage and the maintenance required for us to deal with. Last but not least, to learn how to plan a city, we must first learn the history, the evolution since then till now, only we can create a better living city.



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http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/urbanization/how_to_make_a_city_great

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

Fp part a - report template

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