Better City of the Future

Squidto City

Teoh Sze Ming 0317838

FNBE FEB 2014 Taylor’s University

Tutor: Mr Fariz

Content

1. Introduction

2. A City

3. Investigation & Data Collection:

Ancient and old cities

4. Investigation & Data Collection:

The Present city

5. Investigation & Data Collection:

The Future city

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

7. The Squidto City

8. The Conclusion

9. References Link

Introduction

For our final Elements of Natural Built Environment (ENBE) assignment. We

student were told to be a mayor of an X city, and construct and design a new

city for the citizen. Student have the choice to choose a new setting for the city

such as underground, underwater, floating on air, floating on water and more.

Our Task for Part A is an individual component; we need to investigate and

understands the content related to the city and a better future for the citizen.

Student need to present a video about the X city about the new city and write a

report on the research and finding of the new city. For Part B a group of six

members have to build a model of the new city.

This assignment let student to analyse and evaluate the different development of

the built environment by looking at the natural topography, landscape, space,

building and infrastructure.

The City

Definition

A city is a relatively large and permanent human settlement. Cities have a

particular administrative, legal, or historical status. The City generally has

complex systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, housing and transportation.

Brief History

Towns and cities have a long history, although opinions vary on whether any

particular ancient settlement can be considered a city. A city formed as central

places of trade for the benefit of the members living in close proximity to others

facilitates interaction of all kinds. These interactions generate both positive and

negative externalities between others' actions. Benefits include reduced

transport costs, exchange of ideas, sharing of natural resources, large local

markets, and later in their development, amenities such as running

water and sewage disposal. Possible costs would include higher rate of crime,

higher mortality rates, higher cost of living, worse pollution, traffic and high

commuting times. Cities grow when the benefits of proximity between people

and firms are higher than the cost.

What makes a city?

A city is a place that living thing and non-living interact with each other’s; it is

also a place for people to mixed-use and mixed-income of neighbourhood. The

unique of a city is that every building has different age, condition and size.

There are living spaces everywhere especially near downtown for people to

hangout. Large and small public squares at all significant intersection in the city.

Automobile parking is underground or mid-block. Light rail or a rapid train

connection to the airport. Freight and passenger rail depots in town.

What makes a good city?

Cities are for all people. Public places are where all can share in the good of the

city. A cities public space should make all the people that live in the city happy.

Making people happy requires that they have dignity, are treated equally, and

have hope. There are a lots of historical building.

What is future city?

Future city is a sustainable city and is starting to change now. A future city is

cities that expands human potential and improve it. The future city needs to

ensure the sustainability of the city itself and raise the international awareness

of the city. The future city will turn a Porto into a smart city. The transportation

will be more convenient and higher technology. The future city needs to give

people a more good and relax place to live in.

Investigation & Data Collection

Ancient and old cities

Rome

Introduction

In the ancient world, very often a `city' describes itself as urban centre of dense

population and a certain pattern of buildings spreading out from a central

religious complex such as a temple. The word `city’ derives from the

Latin cavities although urban development pre-dates Rome by many centuries.

The meaning that they are defined as large communities of people who have

decided to live together for a common purpose under laws observed by all.

There is archaeological evidence of human occupation of the Rome area from

approximately 14,000 years ago, but the dense layer of much younger debris

obscures Palaeolithic and Neolithic sites.

History

Rome began as a collection of small urban villages which ultimately became the

city-state that ruled one of the greatest empires known to man. According to the

founding myth of Rome, the city was founded on 21 April 753 BC by twin

brothers Romulus and Remus. The Roman Empire (which grew from the

Roman Republic) was relatively short lived – lasting from its founding in 27 BC

with its first Emperor Augustus to its last, Romulus Augustulus, who was

deposed in 476 AD (though the Eastern Roman Empire survived another 977

years). Romulus became the source of the city's name. Romulus travel to the

neighbouring towns and tribes and attempted to secure marriage rights but as

Rome was so full of undesirables they all refused. 

Location

Rome is in the Lazio region of central Italy on the Tiber river. The original

settlement developed on hills that faced onto a ford beside the Tiber Island, the

only natural ford of the river in this area. The Rome of the Kings was built on

seven hills: the Aventine Hill, the Caelian Hill, the Capitoline Hill,

the Esquiline Hill, the Palatine Hill, the Quirinal Hill, and the Viminal Hill.

Modern Rome is also crossed by another river, the Aniene, which flows into the

Tiber north of the historic centre. Although the city centre is about 24

kilometres (15 mi) inland from the Tyrrhenian Sea, the city territory extends to

the shore, where the south-western district of Ostia is located. The Commune of

Rome covers an overall area of about 1,285 square kilometres (496 sq. mi),

including many green areas.

Details

Ancient Rome was a powerful and rich civilization that at its peak stretched

across Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia. The Roman Empire was the

birthplace of much important technological, political, social, and cultural

advancement. Some aspects of ancient Roman culture are still present in our

society today.

Conclusion

Rome is a historical city. Roman architecture has provided us with magnificent

structures that have, quite literally, stood the test of time. By combining a wide

range of materials with daring designs, the Romans were able to push the

boundaries of physics and turn architecture into an art form. The result was that

architecture became an imperial tool to demonstrate to the world that Rome was

culturally superior because only she had the wealth, skills, and audacity to

produce such edifices

Investigation & Data Collection

Present City

Paris

Introduction

Capital and most populous city of France is Paris. It is situated on the

Seine River, in the north of the country, at the heart of the Île-de-France region.

Within its administrative limits, the city had 2,243,833 inhabitants in 2010

while its metropolitan area is one of the largest population centres in

Europe with more than 12 million inhabitants.

History

Paris is an encampment of hunter-gatherers dating to the Mesolithic period,

between 9800 and 7500 BC. Other traces of temporary settlements were found

at Bercy in 1991, dating from around 4500–4200 BC. The excavations at Bercy

found the fragments of three wooden canoes used by fishermen on the Seine,

the oldest dating to 4800-4300 BC.

Location

Paris is located in northern central France. By road it is 450 kilometres (280 mi)

south-east of London, 287 kilometres (178 mi) south of Calais, 305 kilometres

(190 mi) south-west of Brussels, 774 kilometres (481 mi) north of Marseilles,

385 kilometres (239 mi) north-east of Nantes, and 135 kilometres (84 mi) south-

east of Rouen. Paris is located in the north-bending arc of the river Seine, spread

widely on both banks of the river, and includes two inhabited islands, the Île

Saint-Louis and the larger Île de la Cité, which forms the oldest part of the city.

The river’s mouth on the English Channel (La Manche) is about 233 mi

(375 km) downstream of the city. 

Details

Paris was the focal point for many important political events throughout its

history, including the French Revolution. Today it is one of the world's leading

business and cultural centres, and its influence in politics, education,

entertainment, media, science, fashion and the arts all contribute to its status as

one of the world's major cities.

Conclusion

Paris is a historical city. Paris architecture place that has provided us with

magnificent structures that have, quite literally, stood the test of time. Paris is

the landmark of the city

Investigation & Data Collection

Future City

Floating PH Conditioner

Introduction

A floating PH Conditioner is actually a skyscraper designed to prevent air

pollution. The designer Shi Jian Wei, Huang Hai Yang and Hao Tian have

created a design proposal that looks to have air cleaning system floating above

the city to clean the air effectively. If you’ve ever lived on the ground floor of a

sky scraper or even anywhere on the first 4 floors of one, you know just how

badly street pollution affects the environment of your home. So they design the

building floating and the structure is fitted with air cleaning system. Expert

believes that people living on higher floors in skyscraper should use plantation

to filtratilize the city air. But now with this skyscraper building we no need to

worry about the air pollution.

History

As by products, the purification system would produce water and fertilizer that

could ultimately be used in city gardens and parks. The ‘pH Conditioner’ design

was given an honourable mention along with 23 other designs in the

competition.

Structure

One of the entries at the yearly Evolo Skyscraper competition, the ‘pH

Conditioner’ design looks like giant jellyfish though it would activity contribute

to the cleaning of city air. 

Conclusion

Future city is to create more great thing to let the citizen live in. As an architect

we need to design something more harm to help to improve the environment.

Future city are concentrating on?

• Floating city

• Modern

• Very technological

• Entertainment

• Educated

Case study of the selected type of future city

My selected type of future city for my X city is floating on air. The information

I get is refer to Floating pH conditioner. Floating pH conditioner is the type of

building that skyscraper building design for prevent air pollution. The Building

gives me inspiration to design my X city. The daring design structure is my

favourite part. The structures of the building look like a jellyfish floating in the

air. The design of it is so modern and artistic. The interesting part of the

building is that the buildings have an air cleaning system. The Building is very

technology its system is very high tech and is an eco-friendly building. This

building can help to improve the polluted environment.

The New X City

The Squidto City

The Solution to create this new city

By doing a lot of research and finding of floating building. I watch a lot of

video and movie to get inspiration from scene. A lot of picture and building

also help me a lot. To create this new city the important thing is to have shelter

for the citizen. Social development and eradication of property must good and

advance. The environment management must be control so that it will not get

polluted easily. Economic development is to balance up the tax and payment.

The citizen needs Security and safety so that they can live in peace. The layout

of the city must be big and spacious.

Why is it on air?

The city is damaged and destroyed by fire ball and global warming. To

overcome this problem, the city should float on air to prevent air pollution.

Besides that, compare to other solution such as underwater, underground and

floating on water. Floating on air is the most suitable solution for our new X

city.

Moreover the environment floating on air is friendlier to human. The air

validations are clearer and refresh.

Important Characteristics and element

Overall Outlook

The new city “Squidto City” is a well-planned city for human to live in the

future time. The foundation can be move anytime according to the weather of

the day. Squidto city will prevent bad weather day and move to a safer place.

The city floats by using bio hydrogen to help the city to float. The shape of

squidto city is a shape of a squid. There are three main building zone 1, zone 2

and zone 3.

Zoning of the city

Three different zones:

Zone 1

Orange: Government Building

Dark Green: Public Space

Light Green: Green area

Light Blue: Lake

Yellow: Recreation area

Light Purple: Education

Dark Blue: Business area

Red: Public Transport Station

Peach: Commercial

Pink: Religious and culture

Zone 2

Light Green: Green area

Light Blue: Lake

Light Yellow: Residence area

Peach: Commercial area

Dark Green: Public Space

Pink: Public Transport Station

Lighter Blue: Community

Mint Green: Service

Darker Purple: Facilities

Light Pink: Education

Zone 3

Lighter Green: Service

Brown: Factories

Red: Public Transport Station

Light Green: Green Area

Dark Purple: Port and shipping

Green Blue: Agriculture

Dark Green: Public Space

Yellow: Recreation area

Light Blue: Lake

Lighter Purple: Water system

Darker Blue: Bio hydrogen Lab

Transportation

Sky Bas Public Transport Station

The transportation here is well organized to ensure that citizen can go place they

want on time. This is a floating on air city so there is tube highway connecting

to each zone. This will help the citizen to go to work and school on time. Every

5 min there will be a next stop, the time that the sky bus arrive is very punctual

White: Road

Red: Public Transport Station

Water Distribution

Water will harvested from the sea daily. After that will be send to the water

system to flitter it. Flitter the sea water then finally become clean water. So the

step to get clean water is harvest from the sea, then purification the water and

transfer to all the housing.

Conclusion

A city is a place for living things and non-living things to interact between each

other’s, it also a place for human to play, learn and work.

A better city is a city can ensure very single thing is good for the citizen. Citizen

safety is also part of mayor job. Besides that, a good city must have a good

zoning plan and a well-planned grid system. A good city can sustain the climate

change and the natural disaster. In the end a good city is for the citizen.

After this project, I learned that plan a big city is not really an easy job. There

are many difficulties and many things to consider at once such as water supply,

food supply and more.

Reference Link

http://www.ecofriend.com/floating-ph-conditioner-could-clean-air-above-

skyscrapers.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome#Location

http://www.art.net/~hopkins/Don/simcity/manual/history.html

http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/cityhall_history.html

http://www.ancient.eu.com/city/

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/cities-of-future-artworks/