Part a report( agnes)

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Content:
1. Introduction 3
2. A City Investigation on Better City Guidelines and Issues
(City definition , Brief History , What makes a city , What makes a good 4-5
city and What is the Future City)
3. Investigation & Data Collection: Ancient City ( Maya City)
(History ,What makes is a significant city and what are the details ,
Conclusion and What information or element that you can use to your
new future city) 6-8
4. Investigation & Data Collection: The Present City ( Gangnam City)
5. Investigation & Data Collection : The Future City ( Songdo City )
6. Case study on the selected type of the future city (Skyscraper)
(Where did you get your information and What is the interesting part
and important consideration) 13
7. The New “X” City / ASPACHE
( Problems and solutions , why is it a skyscraper , name and it’s meaning ,
Logo , Theme , shape and hierarchy , Important characteristics ,
zonings , Transportation , technology and conclusion) 14-21
8. Conclusion 22
9. References list 23

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1.Introduction
The topic of our second project is Built Environment , Better Cities
of the Future . This project is divided into two parts , part A(individual)
and part B(group) . In part A , we are required to submit a report and a
3 minutes video presentation . In part B , we are required to build a
model of the chosen city and prepare maximum 3 numbers of A2
board to explain about the city .
In this project , as a mayor of a city which we need to design
and build a new city as the previous one was destroyed or damaged .
The new city have to be functional and sustainable .
This project will help us to expose the elements of natural and
built environment in their basic unit , form and function . We get to
understand the different characteristics of the natural and built
environment by exploring the basic elements such as landscape ,
space and building .

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2.The City
2.1The City Definition
A city is a large and densely populated urban area; may include
several independent administrative districts . People lives in a city
which has a lot of attractions and houses . City is a home to
everyone .
Cities have been called the highest forms of social organization.
Think of the complexity of road systems, transportation, building
laws, markets, food distribution, educational systems, etc.
Cities often provide protection in a precarious world. During
attacks, the rural populace could flee behind city walls, where
defence forces assembled to repel the enemy. The wall served this
purpose for millennia, until the invention of heavy artillery rendered
walls useless in warfare. With the advent of modern aerial warfare,
cities have become prime targets for destruction rather than safe
havens.
2.2What is the brief history
During most of the Neolithic age, people lived in small tribes
composed of multiple bands or lineages. There is little scientific
evidence of developed social stratification in most Neolithic
societies; social stratification is more associated with the later Bronze
Age.
However, Neolithic societies were noticeably more hierarchical
than the Paleolithic cultures that preceded them and hunter-
gatherer cultures in general. Families and households were still
largely independent economically, and the household was
probably the center of life. However, excavations in Central Europe

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have revealed that early Neolithic Linear Ceramic cultures were
building large arrangements of circular ditches between 4800 BC
and 4600 BC.
2.3What makes a city
Someone needs to control the city . This person will run the whole
city and has the responsible to protect the citizens . The government
is in charge of everything in the city . A city need to have
transportation , business area , road system , houses , services area ,
attractions , education area , hospitals , agriculture area and more .
City needs to provide food and water so that people can live in
this city . Clean water to drink and food to eat is a basic needs for a
human .
Cities are more densely populated than towns. Towns are smaller
than cities but bigger than villages. Unlike towns, most cities are the
seat of most of a region’s administrative functions, that is to say,
most of the important administrative offices are situated in the cities.
2.4What makes a good city
- Safe to live
- Clean environment
- Clean water to drink
- Efficient electricity
- Balance economy
- Has a good education
- Enough places to live
- Has many attractions
- Religious building to encourage people to go and to learn
- Proper roads in the city
- Good medical resources
- More public places for people to interact

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- Good leader / politics that can lead or run the city
- Jobs around the city
2.5What is the future city
A future city is different from ancient city . It is more modern and
have many improved technologies which make life so much easier .
Future cities have for facilities and more development . It aims at
unlocking the full potential of interdisciplinary research in urban
technologies, as well as strengthening knowledge transfer activities
in close cooperation with local and global industrial partners.
A future city is a sustainable city which is a better city and a
greener city . Future cities focuses more on the environment so that
we can live better and safer .

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3.Investigation & Data Collection:
Ancient Cities -
MAYA CITY
3.1History
Middle Preclassic Period(1000-400BC)
- Small villages began to grow to form cities
- (500BC) possessed large temple structures decorated with
stucco mask representing gods .

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- Nakbe is the earliest well-documented city in the Maya lowlands
- Nakbe already featured the monumental masonry architecture ,
sculpted monuments and causeways .
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Sculpted monuments , masonry architecture and causeway
Late Preclassic Period (400 BC - 250 AD)

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- El Mirador possessed paved avenues, massive triadic pyramid
complexes , stelae and altars
- El Mirador is considered to be one of the first capital cities
- Swamps of the Mirador Basin appear to have been the primary
attraction
- Tikal was already a significant city
Classic Period (AD 250-900)
- Cities throughout the Maya region were influenced by the great
metropolis of Teotihuacan in the distant Valley of Mexico .
- Tikal had expanded to have a population of well over 100000 .
- Copan was the most important city
- The most notable forms of tribute pictured on Maya ceramics are
cacao , textiles and feathers .
- During the 9th century AD , the central Maya region suffered
major political collapse , marked by the abandonment of cities ,
the ending of dynasties and a northward shift of population .
Postclassic Period (AD 900-c.1524)
- Was marked by a series of changes that distinguished its cities
from those of the preceding Classic Period
- Cities came to occupy more-easily defended hilltop locations
surrounded by deep ravines , with ditch-and-wall defences
sometimes supplementing the protection provided by the
natural terrain .
- Chichen Itza , in the north , became the largest and most
powerful of all Maya Cities .
3.2What makes is a significant city and what are the details
-Maya city decorated stucco mask to represent Gods
- Has a causeway
-Featured plazas and ball courts ( Ceremonial ball game )

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-Temples and Palace in the city center
-uses roof comb
-Hierarchy
3.3Conclusion about the cities
Some cities were destroyed by natural disaster or being take
over . The Mayan city as it exists today is composed of a main
complex of ruins with several secondary complexes encircling it. The
main complex consists of the Acropolis and important plazas.
Among the five plazas are the Ceremonial Plaza, with an impressive
stadium opening onto a mound with numerous richly sculptured
monoliths and altars; the Hieroglyphic Stairway Plaza, with a
monumental stairway at its eastern end that is one of the
outstanding structures of Mayan culture. On the risers of this 100 m

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wide stairway are more than 1,800 individual glyphs which
constitute the longest known Mayan inscription. The Eastern Plaza
rises a considerable height above the valley floor. On its western
side is a stairway sculptured with figures of jaguars originally inlaid
with black obsidian. Maya City became an attraction to the tourist .
3.4What information or element that you can use to your new future city
- Maya city has a ball court in the city center to gather people for
the ceremonial ball game . My city has a festival park which
gather people to come too for any festival . Events will be going
on in that park .
- The hierarchy system . My city’s hierarchy system will start from
the mayor , council members , operators and securities .

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Present Cities-
GANGNAM CITY
4.1History and Introduction
Reorganized Sangbuk-myeon and Dong-myeon in Gwacheon-
gun into Sindong-myeon of Siheung-gun according to No. 111 of
the Joseon Governor General’s Order (December 29, 1913) .
Incorporated some parts of Gwangju-gun, Gyeonggi-do and
some parts of Siheung-gun into Seoul according to No. 11172 of the
law (November 21, 1962) .
Newly established three branch offices (Eonju, Songpa, and
Cheonho)
Administrative Dong and jurisdiction
The Gangnam District is one of the local government districts
which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. Gangnam literally
means "South of the (Han) River". As of the 2010 census, Gangnam
District had a population of 527,641, making it the 4th most
populated district in Seoul. Gangnam District is the third largest
district in Seoul, with an area of 39.5 km2. In addition, a lot of parents

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choose the Gangnam area for their children's education, thanks to
its many academies and privileged high schools.
Gangnam is one of three districts that make up the Greater
Gangnam Area along with neighboring Seocho District and Songpa
District. Combined, these three cover approximately 120 km2 of
land and had a population of 1,567,881 as of 2010, making up 20%
of the area and 15% of the population of Seoul.
4.2What makes is a significant city and what are the details?
-Entertainments companies such as SM Entertainment , JYP
Entertainment , Cube Entertainment and more are located in
Gangnam
-Gangnam district has many business building and companies such
as KEPCO , GS Group and more .
-Attractions such as Trade Tower , COEX Mall , Dosan Park and
more .
- Festival : international peace marathon Festival , Daemosan
festival ( all these festival allows people to interact with each other)
-Popular culture such as , k-pop song ( Gangnam Style) , and
several subway stations in Gangnam and nearby areas were used
as filming locations for Hollywood Film
-Trasnportation : Karail , Seoul Metro , Metri 9 corporation and Seoul
Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation .

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These present cities are still developing into a better city . Both the
greater Gangnam Area and Gangnam itself are widely known for its
heavily concentrated wealth and high standard of living becauses it
has many business area and companies .
- Build more attractions
- Decided to be a business city (Theme)
- Design of the Building

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Future Cities-
SONGDO CITY
5.1History
Songdo International Business District (SIBD) is a new Smart City or
Ubiquitous City built from scratch on 1,500 acres (610 ha) of
reclaimed land along Incheon's waterfront, 40 miles (65 km)
southwest of Seoul, South Korea and connected to Incheon
International Airport by a 7.4 mile (12.3 km) reinforced concrete
highway bridge, called Incheon Bridge. Along with Yeongjong and
Cheongna, it is part of the Incheon Free Economic Zone.
A small number of Japanese residents have sought to live in
Songdo IBD after the Tohoku earthquake.
By its completion date in 2015, the district is planned to contain
80,000 apartments, 50,000,000 square feet (4,600,000 m2) of office
space and 10,000,000 square feet (930,000 m2) of retail space. The
65-floor Northeast Asia Trade Tower became South Korea's tallest
building. Computers have been built into the houses, streets and
offices as part of a wide area network .

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5.2What makes is a significant city and what are the details?
-Clever Rubbish which is a waste system that sucks rubbish directly
from kitchens to a processing centre .
-Designed with sensors to monitor temperature , energy use and
traffic flow .
- There are no rubbish trucks trawling the streets or vast bins dotted
around . Instead, all household waste is sucked directly from
individual kitchens through a vast underground network of tunnels ,
to the processing centres and it will deodorized and treated to be
kinder to the environment .
-Household waste will be used to produce renewable energy
- 25KM network of bicycle lanes (carbon-free transportation)
-Parking is primarily located underground to minimize the urban
heat island effect
-Low–VOC materials will be incorporated into all buildings
This future city focuses more on the environment . Wanting to
make the city even more eco-friendly . Songdo city is a green city
which uses many green technologies to run the city . Songdo
provides bicycle lanes that encourage people to cycle instead of
driving .
- The technologies such as clever rubbish and sensors
- Bicycle lanes around the city
- Surrounded by green trees and plants

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6. Case Study of a Skyscraper
6.1Where did you get your information?
I got all my information from books and internet . I did some
research on how to build a city and what should I include in the city .
After researching for these information , I’ve learnt a lot from the
process of researching and included it in this report and the video
presentation .
6.2What is the interesting part and important consideration
The interesting part is to learn how to maintain a skyscraper
which I have some solutions to stabilize the skyscraper and to
maintain it well .
The another interesting part of researching is I get to know what’s
happening around us . I was very amazed at the technologies that
we have now and the past . I get to understand their lifestyle from
the past and the patterns , structures and the elements that they
have last time . It is completely different from now .
The transportation are very different now . They used to walk last
time but now , there are so many different types of transportation
for us to travel anywhere in just a short time .
So , for my “X” city , I will have 3 transportation which Im not
going to include cars as one of the transportation as it is bad for the
environment .
I’m including a lot of green places to help the environment and to
let people to interact more often . A business city is my theme ,
which I have included a big space for the business area . These
companies and building will help my city to grow in different
aspects . I have also included new technologies for my city which
will help the city even better .

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7.The New “X” City – ASPACHE
7.1Problems And Solutions
The cause of tsunami and earthquake is getting very serious as it
destroyed most of the houses , buildings and almost everything .
As a mayor , I have decided to build a Skyscraper so that people
can live on top to avoid these disaster .
These disaster such as tsunami can be avoided by building a
skyscraper because , Skyscraper is tall and the citizens are living
on top . Therefore , it doesn’t affects the citizens . As for
earthquake , this city is built with large dampers filled with
magnetorheological fluid to stabilize the structures . This
magnetorheological fluid is a liquid that changes to a near-solid
when exposed to a magnetic force , then back to liquid once
the magnetic force is removed .

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7.2Why is it a skyscraper ?
Aspache is a business city , as many business buildings are high-
rise . Hence skyscraper is suitable for a business city like Aspache .
By building a skyscraper , it can reduce the risk of the citizens to
lose their homeland as this city has many technologies to
maintain and protect the city .
7.3Name and Meaning of the city
Aspache is the name of the ‘X’ city . This name came from these
two words , Aspasia it means welcome and Tyche which means
fortune in Greek . The combination of these two words has the
meaning of “welcoming Fortune” which means this city is full of
fortune .
7.4Logo

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7.5Theme , shape and hierarchy
The theme of this city is Business and Green . Aspache is a business
city . This city focuses more on business and development as it is a
modern with full of technologies . It is also a green city as it has many
green places .
The shape of this city is a crescent shape . I chose this shape is
because this shape is the shape of a crescent moon which we are
closer to the moon than anyone else . This skyscraper is connected to
the ground with a long tube . The height of this city is 450m .
The hierarchy of this city will start from the Mayor , council members ,
operators and lastly , securities .
PERSPECTIVE ( CRESCRENT )

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THE TUBE
LAYOUT
7.6What is the important characteristic
This city is surrounded by trees to protect the citizens by
covering around this city . All citizens will live at the tube , and all
buildings such as commercial , parks and so on are on the
crescent .

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7.7Zoning

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7.8Transportation
This city provides 3 types of transportation . Sky tran , bicycle and
walkability .
SKY TRAN
BICYCLE THAT CLEANS THE AIR

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LAYOUT
WALKABILITY
15 STATIONS ( SKY TRAN)

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7.9Technology
-Energy and electricity is taken from solar panel , wind power plant
-The clever rubbish system is installed in every building or shops including
residential area . There are no rubbish trucks trawling the streets or vast
bins dotted around blocks of flats. Instead, all household waste is sucked
directly from individual kitchens through a vast underground network of
tunnels, to waste processing centres, where it's automatically sorted,
deodorised and treated to be kinder to the environment.
-Rainwater harvesting system is located at the industrial area .
The rainwater is collected on top of the building with a tank . The water will
then flow through the tube and will be filtered .
-For the agriculture area , Plant tissue culture is a collection of techniques
used to maintain or grow plant cells, tissues or organs under sterile
conditions on a nutrient culture medium of known composition. Plant

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tissue culture is widely used to produce clones of a plant in a method
known as micropropagation . This is used for food source .
-Installation of light sensors at the building perimeters to take advantage
of daylight .
7.10 Conclusion about the new X city
This city is definitely a better city and an improved city . This city has
many green places which helps the environment and the oxygen . This
city has many technologies which makes life easier . Citizens of this city
can enjoy their lifes and interact with others . I believe this city will bring
joy to the citizens .
TOWN HALL AND TUBE
STREET AND BUSINESS BUILDING

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8.Conclusion
This whole process of designing and thinking how to build a city is very
challenging . We have to think all different types of aspects and small
little details of a city .
What I’ve learnt is to think about the others instead of the needs of
myself while building/designing a city . I think a green place is very
important for a city as people can go there to relax and to release stress
from work. It is better to have more places where people can relax their
mind . My city has a festival park which brings all the citizens together to
celebrate any festival . I think its very important to think about the others
too while designing a city .
I have also learnt how to communicate ideas through observation and
using different tolls or techiques to present information .
I believe that Aspache can bring joy to everyone and it can be more
and more better in the future .

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9.Reference Links
1. http://www.songdo.com/
2.http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/maya/mmc02eng.sht
ml
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangnam_District
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_tissue_culture
5. http://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/structural/smart-
structure.htm
6. http://itechfuture.com/concept-bike-cleans-the-air/
7. http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2009/urbanization.aspx
8. http://wideurbanworld.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-is-city-definitions-of-
urban.html
9. http://www.future-cities.eu/project/idea-strategy/
10. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20770518

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