The Future of City Planning: Analyzing Ancient, Present and Future City Designs

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

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1.Introduction
The Final ENBE project illustrates a presumed apocalyptic scenario in which one
becomes a mayor of the future city in the year 2114. It is of dire consequences to
find new means of survival, as the cities of the world are incapable of holding life.
The proposed concepts of alternative cities, which are either flying, underground,
underwater or floating, are known as ‘City X’. We are to examine and study
ancient, present and future cities in order to solidify the construction of our own
city design and concept.
This would expand the knowledge of the students regarding city planning and the
challenges that derive from it. We learn to organize, plan, evaluate and select key
components in this assignment, which opens our eyes to see that a city is much like
a large organism, and we are very much the working cells.

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2.The City
2.1 The City Definition
A city is a relatively large and permanent human settlement. Although there is no
agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English
language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or
historical status based on local law.
They are complex systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, housing, and
transportation. The concentration of development greatly facilitates interaction
between people and businesses, benefiting both parties in the process.
A big city or metropolis usually has associated suburbs and exurbs. Such cities are
usually associated with metropolitan areas and urban areas, creating numerous
business commuters traveling to urban centers for employment. Once a city
expands far enough to reach another city, this region can be deemed a
conurbation or megalopolis.
2.2 What is the brief history
In the past, the construction of some of the first cities were during the Neolithic era
– this when agriculture and basic agricultural processes were invented and used to
produce food. This would mean that now basic living needs were supported and
the sustainability of the population would grow. Agriculture is one of the key
components for the basis of a city.
The need of a structural form that allowed organization and distribution of
hierarchy to create a simple system of interdependence and to meet the
populations demand when it comes to needs/wants is also a very important factor.

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Two theories exist in terms of this
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Thomas Malthus’ theory about population and recourses, which was predicted in
1789. He believed that population growth would overtakes food supply. Stating
that population growth would grow at a geometric rate;
I.e., 1, 2, 4, 8, 16…
And this would only double every 25 years. Unlike food supply which would
increase at an arithmetic rate:
I.e. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5…
This would mean that population growth would out grow food potentials. And
eventually the world would face overpopulation and could lead to “war, famine
and disease”.
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Esther Boserup’s theory of population and resources, which was predicted in the
1980’s states that, people have the resources to increase food productions and
this would become apparent in the future as technology grows and as cities
prosper. Hence she suggested the increase in population would mean more brains
put together to overcomes food shortages and eventually over the problem and
there could even be a food surplus.

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2.3 What makes a city
What makes a city in 1950, according to Gordon Childe?
Differentiation of the population
Not all residents grow their own food, leading to specialists.
Payment of taxes to a deity or king
Monumental public buildings
The king supports those not producing their own food.
Systems of recording and practical science
A system of writing
Development of symbolic art
Trade and import of raw materials
Specialist craftsmen from outside the kin-group
Size and density of the population should be above normal.
These are just some of the characteristics on what makes a good city; other factors
could be as follows;
 Hierarchy
 Organization of population
 Urban planning
 Sustainability
 Accessibility
 Government
 Economic status
 Diplomatic relationships with other countries/cities
 Disparities and management
 Entertainment and recreational areas
 Central business districts
 Laws and rules
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 Segregation
2.4 What makes a good city
Good city planning
Organization in terms of walkability and ease of access
Size and density of the population should be above normal.
Differentiation of the population
Not all residents grow their own food, leading to specialists.
Payment of taxes to a deity or king
Monumental public buildings
Trade and import of raw materials
Specialist craftsmen from outside the kin-group
Good and manageable educational infrastructure
Absence of grey economy
A good system of defense
Water and sanitation systems should be top notch
Globalized however retains its own identity
Organized and appropriate residential areas
Accessible to the general public and rural areas
Characteristic features:
•Open spaces/large spatial dimensions
•Designed for a motorized homo sapiens

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•Quarters (superquadras), 11 buildings/50 flats
•With police stations, shops, restaurants, primary/secondary education
Characteristic features:
•Completely renewable energy use
•Solar desalinization for freshwater supply
•Closed loop production (recycling, no waste)
•25% of resource use in comparison to the average today
•Fresh air circulation in buildings and street for cooling down
Criteria
•Large & cheep flats
•Short travel distances
•Sufficient leisure opportunities
•Adequate job opportunities
•Sufficient services and supply
•Cultural program
•....
Targets
•Low carbon emissions
•High recycling rate
•Healthy & safe living conditions
•Little environmental impacts
•Little noise burden through transport
•Sustainable supply (water, energy)
•....
3.Investigation & Data Collection:
Ancient City, The City of Priene
3.1 History of Priene

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The inhabitants on the Ionian coast discovered Priene. The Ionians first arrived and
settled here in the 11th century B.C. and the city was founded either by Aegyptus
of Athens, Philotas of Thebes or Amazon queens.
Priene was captured and came under the Lydian rules at the end of the 7th
century BC. Bias, one of the “seven sages” was born in Priene and he put into
order the law of his city. So Priene had the most prosperous era in the 6th century.
The brilliant era
ended when Persian
King Cyrus attacked
the city in 545 BC. The
city was burnt down
completely and
people were
enslaved.
A difficult period
stated for Priene and
in 494 BC Priene
participated in the
Ionian revolt by
joining the Battle of
Lade with 12 ships
against the Persians.
However the city is
sacked again as a result of the Persians completely destroyed the Ionaian fleet.
But it didn’t take too long; Athens and Spartans attacked and burnt the whole
Persian fleet in 479 BC. Following upon this battle and victory the “Attic - Delian Sea
League” was established immediately.
The Hellenistic period began with the victory of Alexander the Great over the
Persians.
During this period, Alexander the Great gave the cities autonomy and abolished
the excessive taxes paid to the Persians. He assigned the city to watch the
unreliable city of Miletus. He also lived in the city and made a donation for the
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After the death of the Alexander the Great, the city came under the rule of the
Ptolemaic and Seleucid Kingdoms and the kingdom of Pergamum. During the
period of King of Pergamum Attalus II treaties were made in 196 and 188 BC were
not able to put a stop to the fight over borders between Samos and Priene. In 135
BC a decree issued by the Senate of Rome, Dryussa was finally joined to Priene
and indistinctness was over.
The lands of the King
Attalus II were
attached to Rome
with his will after the
death of him and
Priene thus became
part of the Roman
province of Asia
Minor in 129 BC.
During this period
Priene went through
very difficult days
because of the
many wars, attacks
of pirates, had
wealth and
prosperity only the
reign of Emperor
Augustus.
A connection to the
port was provided in
the 1st century by
one of the arms of
the Meander River,
flowing out to the
sea, but as the time
went by the
connection to the
port was cut off. This
caused interest of
the city to lessen
and Priene began to be abandoned.
Priene was a bishopric until the fall of the empire in the Byzantine period, at the
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3.2 What ancient city are you concentrating on?
The focus of my city would be Priene, the ancient city of Ionia about 6 miles (10
km) north of the Menderes (Maeander) River and 10 miles (16 km) inland from the
Aegean Sea, in southwestern Turkey. Its well-preserved remains are a major source
of information about ancient Greek town planning.
By the 8th century B.C. Priene was a member of the Ionian League, whose central
shrine, the Panionion, lay within the city’s territory. Priene originally lay along the
Maeander River’s mouth, but about 350 B.C. the citizens built a new city farther
inland, on the present site. The new city’s main temple, Athena Polias, was
dedicated by Alexander the Great. The Greek city (there may have been
unknown habitations of other ethnicities, as at Miletus) was founded by a colony
from the ancient Greek city of Thebes in the vicinity of ancient Aneon at about
1000 BCE. At about 700 BCE a series of earthquakes provided the opportunity for a
move to within 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) of its 4th century BCE location. At about
500 BCE the city moved again to a few km away at the port of Naulochos.
3.3 What makes is a significant city and what are the details?
Priene is organized in four districts, the political (bouleterion and prytaneion), the
cultural (Theatre), commercial (agora) and most importantly religious (Athena
Temple) In addition to the Athena Temple, the people of Priene erected
sanctuaries dedicated to Zeus, Demeter and Egyptian gods. The ancient city
zoning display, was a factor that is still carried out today. The methodical locations
of the four districts are also in relation to walkability and hierarchy in terms of class.
The main medium of transport was using horses and carts, the availability of this
allowed ease of access to many of the city’s features.
Furthermore the population
distribution were very much
according to the social roles that
the populous played, so for
instance If there were warriors that
were to be trained everyday, and
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theater, then they would all live and train in one particular ‘house’, then during
game day, only the selected few will travel by horse pulled cart to the city to
battle it out. This type of system maintains efficiency and reduces congestion
within inner city areas.
Above is the approx. layout plant for the city of Priene.
1, city center; theater, retailers
2, manufacturing district; blacksmiths, armor smiths, tailors etc
3, low-status residences; workers
4, medium-status residences;
5, high-status residences/ royalty
The populous density is greater in the middle and reduces as the it moves outwards,
moreover notice how the royalty sector is outstretched, this is due to the fact that
the location for the dwelling of the higher classes are in line with the royalty and
are usually located further up the hill or valley in the case of Priene.
3.4 Conclusion about the cities
The city of Priene was a well-designed city, in terms of hierarchy and social
distribution, walkability for those who could not afford a cart or a horse, was very
well thought out. The only problem with the construction of the city was the
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presence of it being built on somewhat a cliffs edge, which did not protect it from
erosional processes. The zoning of was effective in the sense it was created with a
focal point, which the towns center and this would allow ease of access form all
residences of any class within the city.
3.5 What information or element that you can use to your new future city
For my own city, I would adapt the concept of zoning and the arrangement of
hierarchy that this particular city has demonstrated, it is very organized and allows
easy access to many of its inhabitants, may it be for commercial, religious or
entertainment purposes the arrangement and distribution of its social classes
where they are location close by to their work place would mean less cost in travel
and in modern times, less pollution.
4.Investigation & Data Collection:
Present City, The City of Dubai
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Dubai is the most populous city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Dubai is located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf and is one of the seven
emirates that make up the country. The history of Dubai can be traced back to the
year 1830 when it was taken over by a branch of the Bani Yas tribe from the Liwa
oasis, led by the Maktoum family, who still rule the emirate today.
In 1894, Sheikh Maktoum Bin Hasher Al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, exempted
foreign traders from taxes, making way for Dubai's modern development - starting
with local merchants selling items like pearls, fish, spices and dates. Traders from
India and Persia were also attracted to Dubai because of the liberal attitudes of
the rulers, and soon began to settle in the growing town, which developed a
reputation as the leading commercial center for the region. Trade was based
around the safe, natural anchorage of the Creek, which was and still is the visual
and commercial heart of the city, with numerous dhows still sailing to other
countries.
While Dubai's origins are largely a mystery, what is now a Rhode Island — size
principality on the Persian Gulf was just a pearl-fishing village when its current rulers,
the Maktoum family, took over in 1883. Along with those of other Arab emirates, its
fortunes changed abruptly in 1966 with the discovery of oil. But compared with its
neighbors, Dubai had limited reserves, prompting its rulers to turn to other industries
to fuel their bold economic aspirations. Starting in the 1980s, at the prompting of
Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, then the crown prince, Dubai fashioned
itself into a free-trade oasis. It opened a tax-free InfoTech hub, Dubai Internet City,
in 2000, to attract technology companies; media, finance and maritime projects
soon followed.
Today, Dubai has emerged as a cosmopolitan metropolis that has grown steadily
to become a global city and a business and cultural hub of the Middle East and
the Persian Gulf region. It is also a major transport hub for passengers and cargo.
Although Dubai's economy was historically built on the oil industry, the emirate's
Western-style model of business drives its economy with the main revenues now
coming from tourism, aviation, real estate, and financial services. Dubai has
recently attracted world attention through many innovative large construction
projects and sports events. The city has become symbolic for its skyscrapers and
high-rise buildings, in particular the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. In
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made islands, hotels, and some of the largest shopping malls in the region and the
world. This increased attention has also highlighted labor and human rights issues
concerning the city's largely South Asian workforce. Dubai's property market
experienced a major deterioration in 2008–2009 following the financial crisis of
2007-2008, but is making a gradual recovery with help from neighboring emirates.
As of 2012, Dubai is the 22nd most expensive city in the world and the most
expensive city in the Middle East.
4.2 What city are you concentrating on?
Dubai is a bustling center of excellence; and in addition to being the commercial
capital and tourism center of the region; it is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in
the world. A city of contrasts, Dubai is where you can see outstanding modern
architecture and soaring skyscrapers stand alongside traditional Arabic buildings
and suburban villas. Though relatively a new tourist destination, Dubai has gained
popularity in recent years. Its international taste and unmatched blend of history,
tradition and culture, are well known throughout the world.
Visitors to Dubai are guaranteed a unique experience every time they come here.
Clean, sandy beaches, towering sand dunes, barren rocky mountains, PGA-
standard golf courses, old-style souqs, brand new shopping malls, ancient Arabic
forts and modern five star hotels are just a few of the splendors that the city offers.
Dubai is the product of 20 years of intensive development. Prior to that, it was a
small trading port, clustered around the mouth of the creek. Today, Dubai offers
excellent tourism opportunities. Whether you're keen on scuba diving, serious
about sightseeing or simply a shopaholic, there’s something here for you. The city
has a strong service-driven economy and is a center for all kinds of businesses. The
presence of seaports and specialist free trade zones encourages international
trade and industrialization, as well as various projects. Dubai Media City and Dubai
Internet City are a few of these projects, bringing 21st century technology and
communication to Dubai in the form of the world's first Free Zone dedicated to e-
business.
Furthermore, there is a unique trend in the city whereby specialized areas of
interest have their own unique districts, featuring a concentration of similar
projects. For example, Dubai Academic City and Knowledge Village are areas,
which, as the names suggest, are dedicated to higher learning and education.
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and diagnostic facilities in the country. Dubai Sports City is a purpose-built, state-of-
the-art complex, which will cater to training athletes and be home to all the
sporting events in the city.
4.3 What makes is a significant city and what are the details?
Dubai is a city that has been transformed
from nothing to something in the past 12
years; its insane burst of development and
progress economically and commercially
has allowed various perks to be one of the
best present cities in the world. The
aesthetics of its various buildings and towns,
with the presence of the first indoor snow
park in a desert, as well as the world’s first 7
star hotel and the proud owner of the tallest
building in the world.
Dubai has a rich collection of buildings
and structures of various architectural
styles. Many modern interpretations of
Islamic architecture can be found here,
due to a boom in construction and
architectural innovation in the Arab World
in general, and in Dubai in particular,
supported not only by top Arab or
international architectural and
engineering design firms. As a result of this
boom, modern Islamic – and world –
architecture has literally been taken to
new levels in skyscraper building design
and technology. Dubai now boasts more
completed or topped-out skyscrapers
higher than 2/3 km, 1/3 km, or 1/4 km than
any other city. A culmination point was
reached in 2010 with the completion of
the Burj Khalifa (Khalifa Tower), now by far
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(2,722 ft). The Burj Khalifa's design is derived from the patterning systems
embodied in Islamic architecture, with the triple-lobed footprint of the
building based on an abstracted version of the desert flower hymenocallis,
which is native to the Dubai region. The completion of the Khalifa Tower,
following the construction boom that began in the 1980s, accelerated in the
1990s, and took on a rapid pace of construction unpatrolled in modern
human history during the decade of the 2000s, leaves Dubai with the world's
tallest skyline as of 4 January 2010.
As well as being the first Middle East country have achieved all means of
transport systems covering land, air, and water. Including the first metro
system in and Middle Eastern country. With all these new innovations and
developments, its zoning is quite simple and as well as its residential
arrangement, the city is not within walkability range of any kind, however, its
various transportation methods are what makes this city entirely accessible.
Dubai’s public transportation system is top notch as it cover almost all areas
of the city wherever it may be, it ranges from the sky to over cast areas of
deserts to even the water bodies of the creek and marina.
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Road
The city also now has its own airline, which
allows greater capabilities, and generates a vast
amount of income towards its economy.
Furthermore, it has now achieve a complete
sense of transportation and mobility method,
allowing various goods and services to be
transported into and out of the city via air and
not just the waters which was the only was to
transport goods into the city in the past years.
Dubai has equipped its streets with various
means of public transportation, as well as a
variety of public transportation. That’s what
makes this city entirely different from others, Is
its well planned public transportation grid and
system.
They even have air-conditioned bus stations and
waiting areas due to the immense heat that city
sustains.
The availability of more public transportation,
which are all eco friendly and sustainable, just
as the city’s streetlamps and bus stations are
powered by solar energy their goal to create an
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Another feature the city has added is the transport means over waterways,
by introducing water taxi’s they now allow the population to commute to the
prescribed destination. This now reduces the traffic on the roads and on other
means of public transportation and creates another option of travel.
Metro Rail
The metro is a relatively new
means of transportation however
it has proven to be the most
effective means, as its cost and
time effective, with various
stations to stop at almost every
major area in the city and on the
outskirts, it makes the metro an
easy to use method of
transportation, it also reduces the
pollution, as its stations run on
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4.4 Conclusion about the cities
Dubai is now one of the top cities in the world and it keeps improving, the
approach to renewable clean energy is now becoming a new focal point for the
city. Furthermore the city plan for Dubai is very straight forward, as they have
constructed most or almost all of the main features of the city along a the main
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Furthermore, the innovative transportation methods are very efficient and user
friendly, it reduces pollution and contributes a new sense of identity to the city. The
presence of mega structures such as the Burj Khalifa is not only aesthetically
pleasing, but saves space, as that one structure can accommodate a large
populous of people, rather than using up all the land area.
4.5 What information or element that you can use to your new future city
From this particular city I would adapt the concept of the public transportation as
it reduces pollution and it is an effective way to get around. Furthermore I also will
look in the concept and application of mega structures within my own given city,
as it is a logical and sustainable approaching in terms of land space and could
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Case study on the selected type of
the future city
 The incredible mile-long floating CITY - complete with schools, a hospital, parks and
an airport for its 50,000 residents
 The Freedom Ship is 25 storey high and would feature a casino, an art gallery, a
park and a shopping center
 The concept, designed by a Florida-based company would cost $10billion if was
commissioned to be built
 The vessel could house 50,000 people but it would contain additional space to
hold an extra 30,000 visitors
 The ship would constantly sail around the world - doing a full circuit every two years
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Floating around the globe, drifting from country to country, never staying in one
place long enough to get bored …
If you like travelling, life on the Freedom Ship, the world’s first floating city, sounds
perfect.
There are only a couple of hitches – it’s not built yet, and it’s going to look an awful
lot like a multi-storey car park when it is.
Designed by the Florida-based Freedom Ship International, the floating city,
concept pictured, is set to cost $10 billion and weigh 2.7 million tones - making it
too large to ever dock. The ship would spend the whole time at sea, circling the
globe once every two years, powered by solar and wave energy.
Number based facts about the freedom city:
o Width: 750ft
o Length: 4,500ft
o Height: 350ft
o Weight: 2.7 million tones
o Capacity: 50,000 permanent residents with room for extra 30,000
daily visitors, 20,000 crew and 10,000 overnight guests.
o Cost: $10 billion
o Buildings: Accommodation, schools, hospitals, businesses, parks,
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Its designers have released computer-generated photographs of what they hope
the mile-long vessel will look like.
It would have enough room for 50,000 permanent residents within its 25 storeys and
boasts schools, hospitals, art galleries, shops, parks, an aquarium and a casino. It
would even have its own airport on the roof, with a runway serving small private
and commercial aircraft carrying up to 40 passengers each.
Roger M Gooch, director and vice-president of Florida-based firm Freedom Ship
International, said: ‘The Freedom Ship will be the largest vessel ever built, and the
first ever floating city.’
His company is trying to raise the estimated £6billion needed to turn the dream,
which has been several years in the planning, into an ocean-going reality.
‘This will be a very heavily capitalized project and the global economy in the last
few years hasn’t been too inviting for unproven progressive projects like ours,’ he
added.
‘[But] in the last six months we’ve been getting more interest in the project and we
are hopeful we will raise the $1billion (£600million) to begin construction.’ The ship
would spend 70 per cent of its time anchored off major cities and the rest sailing
between countries.
Powered by solar panels and wave energy, the city would navigate from the east
coast of the US across the Atlantic to Europe and into the Mediterranean.
It would loop back and sail around the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of Africa
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before spending the end of the year on the west coast of North America. It would
chase the summer sun into South America.
If completed, the city will be 750ft at the beam, 350ft high and 4,500ft in length –
four times longer than the Queen Mary II cruise ship which measures 1,132ft.
Visitors and residents would be able to leave the ship, either by plane or by boat
thanks to a dock at the rear, concept pictured, to visit cities and countries where
the ship will also pick up supplies as and when needed
The Freedom Ship, concept pictured, is a mile long, 25 storeys high and features
schools, hospitals, businesses, parks, promenades, an art gallery, a shopping
center, casino and airport on the roof
In addition to 50,000 permanent residents, the Freedom Ship would also have room
for an extra 30,000 daily visitors, 20,000 crew and 10,000 overnight guests
The airport, on the ship's top deck, pictured, would serve private and small
commercial aircraft carrying up to 40 passengers each. It could also be used to fly
supplies to the ship. Aircraft could land and takeoff even when the ship is moving
The vessel, concept pictured, is just an idea at the moment until the Florida-based
designers can raise at least $1 billion to start construction. The company said
following a hiatus, and a drop in the global economy, it has started receiving
interest in the ship again and hopes to raise this funding soon
Freedom Ship is a floating city project initially proposed in the late 1990s. It was so
named because of the "free" international lifestyle facilitated by a mobile ocean
colony, though the project would not be a conventional ship, but rather a series of
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The Freedom Ship project envisions a 1,317m (0.818 miles)-long integrated city
with condominium housing for 50,000 people, an airstrip to accommodate
turboprop aircraft, duty-free shopping and other facilities, large enough to
require rapid transit. The complex would circumnavigate the globe continuously,
stopping regularly at ports of call.

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Construction
Despite early press coverage on NPR's Weekend Edition and Discovery
Channel's Extreme Engineering, the project has seen few recent developments.
Although the initially stated in-service date was to be 2001, no construction had
begun as of November 2013.
Freedom Ship International initially estimated the net cost for construction to be
USD 6 billion in 1999. However, by 2002, estimates had risen to USD 11 billion. A July
2008 press release explained the difficulty of obtaining reliable financial backing. In
November 2013, the company announced that the project, now with an
estimated price of USD$10 billion, was being resurrected, though that construction
had not yet begun.

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Freedom Ship
General information
Type Mixed use (casino, education, hotel, office and residential)
Location Palm Harbor, Florida, United States
Coordinates 28°5′2″N 82°45′14″W
Height
Roof 106.7 m (350 ft)
Technical details
Size 1,371 meters long, 225m (750 ft) wide
Floor count 25
Design and construction
Architect Freedom Ship International
Other information
Seating
capacity
33,000 units (18,000 living units, 3,000 commercial units,
2,400time-share units and 10,000 hotel units)

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5.The New “X” City / Ibizalimis?
5.1 How did you came up with the solution to create this new city
Since it is a future city, I decided to name the city based on a city that existed int
eh past, Salamis that was a city in Cyprus along the coat and a present day island
or city of celebration know as Ibiza which is in the Mediterranean.
5.2 Why is it on air
Based on the brief it is in the year 2114 and the world is destroyed and in an
apocalyptic state. My city is in the air, because it would be closer to the sun and
could harness the solar energy as well lighting energy and furthermore it would not
be affect by any ground or land based natural disaster. It hovers and provides
mobility and the ability to fly as well.
5.3 What is the important characteristic and elements
My city will be hover around 600 – 700m above sea level; this would be the
optimum height in regard to air pressure and to harness solar energy as there
would be less cloud interception. However in times of dire disasters, the city would
be able to rise above 800m but when this occurs, there would a unique cover to
maintain air pressure, in addition more the pigmentation of the shield would also
allow it to absorb lighting energy.
The city will be hovering in the using a basic mega
propeller, that will work in a ball bearing motion, that will
allow the city to not only hover but to move as well,
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Inside the city the distribution of food and materials other
than through the main tube transport will be distributed in
a helical belt structure that will extend from floor to floor.
This helical motion will also
be the motion in which the
train will transport the public
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6.Conclusion
From this project I learned that the city is somewhat a living organism on its own,
and we are just the cells that exists within it. The concept of the city is much more
complicated that one can imagine. The depths that need to be taken to
understand just the foundation of why this should be built in this particular area is
quite challenging. I learned that every thing that is built in a city is for a reason;
there are usability factors as well as accessibility factors. I’ve also learned that a
city will keep changing with time. It will never stay the same for long, not just in
terms of buildings, but also in terms of population and transportation needs, food
supply, wastage and many more. All in all nothing around us should be taken for
granted, as they are all interlinked and play a much bigger role in our lives than we
think.
7.Reference Links

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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamis,_Cyprus
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibiza
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionia
 http://www.planetware.com/i/map/TR/priene-map.jpg
 http://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/880/flashcards/719880/p
ng/city_of_priene1316713535770.png
 http://www.priene.net/listingview.php?listingID=3
 http://www.watershedtc.org/images/asia-minor_map_priene.jpg
 https://s2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZR6cbB5ievJCUKK33DLz1w--
/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD00NzM7cT03NTt3PTYzMA--
/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-11-28/6e4437a8-
cd6b-426a-9a11-41c39309cf85_bay_side_low.jpg
 http://www.fnetravel.com/english/uae/dubaihotel/sheikh-
zayed/dusitthani/dusit-thani-map.jpg
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai
 http://www.emiratesgroupcareers.com/english/discover/city.aspx
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Burj_Khalifa_building.jpg
 http://www.frommers.com/destinations/dubai/732744#sthash.aA3ra
Bhy.dpbs
 http://dubaimetro.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/23.jpg
 http://drupal.in-
cdn.net/cdn/article/public/transportation_in_dubai.jpg
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Ship

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