FNBE0814 Better town of the future

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CONTENT:
 INTRODUCTION---------------------------------------------------
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 THE TOWN
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1.Introduction
For Elements of Nature and Built Environment (ENBE), our final project
title is “BETTER TOWN OF THE FUTURE”. This project is divided into two
part. For part A which is individual work consists 20% and part B which is group
work consist 20%.
From the compiling of all the research, we are required to plan our own
town and understand the elements and component of a town and what makes a
better future town. Supposing ourselves as the mayor of the “X” town, we need to
propose a new “X” town because of the reasons that it no longer liveable. Before
we plan the “X” town we need refer back, investigate and do the research of some
ancient towns and some present towns, what to be improved such as infrastructure
and facilities.
Through this project, we will understand and learn about the basic
elements such as landscape, space, infrastructure and facilities. We will able to
compare what is the difference between ancient town, present town and future
town.

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2. The Town
2.1 Definition of town
A built-up area with a name, defined boundaries,
and local government, that is larger than a
village and generally smaller than a city. The
size definition for what constitutes a "town"
varies considerably in different parts of the
world.
2.2 Types of towns
Australian geographer Thomas Griffith Taylor proposed a classification of
towns based on their age and pattern of land use. He identified five types
of town:
 Infantile towns: with no clear zoning
 Juvenile towns: which have developed an area of shops
 Adolescent towns: where factories have started to appear
 Early mature towns: with a separate area of high-class housing
 Mature towns: with defined industrial, commercial and various
types of residential area
2.3 Brief history of town
In Old English and Early and Middle Scots, the word ton, toun, etc. could
refer to kinds of settlements as diverse as agricultural estates and holdings,
partly picking up the Norse sense (as in the Scots word fermtoun) at one
end of the scale, to fortified municipality at the other. If there was any
distinction between toun (fortified municipality) and burgh (unfortified
municipality) as claimed by some, it did not last in practice as burghs and
touns developed. For example "Edina Burgh" or "Edinburgh" (called a city
today) was built around a fort and eventually came to have a defensive
wall.

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A town is usually a place with a lot of houses, but not a city. As with cities,
there is more than one way to say what a town is in different countries. In
some places, it is a kind of local government.
In English, they also use the word "town" as a general word for places
with a lot of houses (cities too). When they say "town" they are normally
thinking of a big, important place. For example, London is a city, but
people often call it "London town" ("the City of London" is a part of
London where there are a lot of banks). Also, going from the outside to
central London is to "go into town".
Generally, the difference between towns and villages or hamlets is the sort
of economy they have. People in towns usually get money from industry
(factories etc.), commerce (shops etc.) and public service (working for the
town) not agriculture (growing food).
The number of people who live in a place does not tell us if it is a town or
a village. In many areas of the world, for example India, a big village can
have many more people than a small town. It is also difficult to say if a
place is a town because today, some towns are becoming bigger, and in
some places people live in a village or near a town and work in the town.
Sometimes a place is a city because it got the name "city" by law.
However, people often say it is a town because it is small. In the Middle
Ages, a place became a town by means of a charter, which gave it town
privileges.

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2.4 What makes a good town
A good and healthy town criteria set by World Health Organization
(WHO):
 Clean and safe environment
 Meet basic needs inhabitant
 Involve community in local government
 Easy access to health service
A good town has these vital support system:

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3. Investigate and Data Collection:
Ancient Town- HOI AN, VIETNAM
3.1 Brief History of HOI AN, VIETNAM:
Archaeological finds and
excavations have shown that there
was a port and trading centre of
the local Sa Huynh people along
the Thu Bon river as early as the
2nd century BC. This continued to
expand, and by the 15th century Hoi An (known in
Vietnam and abroad under various names - Fayfo,
Haifo, Kaifo, Faifoo, Faicfo, Hoai Pho) was already the most important port of
the powerful Champa Kingdom. It continued after the Vietnamese absorption of
the Champa Kingdom in the same capacity, becoming one of the most
important centres of mercantile, and hence cultural, exchange in
South-East Asia, attracting ships and traders from elsewhere in
Asia and from Europe, especially during its most flourishing
period from the late 16th century to the early 18th century. It was
through Hoi An that Christianity penetrated Vietnam in the 17th
century.
It retained its role as the main port of the central region
throughout the 19th century, when the Nguyen dynasty kings
operated a "closed trade policy." By the end of the century, the
rise of other ports on the coast of Vietnam, in particular Da Nang,
and silting of its harbour, led to the final eclipse of Hoi An. As a
result of this economic stagnation, it has preserved its early appearance
in a remarkably intact state.
3.2 What makes is a significant town and what are the
details?
Hoi An, an exceptionally well-preserved example of a
traditional Asian trading port, is an outstanding material manifestation of the
fusion of cultures over time in an international maritime commercial centre.

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The town is a special example of a traditional trading port in South-East Asia
which has been completely and assiduously preserved: it is the only town in Viet
Nam that has survived intact in this way. Most of the buildings are in the
traditional architectural style of the 19th and 20th centuries. They are aligned
along narrow lanes of traditional type. They include many religious buildings,
such as pagodas, temples, meeting houses, etc., which relate to the
development of a port community. The traditional lifestyle, religion, customs and
cooking have been preserved and many festivals still take place annually.
The typical house conforms to a corridor plan, the following elements occurring
in sequence: house, yard and house. The buildings are:
 family cult houses, dedicated to the worship of ancestors;
 the community houses,
 used for worship of ancient sages,
 founders of settlements, or the legendary
founders of crafts;
 the pagodas are almost all from the 19th
century, although inscriptions show them
to have been founded in the 17th and 18th
centuries. They conform to a square layout and decoration is largely
confined to the elaborate roofs. In the case of the larger examples, they
constituted nuclei of associated buildings with religious and secular
functions. Some of the larger pagodas also served as meeting halls. These
are located along the main street (Tran Phu).
3.3 Conclusion
As the conclusion, Hoi An Vietnam is an outstanding
material manifestation of the fusion of cultures over
time in an international commercial port. Hoi An is an
exceptionally well-preserved example of a traditional
Asian trading port.

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Present City- Paris, French
4.1 Brief History of Paris, French
Paris s the capital and most populous city of France. Situated on the Seine
River, in the north of the country, it is at the heart of the Île-de-France
region, also known as the région parisienne ("Paris Region" in English).
The city of Paris has a population of
2,249,975 inhabitants (January 2011), but its
metropolitan area is one of the largest
population centres in Europe, with
12,292,895 inhabitants at the January 2011
census.
Paris was founded in the 3rd century BC by a
Celtic people called the Parisii, who gave the
city its name. By the 12th century, Paris was the largest city in the western
world, a prosperous trading centre, the home of the University of Paris,
and one of the most influential centres of learning in Europe. In the
eighteenth century, it was the centre stage for the Enlightenment, the
French Revolution, and an important centre of commerce,
fashion, science, and the arts.
Paris has one of the largest GDPs in the world,
€607 billion (US$845 billion) in 2011, and is
one of the world's leading tourist destinations.
In 2013-2014, it received an estimated 15.57
million international overnight visitors,
making it the third most popular destination
for international travellers, after London and
Bangkok.The Paris Region hosts the world
headquarters of 30 of the Fortune Global 500
companies. Paris is today one of the world's
leading business and cultural centres and has a
global influence in politics, education,
entertainment, media, science, and the arts.

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Paris in 2013 was the home of the three of the most visited art museums in
the world: the Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay, and the Centre Georges
Pompidou. It also is the home of several of the most visited architectural
landmarks, including the Cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-Paris (12th century);
Sainte-Chapelle (13th century); the Eiffel Tower (1889); and the Basilica
of Sacre-Coeur on Montmartre (1919).
Paris is known for its fashion designers, high-end boutiques, and the
twice-yearly Paris Fashion Week. It is
world-renowned for its haute cuisine,
and celebrated three-star restaurants.
Most of France's major universities
and Grandes Écoles are in Paris or its
suburbs, and most of France's major
newspapers, including Le Monde, Le
Figaro, and Libération, are based in
the city, while Le Parisien in the
suburb Saint-Ouen.
Paris is home to the association football
club Paris Saint-Germain FC and the
rugby union club Stade Français. Paris hosts the annual French Open
Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Roland Garros. Paris
played host to the 1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics, the 1938 and 1998
FIFA World Cup, and the 2007 Rugby World Cup. The 80,000-seat Stade
de France in Saint-Denis was built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The city
is a major rail, highway, and air-transport hub, served by the two
international airports Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Paris-Orly. Opened in
1900, the city's subway system, the Paris Métro, serves 5.23 million
passengers daily. Paris is the hub of the national road network, and is
surrounded by three orbital roads: the Boulevard Périphérique, the A86
motorway, and the Francilienne motorway in the outer suburbs.
4.2 What makes is a significant town and what are the details?
Paris is a major rail, highway, and air transport hub. The Syndicat des
transports d'Île-de-France (STIF), formerly Syndicat des transports parisiens
(STP) oversees the transit network in the region.[160] The syndicate
coordinates public transport and contracts it out to the RATP (operating 654
bus lines, the Métro, six tramway lines, and sections of the RER), the SNCF
(operating suburban rails, one tramway line and the other sections of the

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RER) and the Optile consortium of private operators managing 1,070 minor
bus lines.
The city's subway system, the Métro, was
opened in 1900 and is the most widely
used Transport system within the city
proper, carrying 5.23 million passengers
daily.[170] It comprises 303 stations (385
stops) connected by 220 km (136.7 mi) of
rails, and 16 lines, identified by numbers
from 1 to 14, with two minor lines, 3bis and
7bis. An additional express network, the
RER, with five lines (A, B, C, D, & E),
connects to more-distant parts of the urban
area, with 257 stops and 587 km (365 mi) of
rails.
Over €26.5 billion will be invested over the next 15 years to extend the Métro
network into the suburbs.
In addition, the Paris region is served by a
light rail network of seven lines, the tramway:
Line T1 runs from Asnières-Gennevilliers to
Noisy-le-Sec, line T2 runs from Pont de
Bezons to Porte de Versailles, line T3a runs
from Pont du Garigliano to Porte de
Vincennes, line T3b
runs from Porte
de Vincennes to
Porte de la Chapelle, line T5 runs from Saint-
Denis to Garges-Sarcelles, line T7 runs from
Villejuif to Athis-Mons, all of which are operated
by the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens,
and line T4 runs from Bondy RER to Aulnay-
sous-Bois, which is operated by the state rail
carrier SNCF. Six new light rail lines are currently in
various stages of development.
4.3 Conclusion
As a conclusion, Paris is the famous city in the world, and it has the
largest private real estate development in history. In addition, the
infrastructure is sufficient to all citizens in order to make their life better.

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Better Town Of The Future
Future City- PieXus Tower: Maritime Transportation Hub
Skyscraper, Hong Kong
5.1 About the Town
The PleXus Tower emerges from the banks of the West Hong Kong
Harbor as a distribution of disjointed structures, initially finding itself
amidst the neighboring ferry terminal. The structure starts out as
distributed pods reaching out to connect with the city’s transportation
fabric, accepting traffic from the water in the form of boats, ferries, and
other water vehicles. This misfit arrangement of structural pods weaves
into alignment with the Macau terminal to greatly increase the scale of the
transportation hub. Bridged together by connected pipelines over the water,

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these pods work in harmony with the existing Macau Ferry Terminal to
expediently move people towards the inner structure. This assembly forms
a podium for the first segment of the tower, which emerges as a parking
structure accessible from the highway network tangent to the tower.
Located at the water’s edge next to the Macau Ferry Terminal, the tower’s
design varies in both its circulation and organization to control the speed
at which it receives and negotiates the flow of traffic to optimize
movement around and inside the structure.
you move inward from the receiving pods, the main
structure begins to evolve its own function. First is a
horizontal parking structure on the lower levels of the
main building, which emerges as a parking structure
accessible from the connected highway network to
efficiently receive car traffic. As you move up the
main structure, business and shopping space is
available, all accessible by car to the highest level of the tower. The upper
reaches of the towers are set aside for residential space, high above the
noise of the city, providing a living area that incorporates spectacular
views of the dynamic city skyline. A heliport on top of the structure can
receive air traffic from above.

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The solid form on the south side of the main tower receives solar energy
during the day, providing power to the building. The skin is breathable
with numerous openings designed to overlap each other, undulating
throughout, allowing carbon dioxide to easily filter out from the
designated parking areas on the lower levels. Each parking level will also
utilize foliage to further filter carbon dioxide from the air helping to
reduce pollution in Hong Kong.
The PleXus tower was conceived as a
segmented, but highly connected
network of major transportation
functions, as well as housing
conventional program. The shift in the
way the tower design is read, as well as
in the functionality of each segment,
provides greater programmatic control.
Residential is accessible yet
private, parking is convenient,
and circulation through the
ground-level public space is able
to provoke interest. At night,
lights will glow from the panels,
reminding us of the connections
these segments share as well as
blending in with Hong Kong’s
unique night skyline.

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6. The “X” Town- The Sky
6.1 How did you came up with the solution to create this new town
After the investigating the ancient town and present town, I realized that
the world is getting worst because of the pollution and man-made disaster.
I would like to create a defensive town for humans due to build the
skyscrapers. Also, create a zero pollution and clean town for human.
6.2 What is the important characteristics and elements
Characteristics
- Green spaces make up half of the town
- Provides job opportunities to residents
- Provides bicycle lane to promote bicycle riding
- Use renewable energy to generate power such as wind energy and
solar energy
- Ecotourism as the aim of town

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Transportation
- Provide bicycle lane because bicycle riding is encouraged
- Bus is the main transportation for all the residents and it is using
hybrid system
- Provides metro and train

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6.4 Zoning
I design the station for the public tranport to be in the center of the town is
because i feel that it is the most important place and must to have in a town. Secondly, police ,
hospital and fire station is also important so i put three of it together so that all these buildings
can be easily located when they are needed. Next,the industrial area is designed to be far away
from the residential area because the industrial areas are where the factories located and shouldn’t
be around the residential area to prevent chemicals and toxic materials creating serious problems
to the residents. Different religion have their own praying place. Example, mosque and temples
are also provided in the town.

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7. Conclusion
As the conclusion, for me a better town of the future is sustainable, fulfill the
requirement of people in their daily life and has low pollution. Definition of
sustainable is able to be maintained at a certain level.
Green Approaches are important for a town. Besides that, we are encouraging
to use renewable resources such wind energy, solar energy, hydroelectric
power and more.
These factors and elements are important to be considered during future town
to make sure the town will be sustainable and human can live in harmony and
peacefully.

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