Fp part a - report template

Content:
1. Introduction (describe the project brief, the things that you have to do etc)
2. A Town (describe the definition, your findings and information on what is a city-characteristic etc)
Investigation on Better Township or Town or City Guidelines and Issues
(Information that may help you with your city proposal)
3. Investigation & Data Collection: Ancient and old cities/town (describe the city.. give a
conclusion. 1-2 cities preferably almost similar to your selected future city )
4. Investigation & Data Collection: The present towns/cities (describe the city.. give a
conclusion. 1-2 cities preferably almost similar to your selected type of city )
5. Investigation & Data Collection: The future and better township (1-2 towns preferably
almost similar to your selected type of town )
6. The New “X” Town / Or the new name (describe the new facilities, characters etc of the new
town)
7. The Conclusion (describe what was important and others should follow or perhaps should know and
what did you learned)
8. References list
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1. Introduction
In this assignment, we have to pretend that we are the mayor of the town and
propose a new town plan as the old one is too crowded. We have the rights to choose
which type of town we could do so after a discussion with my group decided to propose
a town on a small island which I think is pretty interesting. Things that are compulsory to
do are A master plan of our own town, zoning, transportation map and 3-5 elements in
the town which we would like to highlight. Besides, in the second part of this
assignment, we are required to build a model of a town among five members in our
group by using recyclable item.
2. The town
2.1 The Town Definition
1. 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 particular town under consideration, especially one's own town.
• The chief city or town of a region.
• The permanent residents of a university town.
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2. The central part of a neighbourhood, with its business or shopping area.
3. Densely populated areas, especially as contrasted with the country or suburbs.
2.2 What is the brief history
The word town shares an origin with the German word Zaun, the Dutch word
tuin, and the Old Norse tun. The German word Zaun comes closest to the original
meaning of the word: a fence of any material.
In English and Dutch, the meaning of the word town took on the sense of the
space which these fences enclosed. In England, a town was a small city that could
not afford or was not allowed to build walls or other larger fortifications, and built a
palisade or stockade instead. In the Netherlands, this space was a garden, more
specifically those of the wealthy, which had a high fence or a wall around them. In
Old Norse tun means a (grassy) place between farmhouses, and is still used in a
similar meaning in modern Norwegian. 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[who?], 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.
In some cases, "town" is an alternate name for "city" or "village" (especially a larger
village). Sometimes, the word "town" is short for "township".
2.3 What makes a city / town
A city is a relatively large and permanent human settlement. Cities generally have
complex systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, housing, and transportation
while towns often exist as distinct governmental units, with legally defined borders
and some or all of the appurtenances of local government.
What is the difference between a city and a town?
In the United States, an incorporated city is a legally defined government entity,
with powers delegated by the state and county and created and approved by the
voters of the city. It can provide local government services to its citizens.
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In most places in the U.S. a town, village, community, or neighborhood is simply an
unincorporated community with no governmental powers. Usually, county
governments provide services to these unincorporated communities. Some states do
have official designations of "towns" that include limited powers.
2.4 What makes a good town/ township (guidelines etc)
1. Fixed transit, preferably rail, above and below ground. Subways along all major
travel corridors; buses or trams on all secondary corridors
Fixed-rail transit helps to guide development and keep the streets busy. When
development happens around fixed-transit, it is easy to get around on foot because
everything is closer together. On the contrary, when transit isn't fixed, as with a diesel
bus route, or it is designed around the auto, transit becomes impractical because
everything is further apart. New York is an example of a walking city that grew up
around fixed transit. Dallas is an example of an auto city built up around roadways. It
is very convenient to get around without a car in a walking city built around fixed
transit. This makes it so there are more people on the sidewalks, and businesses can
thrive from walking traffic, without the need for parking. Fixed-transit can be light-
rail, a subway, or a bus that operates from overhead wires. A busway built for diesel
buses is also fixed transit, but because the bus can leave the busway it doesn't have
the same positive impact on development and density as other forms of fixed transit.
If your city doesn't have fixed-transit, advocate for it. It will take a long time to
change the way things are built, but a convenient walking district can spring up in
little time when fixed transit and high density are established in an area.
2. Mixed-use, mixed-income neighborhoods
Mixed-use neighborhoods solve many urban ills. By intermingling commercial,
residential, and civic functions in the same neighborhoods, you reduce dependence
on automotive transport, since destination facilities are always close at hand: one can
walk to the market, the salon, the library, the bar, school or university, administrative
offices, what have you. This means denser development is possible without reducing
living spaces (you reduce street pace, space dedicated to the automobile, instead); it
also means more tax money for more amenities and social programs, since streets
don't pay taxes and parking lots don't pay much tax, but homes and businesses do.
Yet, since there is less road infrastructure to build and maintain, and utility
infrastructure is more efficiently configured (eg. 100 feet of sewer pipe serving
hundreds rather than tens of users), such neighborhoods need less tax money to
support their basic functions. This means one could then either lower taxes, or apply
them to more desirable civic amenities, such as parks, squares, concerts, etc. More
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people walking also increases community feeling, reduces opportunity for crime
("eyes on the street"), and allows for more interaction among the citizenry. It
increases ridership on public transit, making it more efficient.
Mixed-income neighborhoods not only increase urban variety by mixing types and
sizes of housing; they also increase the cohesiveness of a community. People from
different walks of life come to meet and know each other, however superficially, and
are thus less likely to make political or personal decisions based on stereotyped views.
Rich, poor, and middle can discover common ground and not base their attitudes
toward each other on envy, disdain, or spite. It's a matter of hybrid vigor: purebred
ideas, like purebred animals, tend to be delicate, weak, and subject to "genetic"
infirmities. We learn not by congregating with those similar to us, but by meeting
those who are different. You could say it's the sexuality of the intellect: just as
animals who exchange genes evolve into more efficient forms more rapidly than
those primitive creatures that don't, so do societies whose members exchange ideas,
social concepts, personal philosophies, what have you--even just gossip.
3. Buildings of different age, condition, and size
Too often in the last half-century urban developers and city officials have
approached revitalization by assembling multiple parcels, bulldozing what existed,
and building new. This happens in commercial and residential areas. It is standards
set by suburban development and a desire to compete with suburban development
that leads to this practice. This will not, however, lead to a healthy city. Wherever you
live, a walk around town is sure to show the liveliest areas are the places that have
many small parcels with different owners, a mix of new and old buildings and some
buildings that are in better shape than others. The mix of old and new buildings
provides an interesting streetscape. Older building in poor condition provide the
incubators for entrepreneurs to start businesses. The newer buildings provide
locations for the more established merchants to step up shop and serve as drawing
cards for a business district. The mix also serves to provide residential dwelling units
of different size, condition and price making it so the neighborhood is mixed
economically and providing places for both the business owner and grocery clerk to
live.
4. Living spaces everywhere, especially near downtown
Many cities that developed after World War II or were redeveloped after World War
II mirror suburbs in that there are some areas where people live, others where people
shop and others where people work. This leads to people moving in mass at different
times of the day from one area to the other. Downtown in the morning to work, to
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the shopping area after work or on the weekends and home at night. This creates
needless congestion, streets empty at some times and overcrowded at others. When
the places people live are spread throughout the city, many will choose to live near
where they work. Stores will locate where people live. Many small stores will serve to
supplement or even replace larger stores. The downtown streets, which in many cities
become deserted after the workday ends, will become busy later and later into the
evening. Lively downtowns are downtowns that are filled with not only office
buildings and shopping districts, they are filled with apartment buildings, condos and
other places where people live.
5. Large or small public squares at all significant intersections
The automobile has arrogated nearly all public space in the US to itself. It has stolen
from us the places where we used to be able to meet and mingle as human beings,
and replaced them with channels for sealed metal cells whose operators stare grimly
straight in front of themselves as they manipulate the controls of the car. We need to
have places where we can be people together, whether we talk to one another or not,
where we can pass among each other on our way to our daily chores, acknowledging
our common humanity with a glance or a nod or a word; places where we can linger
if we feel so inclined, where we can enjoy the day and partake of a feeling of
community, a feeling that we're all in this together, helping each other, tasting life
together, creating the city. Places that we feel we won, as individuals in a polity, and
that we do literally own. Public space: our space. Not some landlord's or
management company's.
Public squares, unlike public parks, are also thoroughfares for pedestrians, and
usually support businesses on their perimeters. They acknowledge that we all bear
responsibility for the working of our society, and that we all take pleasure in it too.
Motorists isolated in their cars will never feel this way--the car is sold by fostering the
delusion that is frees one from responsibility. People crossing each others' paths in a
square may not speak to each other, but they know that they occupy common space.
6. Lots of people coming and going (immigrants, people moving in from other
places, and people moving out to other cities)
A city is more than just a collection of people. It is an incubator of ideas. A certain
stability is good for a city, but an influx and out box is even more important. I like to
use the analogy of a college. How productive or useful would a college be if the same
students were there year after year after year? The best colleges, like the best cities,
pull people from far away places. This brings together the widest array of ideas,
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interests and backgrounds. As important as it is for cities to attract diverse people
from far away places, it is important to send them out again. Cities, especially
industrial ones suffering from a loss in population often lament the loss of residents
who leave. But just as it is important for colleges to send students into the business
world and other academic institutions, this sending out of your product and the
transplanting of native people is also productive and leads to other cities being
healthy and energetic places. It can also lead to economic growth when a person with
a background in say metal fabricating leaves and initiates activities elsewhere or gains
knowledge that will improve processes or establish new markets. People leaving a city
sends out messengers with the knowledge needed to make it part of activities
elsewhere.
7. Street trees and rooftop gardens for pleasure, and to ameliorate temperature
extremes and reduce need for HVAC
Trees and gardens save energy and money and give pleasure to people, living space to
animals and birds. Rooftop gardens provide better insulation than any amount of
fiberglass batting and can grow food as well; trees provide shade in the summer and
obligingly drop their leaves in the winter so sunlight can warm homes and offices,
and their transpiration also helps balance local temperatures.
8. Light rail or a rapid train connection to the airport. Freight and passenger rail
depots in town
Making different forms of transportation work together will be a prime challenge in
the 21st Century. There is no need for much of what exists around airports in the
United States. The shopping areas, acres of parking lots and hotel accommodations
at airports can be eliminated. Further, in the future, people will be able to begin their
journey near their home and end it at their destination, without checking the baggage
twice. To accomplish this cities need to establish airport connections via light rail to
downtown. This will allows passengers to leave their cars at home, or to get to the
airport without the use of a car with the assurance they will be able to get to their
destination without financing a cab ride or renting a car. Further, high-speed rail lines
should be built to replace smaller airports and accommodate passengers traveling less
than a few hundred miles. Amtrak should be funded and operated by commercial
airlines and establish train stations at airports. (In Europe, for example, Lufthansa
provides rail as well as air service.) This will allow for seamless connections and
transfers between trains and planes in order to complete a journey using a single
ticket without hassle.
9. Working farms adjacent to or (better yet) within city limits
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The farther food is grown from town, the more it costs and the worse it tastes. Local
farming means less fuel and road use, which is good for the earth and reduces need
for taxes to support road infrastructure and fuel subsidies. Shorter transport times
means food can ripen longer on the branch, so it tastes better and is more nutritious.
The necessity to fit farms into numerous smaller spaces in town means fewer big
agribusiness operations making their money on economies of scale; instead you have
a greater number of small producers, which would lead to more variety of food,
more accommodation to local tastes, and more competition (thus better service and
lower prices), as well as making commercial organic farming economically feasible.
This would again reduce stress on the earth and help minimize dependence on
petroleum. Urban farmers' markets bear all this out, providing higher quality food
than the supermarkets, yet charging less for it.
Also, the presence of farms provides green space for the citizens and reminds them
that all, regardless of pretensions, are tied to the earth.
10. Shops that open onto the sidewalk, not onto parking lots. All automobile parking
is underground or mid-block, not between street and shop
Shops that open onto the sidewalk encourage pedestrian traffic, and pedestrians are
better able to window shop than drivers. Walking of course is exercise too, and
people who are walking are more likely to meet or make friends or other social, even
commercial, contacts than drivers can. More pedestrian traffic therefore makes for a
healthier and richer city. Shops set back behind vast parking lots foster the delusion
that they are separate from the city and bear no responsibility to the community that
supports them. They practically require driving, which increases civic infrastructure
costs and increase social isolation. Sidewalk shops encourage friendly social contact
and simply make life more pleasant.
Putting parking in mid-block structures or (better yet) underground accommodates
those who must or prefer to drive without fragmenting the city to make room for
vast parking lots.
2.5 What are the elements will you include in your better town? Please list it out as
your check list. Examples infrastructures, schools, hospitals, bicycle path etc
1. Church, mosque, hindu temple
2. Schools, libraries
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3. Hospitals
4. Airports
5. Parks
6. Ports
7. Road ( highway ), bicycle path
8. Sewage
9. Solid waste landfills
10. Governance infrastructure - government offices, courthouses, prisons
11. Emergency services, such as police, fire protection, and ambulances
12. Military infrastructure, including military bases
13. Agricultural, forestry and fisheries infrastructure
2.6 What are the sustainable or green approaches of your town?
1. Concentrate new development to areas with good access of public transport
2. Practice congestion tax
3. The road alongside the development has been lowered by two metres to reduce
noise pollution
4. Ensure that where possible streets and roads are tree-lined or contain
hedgerows appropriate to local character, habitats and species.
5. Make space for renewable energy resources, such as ground source heat pump
installations for use in local combined heat and power plants.
6. Parks should be easily accessible by public transport and by cycleways and
footpaths
7. Create a network of streets, open spaces and parks, with safe routes linking them
to homes and schools, allowing children to both play in their own
neighbourhoods and move around without traffic danger by facilitating walking
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and cycling for utility, recreation and health promotion.
2.7 What is the future towns?
The city will become home to its first Vertical Farm, an immense urban greenhouse
in the form of a geodesic dome designed by the Plantagon company.
The glass sphere frees up the land mass needed for raising crops by maximizing
square footage with its spiraling levels shown above. Using hydroponic technology,
greenhouse plants are grown in a nutrient rich solution which does not require soil
and is situated within the urban landscape.
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My town’s vertical farm
Uses glass panels, architecture and irrigation
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2.7 etc
Question that shoud be asked during town planning.
1. What factors would help determine the buildings needed and how many of each
(e.g., population of the town, distance from next town, or physical obstacles such as
rocky soil, a large river, or a lake)?
2. Where will people be employed? In what industries?
3.Are there some sorts of buildings we could really do without?
4. Do we need more than one grocery store?
5. Are there some options that we could combine (e.g., gas station and video store)?
6. Will any critical factors change with time (e.g., population, income level, and/or
land availability and value)?
7. Next discuss locations for the various buildings. Consider such questions as,
"Would the following locations be logical?" Explain your answers.
8. A grocery store on the outskirts of town?
9. An elementary school next to a jail?
10. A library near a school?
11. Four grocery stores next to each other?
12. A video rental store near a busy road?
13. A school on the opposite side of town from residential areas?
14. A shopping mall in a sparsely populated area?
15. A park next to a neighborhood?
3. Investigation & Data Collection:
Ancient Cities / towns
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3.1 When did it start? History and all
In the 16th century, the area was dominated by high-rise buildings stretching up to
14 stories high. One such construction ended in disaster when the building collapsed
and there is a plaque in its place on the Royal Mile commemorating the victims.
3.2 What ancient city are you concentrating on?
Old Town, the oldest part of Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh.
3.3 What makes it a significant city and what are the details?
Street layout, typical of the old quarters of many northern European cities, is made
especially picturesque in Edinburgh, where the castle perches on top of a rocky crag,
the remnants of an extinct volcano, and the main street runs down the crest of a
ridge from it. This "crag and tail" landform was created during the last ice age when
receding glaciers scoured across the land pushing soft soil aside but being split by
harder crags of volcanic rock. The hilltop crag was the earliest part of the city to
develop, becoming fortified and eventually developing into the current Edinburgh
Castle.
Residential buildings
Buildings in the High Street
Due to the space restrictions imposed by the narrowness of the "tail" the Old Town
became home to some of the earliest "high rise" residential buildings. As the
population was for a long time reluctant to build outside the defensive wall, the need
for housing grew and hence the buildings became higher and higher. Many of these
buildings were destroyed in the Great Fire of Edinburgh (1824); the rebuilding of
these on the original foundations led to changes in the ground level and the creation
of many passages and vaults under the Old Town.
3.4 Conclusion about the cities
Edinburgh is built on an extraordinary landscape of hills and valleys, formed millions
of years ago by volcanoes and ice sheets. Together these factors have created a truly
distinctive skyline and stunning views which are recognised around the world. The
unique character of the city comes from the contrast between the Old Town and the
New Town, with each area containing many significant historic buildings. Over 75%
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of all the buildings within the World Heritage Site are listed for their architectural or
historic importance.
3.5 What information or element that you can use to your new future city
It’s environment of enclosed streets and dramatic changes of level with numerous
framed distant views. The skilful use of land contours, the careful siting and design of
individual buildings and groups of buildings, and the use of local stone, combine to
create an intricate and varied spatial structure. The com- pactness and fine grained
pattern also allows many forms of activity to function in close proximity.
3.6 Etc
The northern and northwestern approaches are via improvement streets: the Mound,
Johnston Terrace and King Stables Road. Passing through open stretches of gardens and
providing a setting for the Castle before entering the built up area of the Old Town,
these also provide a clear sense of arrival.
• The historic street pattern which is a product of the topography and built
form.
• The topography creates a dramatic natural setting and separates the Old Town from
much of its surroundings
• The importance of varied building types.
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Present Towns / township
4.1 When did it start? History and all
The island was created entirely from volcanic eruptions approximately 2 million years
ago, during the time period extending from the Tertiary to the beginning of the
Quaternary period, and consists chiefly of basalt and lava. The eruptions took place
in the Cenozoic era. It has a humid subtropical climate, warmer than that of the rest
of Korea, with four distinct weather seasons. Winters are cool and dry while
summers are hot, humid, and sometimes rainy.
4.2 What town are you concentrating on?
The main town and capital - Jeju City.
4.3 What makes is a significant town and what are the details?
The island has always had a distinct identity from the mainland of Korea, and even
today has a special autonomous status within South Korea. The local traditional
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Where the castle perches on top of a rocky crag
Edinburgh Castle Street of Old town today

culture stands in stark contrast to the mainland (and much of Asia) as being
matriarchal. Perhaps even more iconic are the "dol hareubang" or "grandfather
statues" that are part of Jeju's distinct shamanistic tradition and are carved from the
local basalt rock, often seen outside restaurants and anywhere else on the island.
Jeju Island has mild oceanic climate throughout the year with the smallest annual
temperature range in South Korea.
4.4 Conclusion about the towns
Tourism commands a large fraction of Jeju's economy. Jeju's temperate climate,
natural scenery, and beaches make it a popular tourist destination for South Koreans
as well as visitors from other parts of East Asia.
4.5 What information or element that you can use to your new town
In Jeju, they don’t practice the most typical type 'Scrape and Built' method that
literally clears out almost everything at the site, builds new buildings and plants new
trees with no regard for environmental conditions of the site. (Picture 2). There must
be some sorts of a trace from the past at a site even on meadows that are turned to
the residental area such as paths, stone fences and old trees. When these are wiped
out, and buildings are built, the beautiful landscape of Jeju disappears, and the
prestigious city with the coexistence of the present and past cannot exist any
longer.
The commercial areas could be build in the centre of the town so that the
residents could get to those places easily. Religious areas should be present in a town
and it should be make adjacent to the main square.
The future of towns and Better Towns
Name of the town; ancient, present and future city.
Apex Town, USA
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What was the significant information about the city?
1. Walkable, mixed-use developments and pedestrian-oriented streets that encourage
active lifestyle by integrating physical activity into daily routines.
2. Preservation of historic places and cultural
3. A variety of housing types available to a range of income
4. A well-connected pedestrian and bicycle network.
What information that you will consider for your future city? (Or what did you
learn from it?
1. Divide the town into 4 types :
Neighborhood Mixed use
Employment Center
Community Centres
Regional Centers
2. Housing
Accommodate a mix of housing type (e.g., single-family, townhomes, multifamily)
3. Green Building techniques
Promote the use of green building techniques & rainwater capture systems in new
developments.
Educate the public to build tree canopy
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6. The New “X” City / The New NAME?
Name: Hollow Destiny
Reason: Because the name will attracts the tourist as hollow means middle and destiny means
destination. If you add up both words, it means the tourist destination is in the middle
of the town which will have a circular beach there for recreational activities.
How did you came up with the solution to create this new town
5.1 What is the important characteristic and elements
It is a tourism town so there are beach, waterfall, museum and shopping mall to attract
the tourist.
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Activities like surfing or picnic can be done in the beach itself.
There is a vertical farm to save the space for agricultural activities as well as increase the
yield of the crops to generate the economy. Besides, there will be underground bullet
train
in every part of the town so that it is convenient to travel in the town. Most of the station
are to be built in the shopping mall to save the space for other purposes.
The worst fear on an island is that the potential for a tsunami to happen is extremely
high.
So with the breakwater mechanism fix all round the island, there won’t be any tsunami
from happening which will kill most of the residents.
If there is transportation network means fuel will be used. By using renewable energy
such as electrical energy generated from the solar panel on the roof of every bus stop, cars
And buses could fill up electrical energy throughout the town which is a healthy green
approach. While nuclear powerplant is cheaper, however the risk of nuclear leakage is
extremely high too. So Hollow Destiny decided to use tidal and wind powerplant. The
reason there are two types of powerplant are because if one of the powerplant is not
working, the other can replace the job.
5.2 Etc…
Hollow destiny offers
1. HEALTHY LIVE STYLE ( CLEAN AIR, POLLUTION-FREE)
2. LOCATION FOR TOURISM ACTIVITIES
3. SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE
4. SAFE SECURITY
5. PROVIDE RECREATIONAL AREA FOR THE HUMAN
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What is the aim of your town? As an education hub? Tourism? Business? Give
explanations and examples.
My town is mainly for tourism. This is because there is a hill in the centre of my town which
has a waterfall. This will attract the tourist because it is unique especially when it is on an
island. Besides, there will be commercial areas surrounding the hill which sell souvenirs,
foods and drinks that will allow the tourist to enjoy themselves without travelling far.
Besides, it will be safe as the jail will be build underground. An island means it is surrounded
by the sea. The beach with turquoise water could be another tourist destination for tourist
from all over the world. My island which has citizen with different religion caused the growth
of plenty of different religious structure.
What is the transportation and transportation links? Why do you choose it?
Solar-powered bullet train
The monorail system will also provide space for other uses such as a pedestrian walkway
alongside the tracks and a solar system that runs along the rail’s southern side.
Each station will have roof that have solar panel so that sunlight could be converted into
electrical energy as the fuel for the bullet train to work.
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It also benefits the environment because it runs by using renewable energy (solar).
Bullet train which travels much faster than car will save the time of citizen when travelling
around the town and also can work more efficiently such as could send 100 passengers in an
hour compared to monorail which could only send 50 passengers. The path of the bullet
train also suits the radial grid of the town because the path is in the shape of a circle which
means there is no first or last station as every station is the same.
For example: If you are a passenger that wants to travel to the first station (KL Sentral) from
the middle station (bukit bintang) but have to sit in the train and wait for it to travel to the
last station (titiwangsa) before heading to the first station will waste a lot of time.
But a circle route will not have this problem.
Any other extra added quality about your city?
Social? Jobs? Food?
Food
As we will be bulding a transparent glass which is semi-circle just like the atmosphere, we will
be able to control the weather and temperature of the whole town. (transformed into a green
house) This will increase the yield of the crops and solved the issue of lack of food. Besides,
it will also reduce the damage of ultraviolet ray produced from the sun which could damage
our eyes and cause skin cancer.
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Jobs
With the high progress of tourism activity, there won’t be any jobless citizen as they could
work as the tourists guide, bullet train driver, pilots to fetch tourist to the island and sailor.
Social
The 'Squares' housing concept aims to improve the external environment of a housing
neighbourhood and at the same time increase green area by reducing the area of surface
roads whilst reducing traffic to ensure a safe residential area for children, cyclists and
pedestrians. There will also be coffee shops in the bullet train terminal so that citizens could
interact with each other while waiting for their train to arrive.
Which one are you doing? And why? How will this benefit the residents?
A town on a small island because it is windy and the wind could be use to generate into
electrical energy such as the windmill which will reduce the harm to the environment. The
residents could also get their food from the sea besides agricultural activities such as catching
all the sea creatures and turned them into seafood. Studies had also shown that sea air is
healthy to be inhaled. The calming sound of the sea is difficult to emulate, but studies have
shown that looking at greenery de-stresses you too. Living by the water encourages outdoor
exercise – a walk along the beach is a more attractive prospect than a walk down the high
street. The beaches also provides natural, recreational spots for citizens to relax themselves
from stress.
Which grid are you doing? And WHY? How will it be effective or appealing?
Radial grid
Because the most important of the city elements could be placed in the center and easier for
the residents to travel to the place compared to irregular shapes. The waterfall which is the
main tourist attraction will then be placed in the center. The power station could be near the
center so that it could be distributed evenly to the whole town which could cut the cost of
the extra power grid.
5.3 Conclusion about the new X town
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In Hollow Destiny, there is always a way to have tourism activities going on without
disturbing the nature…
6. Conclusion
In my opinion, creating a town is not as easy as it seems. We have to think of many
possibilities and reasons why an element or building should be created and most importantly,
what impact does it cause to the nature. Besides, deciding where to build a certain type of
building is crucial too, as it will decide in the future, whether that certain building’s function
could be used to the max or it will be useless to the community. I think a park is a good place for
the residents to communicate and it will be better if there are religion buildings beside it as it will
not disturb the residents if the houses are built too near and moreover residents could rest or
have activities in the park before going for their prayers.
Reference Links
1. http://quadralectics.wordpress.com/4-representation/4-1-form/4-1-4-cities-in-the-
mind/4-1-4-1-the-ideal-city/
2. http://www.archdaily.com/42777/singapore-2050-masterplan-woha/
3. http://www.unep.org/wed/SIDS/about/#.U769ifmSySo
4. http://www.mmg.mpg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/reza_ISP-ABSTRACT.pdf
5. http://www1.aedas.com/Urban/Green-Quarter
6. http://www.apexnc.org/services/planning
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