enbe report




Content:

1. Introduction Pg 3

2. The City Pg 4 – Pg 8

3. Investigation & Data Collection:

Ancient and old city

Pg 9 – Pg 13


The present city

Pg 14 – Pg 18


The future and better city

Pg 19 – Pg 22

6. The Sky Pillar Pg 23 – Pg 29

7. Conclusion Pg 30

8. References list Pg 31




1. Introduction

This is our final project for Element In Natural And Build Environment (ENBE).

The tittle of this project is “The Future City Representation”. This project is

divided into two parts where the first part is the individual component which

requires students to produce a video presentation and an A4 sized report

regarding of the city. The second part og this project is a group component

where students have to build a model of the selected city by lecturers.

Students are required to plan and design a futuristic city which is

sustainable in the future. Before begin designing, students are required to

research on ancient, present and future cities to help on understanding what

is and what makes a city. Besides, while planning the future city, students shall

consider and include the following aspects such as the main focus,

geometric shape, zoning of the city and many more.

This project is indeed allowing students to understand the component

and elements of a city and how to create a better future city.




2. The City

2.1 :- Definition

City (pronunciation - \ˈsi-tē\),

According to the Meriam Webster, a city is defined as,

- an inhabited place of greater size, population, or importance than a town

or village.

- relatively permanent and highly organized centre of population

To accommodate a large population of people, a city have to built accordingly to various

urban planning, zoning and to make perfect use of every land in it. It commonly includes

complex system for transportations, utilities, sanitation, sewage handling, energy

distributing, and land usage. The city is a place of business, connectivity, living, learning and

as well resting. A city can exists for many reasons, either to act as centres of storage, trading,

or manufacture. A city serves as a centre of government to administrate people and act as a

protection for the residents. Conurbation or megalopolis happened once a city evolves far

enough to reach to another city.

2.2 :- Brief History

The origin of the city can be traced from very long history, even since back to 7500 BC. The

city was believed started since the Neolithic era, where their development of agricultural

had assured to sustain a permanent population. However, the first true towns started

shaping once the people were not simply farmers but instead they began to take on

specialized occupations, know how to trade, having food storage, and as well have the

knowledge to centralize power. The first grid planning and connectivity system is found

back at 2600 BC from Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, indicating people’s diligence in research

and development.

During the early ages, cities were mostly formed at crossroads, transfer points and

harbor where it provides ease to people around to trade and gather. Some of the cities also

formed on riversides and places where they can get natural resources easily.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/concise/Neolithic%20Period




With rising population, London was the first to exceed a population of 1 million, a

milestone in city development during Middle Ages. But it was only during the Industrial Age

that massive advancement and urbanization starting to rise, where transportations,

facilities, and management provided within reaches, just like how present cities work right

now.

2.3 :- What Makes a City ?

A city should at least consists of basic services, facilities, resources, management and

utilities provided to the residents, including:

Efficient and safe electrical, water and food supplies.

Proper infrastructure and facility such as highways, lighting, and sewage managements.

Organized city zoning and planning that harmonically distinguish the city and its

environment.

Basic transportation such as buses and taxis.

Beautiful monuments and vista that forms an identity of the city.

Provides connectivity and interaction among residents.

Health, safety and services are accessible to all.

2.4 :- What Makes a Good City ?

A good city is not only based on its appearance, instead it have to be based on many various

aspects listed on above (refer to 2.3). But for my opinion, a good city is a sustainable and

ecological city, with balance of social, economic and the surrounding environment; stability

of development; and a strong fundamental of the government as well.

A city essentially must have a certain level of cleanliness to prevent the spreading of

disease, maintaining its condition and also to enhance the beauty of city. To achieve this,

clean water supply and decent sewage handling system should be provided in a city. In

addition, public spaces such as garden, park, malls, plaza and playgrounds which allow




people to congregate and interact with each other help promote a friendly society in a

quality city.

A good city wouldn’t establish if there is no solid economy and a strong tax base. This

is to secure the financial and economical of the city. Furthermore, a city should provide with

affordable medical, social services, sanitation and fire protection service so that to lessen

the burden of residents in the city. In other hand, educational services such as schools,

colleges, universities and other learning institute should be easily assessable within a city to

encourage and provide an ease for people to receive education. Last but not least, to

achieve a safe and secure city, law reinforcement and proper distribution of police forces

should be done by the government.

Concerning about the environmental issues, a good city takes responsible to reduce

the emissions of carbon dioxide and pollutants. To achieve this, systematic and flawless

public transportation such as buses, monorail, train and taxis should be provided at all time.

A good city planning not only reduce the unnecessary carbon dioxide release but it also

helps the residents to save time when traveling within the city. Planting green belt and

plants around the city help alleviate eye stress and as well purify the air on the hectic city.

In a nutshell, good city greatly depending on the cooperation between the government and

residents A good city have to brew slowly as ‘Rome is not build in one day’.

2.5 :- What is a future city?

There is no definite guideline and figure for a future city. In the future city, there should be

equipped with characteristics of a better city. I can imagine in future city should have

flawless urban planning, fuses with advance technology, breath-taking sculpture and

building scattered around the city, fully utilize the land available, facilities convenient to

residents, and strong administrative government as well. However, what most importantly

in a future city is a chance for the conservation of ecosystem.

There are already many cities deemed as future city due to its blooming development and

advancement. Even we can search for future city proposal on the internet today. What

future city will be is currently waiting us to explore.




2.6 :- Elements of urban design

To make up a good city and town, there are several elements of the design and

coordination to follow.

Building : buildings are the most encountered elements in urban design, they shape

and articulate space by forming the street walls of the city.

Public space : great public spaces are the living room of the city, it is the place where

people come together to enjoy the city with each other.

Streets : streets are known as the connection between spaces and places.

Transport : transport system connect the parts and corners of the cities, it enable

movement throughout the city.

Landscape : the landscape is the green part and arrangement of the city in the form of

parks, street trees, plants, flowers, and water in many forms.

These elements weave together into a coherent, organized design structure to form an

urban design. The creative articulation of space is the most prominent aspect for urban

design. The following artistic principles are an integral part in creating form and spatial

definition.

1) Order

2) Hierarchy

3) Contrast

4) Aesthetic

5) Proportion

6) Unity

7) Balance

8) Rhythm

9) Texture

10) Context

11) Detail

12) Symmetry

13) Harmony

14) Scale

15) Proximity

2.7 :- Infrastructure of a smart city

1. Technology Development

Technological development is necessary to adapt the changes in response to internal and external

Technological system enhances processes from planning through construction, operation, and

evaluation of a city.




Autonomous disclosure of resource information and accommodation between systems work to

maintain the sustain

Provide an IT platform to the residents.

2. Mobility

Transportation is a mean of reaching your destination.

The major six problems that must be resolved by smart mobility:

o congestion

o road user safety

o eco-friendly

o maintenance

o disaster

3.

Cost of usage is reduced while convenience and comfort are improved.

City managers also enjoy benefits such as improved reliability and increased business opportunities.

4. Energy

Utilizes energy effectively when distributing them to the residents.

Improve the efficiency utilization and reducing CO2 emissions by using smart grids.

5. Communications

More convenience through a network with reliable security.

Borderless communication between residents.

Businesses can be made online through networking.

6. Water

Maintain the sources of fresh water that can be used by humans

Handle water shortages in the future.




A statue of Tlaloc, the Aztec god of rain,

stands at the entrance of the National

Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.

(Source from Shutterstock)

Investigation & Data Collection:

3. Ancient City – Tenochtitlán ( City that walked on water)

3.1 :- Introduction to Tenochtitlán City

Tenochtitlán was the capital of Aztec(old Mexico) that prospered between A.D. 1325 and

1521. This city was built on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco when the Aztecs arrived

at 1325. Tenochtitlán was described to be traversed by great causeways, attractive, strictly

regulated, and stone-built city with hundred thousand of residents. It also had a system of

canals that supplied to the residents who was once reached three hundred thousand people

there.

However, the city was majorly devastated by the Spanish

conquistador Hernán Cortés after a siege in 1521, and modern-day

Mexico City now lies over much of its remains. Now, the ruins of

Tenochtitlán is allowing tourists to excurse by renting boats in the

canal of Xochimilco.

The city itself would come to boast an aqueduct that brought in

potable water and a great temple dedicated to both Huitzilopochtli

(the god who led the Mexica to the island) and Tlaloc, a god of rain

and fertility.

A model of reconstructed Tenochtitlán is featured at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.

(Source : National Museum of Anthropology )




3.2 :- Brief History of Tenochtitlán City

The Aztec people left their home city of Aztlan approximately 1,000 years ago according to

myth. Until today, scholars do not know where Aztlan was, but according to ancient

accounts one of these Aztec groups, known as the Mexica, founded Tenochtitlán in 1325.

The myth continues that Huitzilopochtli, the god of war, the sun and human sacrifice,

is said to have directed the Mexica to settle on the island. “He ordered his priests to look for

the prickly pear cactus and build a temple in his honor. They followed the order and found

the place on an island in the middle of the lake ...” (Tenochtitlán: Capital of the Aztec

Empire written by Jose Luis de Rojas)

De Rojas also notes that the early years were difficult where people have to live in

shacks and the Huitzilopochtli temple which was made of perishable material. Besides,

Tenochtitlán that time was under the sway of another city named Azcapotzalco, to which

they had to pay tribute.

After years of wandering and living off what they could scavenge or pillage from

settled communities, the Tenochtitlán ruler Itzcoatl (reign 1428-1440) break free from

Azcapotzalco’s control and assert the city’s independence from the political instability at

Azcapotzalco and combined with an alliance with the cities of Texcoco and Tlacopan.

For the next 80 years, the territory governed by Tenochtitlán and its allies bloomed,

and the city became the center of a new empire. The tribute that flowed in made the

inhabitants land wealthy. “The Mexica extracted tribute from the subjugated groups and

distributed the conquered lands among the victors, and wealth began to flow to

Tenochtitlán,” writes de Rojas, noting that this caused in prompt immigration into the city.

In 1519, Cortés landed in Mexico and he was initially greeted with gifts of gold from

Tenochtitlán’s ruler Motecuhzoma II. The king hoping that the gifts would appease the

Spanish and make them goes away. However, it had the opposite effect when these golds

made the Spanish more anxious than ever to see the city as gold was what they sought after.

Cortes then repaid the ruler by taking him prisoner and trying to rule the city in his

name. This arrangement quickly soured with dissident groups naming Cuitlahuac, the king’s

brother, to take over the city.

Cortés fled the city on 1520, but within several months started marching back with a

great army to conquer it. Smith notes that this force was made up of 700 Spaniards and

70,000 native troops who had allied themselves with the Spanish.




This army laid siege to Tenochtitlán, destroying the aqueduct and trying to cut off

food supplies to the hundreds of thousands of people in the city. Making matters worse is

that the inhabitants of the city had recently been decimated by a smallpox plague to which

they had no immunity.

“The illness was so dreadful that no one could walk

or move. The sick were so utterly helpless that they could

only lie on the beds like corpses...” wrote Friar Bernardino

de Sahagún from "The Aztecs" book.

The sheer size of Cortés force, their firepower and the

plague ravaging Tenochtitlán made victory inevitable for the

Spaniards. The city was theirs in August 1521. The Tlaxcallan

soldiers that were in Cortés force went on to massacre and

many of the remaining inhabitants of Tenochtitlán. The

ancient city had fallen, and a new Spanish colonial city

would be built atop its ruins.

3.3 :- The Structure of Tenochtitlán City

3.4 :- Things I learnt from Tenochtitlán City

Significant information and structure of the city Information I consider for

my future city

Artificial floating gardens with canal waterways, plants, shrubs, and

trees were surrounded the raised causeways.

Planning a green city by

combining the city with the

nature, which enhance a

better quality of lifestyle.

Ruins of Tenochtitlán lie in the center of Mexico City. (Source from Shutterstock)

Illustration shows the floating garden on an artificial land on the lake.

(Sources from Google)





my future city

The city was connected to the mainland by causeways leading north,

south, and west of the city. These causeways were interrupted by

bridges that allowed canoes and other vehicle to pass freely. If

necessary, the bridges could be pulled away to defend the city. The

city was interlaced with series of canals, so that all section of the

city could be visited either via canoe or on foot.

Must have a customs for

safety concern. For example,

people must register and

leave their personal

information before they

come into the city.

Different type of passage

should be considered so that

various type of vehicle can

travel and pass into the city.

The city plan was based on a symmetrical layout that was divided

into four main sections known as “campan”, each Campan were

represented by different area. The Campan was further divided into

20 districts called “Calpullis”, “Nahuatl”, and “Calpolli”. Each

Calpulli(plural) was crossed by streets or Tlaxcalli. There were also

three main streets that crossed within the city and eventually

leading to the three causeways to the mainland. It is also reported

that these Tlaxcalli were wide enough for ten horses.

Campan Meaning of the Campan

Cuepopan Place where the flower

bloomed

Moyotla Place of mosquitoes

Atzacoalco Place of heron

Teopan Place of the Gods

Good city planning, which

divided the city into business

area, residential area,

industrial area and so on.

Have a good traffic and

transportation arrangement

and infrastructure. A good

road management allows

the convenience for

residents to travel within

city in a shortest period of

time.




3.5 :- Conclusion of Tenochtitlán City

Tenochtitlán City is a very interesting and mysterious city to be discovered. Its complex

structure, method of building an artificial land is seemed impossible for the technology and

knowledge at that time. What fascinating me is the artificial land they built on a lake and

until today the mystery still unsolved due to the destruction of the city. I t is a great loss and

sympathy to found out that this once prosper and blessed land was destroyed and ruined

by the war. War is cruel, it only bring destruction and despair to the world.

Illustration showing part of Tenochtitlán City in ancient time. (Sources from Google)

The ruined Tenochtitlán City today. (Sources from Google)





4. Present City – Melbourne, Australia ( The Central City)

4.1 :- Brief History of Melbourne, Australia

The entire city of Melbourne in Australia covers 7694 sq km and has a population of about

4.1 million of residents. Melbourne is not only Victoria’s capital city but also the business,

administrative, cultural and recreational hub of the state. Melbourne is famous with its 471

hectares of parkland, Eureka Tower , the Mitre Tavern and so on.

Melbourne can be considered as the youngest among all of the cities. Melbourne grew

from a tiny speculative pastoral outpost in the 1850s into a world city within only 30

years.This city reaches around 1 million people by just a turn of century. Much of this

growth phenomenal was due to the gold rush, which is a huge influx of migrants that bring

instant wealth and prosperity to the city. The tittle, “Marvelous Melbourne” was given in

the 1880’s and boasted a city that could rivaled the great cities of Europe and North

America. This city hosted the 1880 World’s Fair in the Royal Exhibition Building, which also

hosted the first parliament and still stands in the magnificent Carlton Gardens. The city was,

until Canberra was built in the late 1920s, form 1901 the federal capital of Australia.

Melbourne still remains the financial, sporting and cultural capital of the nation although

Sydney eventually grew larger and advance.

The overview of Melbourne, Australia (Source from Google)




4.2 :- Melbourne in a Sustainable Journey

The City of Melbourne has been working to be the world top most sustainable city for more

than fifteen years. By having a clear mind and understanding that a successful future

depends on understanding the risk that climate change poses, reducing their impact and to

become more resilient towards the harsh climates.

As part of this effort, their goal is to be a carbon neutral city by the year 2020. To

achieve a good sustainable city , the government and the residents has come with different

programs and initiatives such as:

1) Council Actions

Built a second Council House with Australia’s first 6 Star Green Star new office design.

The second Council House pioneer the way in environmentally sustainable design,

creating a model for similar buildings on future projects.

Upgrading several of council buildings by installing efficient heating, cooling and water

systems. By using this new system, the amount of energy needed to light the town hall

will be halved.

The Melbourne Town Hall are delivering a new waste solutions by producing organic

matter for use in their parks and gardens.

Supporting the city’s vibrant hospitality precincts by install similar technology.

The Council House 2 (CH2) in Melbourne and its technology. (Sources from Google)




2) Tree plan

Implement Urban Forest Strategy(UFS) in the city. UFS is

the tree plan for the future which can adapting to the

changing climate.

Double the city’s canopy cover by 2040

Planting diverse tree species to create a healthier and

cooler landscape.

3) New technologies

Trailing cool roofs, green roofs, walls and facades.

Providing technical guidelines to property owners.

Solar panels installed at Queen Victoria Market to demonstrate local clean energy

generation.

Green Roof in Fitzroy Garden (Source from Google)

Solar Panel at Queen Victoria Market




4) Green transport

Providing an extensive network of bike lanes on Swanston Street, the city’s main

street.

Encourage walking and the use of public transportation in daily life.

5) Water management

Building water tanks and stormwater

harvesting systems. In Darling Street, East

Melbourne, we have installed a world-first

in-road stormwater harvest scheme.

Encouraging recycled water technologies in

the city’s major buildings.

Implementing “Total Watermark – City as a

Catchment update 2014” as plan for

integrated water cycle management for the

next four years.

6) Sustainable communities and precincts

Training residents in the Carlton housing redevelopment and broader community to

reduce water, energy and waste.

Encouraging green commercial buildings to dominate the landscape in Docklands.

Ensure the communities have open spaces, sustainable food and services.

Bike Lanes on Swanston Street

Stormwater harvesting system in Darling

Street




4.3 :- Issues In Melbourne

Alongside with the blooming growth of Melbourne City, the city also encounters a

few issues and problems such as:

Aging of the populations in the city

Air quality deteriorates due to air pollution from the dust particles and the usage of

chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) that thins the ozone layer.

Animal and plant species threatened in the development of Melbourne.

Increasing energy cost due to political factor, natural disaster ,peak oil demand, and even

social event restricting supply.

Growing private vehicle usage rather than public transportation due to convenience.

Global warming

4.4 :- Significance of Melbourne

Melbourne city is significant mostly due to its consistent “Go-Green” strategy

planning in the city. By having goal to achieve a carbon neutral city by the year 2020,

many effective developments have been done by the authority. Being a great city

which promotes green factors and environments, Melbourne City has voted to be the

most livable city in year 2012. Besides, Melbourne is important to serve as capital of

Victoria and is the gathering place for the people. Furthermore, the planning of land

in Melbourne City is filled with artistic elements in their buildings. For example, the

Melbourne Tower is specially designed outlook skyscraper which is a residential and

commercial building where people can enjoy the whole view of Melbourne in the top

floor.

4.5 :- Information and element I got from Melbourne City

It’s “Go-green Strategy” can be adapted and apply on my future city. Its carefully

planned layout is also indeed a great information for my new city.





5. Future City – Noah’s Ark (Sustaining Floating City)

5.1 :- Introduction to Noah’s Ark

This floating city is an innovative concept designed to function as a modern day Noah's Ark.

The self-sustaining city was developed by Serbia-based Aleksandar Joksimovic and Jelena

Nikolic as a means to support life—from humans and animals to fish, plants, and trees—in

the case of an extreme natural disaster. Their innovative water world would support life on

terraced fields, grow food, collect rainwater, generate its own power and is engineered to

withstand all forms of water-based disasters.

The proposal extends urban living out, beyond land, and onto the watery surfaces of

the world. The idea is just part of a network of islands that could connect underwater via

Illustration on Noah’s Ark Floating City. (Source from Mymodernmet.com)




tunnel so that communities could grow and expand over time without the need to be

bound to land.

Noah's Ark would be anchored by flexible cables connected to the ocean floor and

protected around the edges by a wall standing more than 200-feet tall. The land would

provide residential, commercial, and recreational spaces for residents in the unconventional

island powered by solar, wind, and wave energy. This inventive concept is just one of many

ideas of how future generations could choose to live.

Plan layout of Noah’s Ark (Source from Mymodernmet.com)

Cross Section of Noah’s Ark (Source from Mymodernmet.com)




5.2 :- The Structure of Noah’s Ark

5.3 :- Things I learnt from Noah’s Ark


my future city

Overcrowding situation on land in the future can be solved by

Noah’s Ark. As ¾ of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, it is

useful and wise to do the extension of the urban city grid onto the

water.

Extension can be added in

my new city for specific

purpose.

During emergencies such as natural disaster, residents can retreat

into bubbles inside the depths of the islands for protection.

Provide emergency escape

pod or route for the

residents.

An 64 meters tall external walls and a large number of flexible

cables connects the island with the sea’s bottom to provide stability.

The future city must be safe

and stable so that it is safe

to live in.

Noah’s Ark is a self-sustainable city on the water which uses solar,

wind, and wave energy which are easily available on the sea, all

these renewable energy was used to generate the power needed for

the residents.

Using renewable energy.

Escape pod during

emergencies




5.4 :- Floating City in China

Similar to the same concept idea, the ‘Floating City’ in China proposed by AT Design Office

combat the effects of urbanization on land by staging networks. This ocean metropolis plan

comprises a four-square-mile floating island that could house a neighborhood offshore. It is

mostly made from prefabricated hexagonal module. This Floating City would be self-

sustaining and provide a comfortable alternative to overcrowding on the mainland as

well. The island would also include vertical farms and fish hatcheries to produce its own

food, as well as trash facilities to sustainably dispose of their own waste. AT Design also

notes that the island will be zero-carbon and energy efficient.

Renewable Energy used in Noah’s Ark.

(Source from inhabitats.com)




Better Livable Town

6. My New Town – The Sky Pillar ( A town that dance

with the sky)

6.1 :- The Sky Pillar Town

The sky pillar town is a whole new town proposed by Chin Khang Wei, a mayor of

Ipoh in year 2014. This new town is to provide a new place to live for the residents in

City of Ipoh. The sky pillar town is a futuristic on-air eco-town which is planned

properly but mainly based on the green facts. Interestingly, although of its name “on-

air”, it does not meant to be floating and suspended on the air, in fact it is a

wonderful town built on the mountain.

Why is the town on-air?

In science fiction, floating cities are settlements that strictly use buoyancy to remain in the

atmosphere and the term generally refers to any town that is flying, hovering, or otherwise

suspended in the atmosphere. However, with the current technology, it is quite impossible

and fanatic to be able to float such a big mass of land out in the air. The sky pillar town uses

the concept to build on the apex or the waist of the mountain to support the ‘floating’ town

by using mountain.

There are several reasons on why the town is better designed to be built on-air. First

of all, according to the prediction, the lands on Earth will no more enough space for people

to live by the year 2100. Hence, an alternative way is to build another land in the air.

Theoritically, the higher the place, the cleaner the air will be. A cleaner air is necessary for

the people as the air pollution nowadays is getting more severe. The air above the land also

contains fewer germs and bacteria compare the air in the warmth land. Apart from that, we

can have the cleanest water source which can only obtained on the air from the cloud.

Furthermore, the city suspended on the air is protected from major natural disaster such as

Tsunami, floods and Earthquake. In the environmental friendly way, this floating city

constantly get cold breeze from all directions, this aid in natural air convection in the town

and hence the usage of air conditioner and fan will be reduced.




Why is the town built on the mountain?

It is possible to have a floating and suspended land without any support in our daily

life. By using the principle of buoyancy and gravity, everything including a huge mass

of land can float in the air, however it is

impossible to practice this theory in the

Earth due to its high gravity and less dense

of air. As proposed by Geoffrey A. Landis,

the easiest planet (other than Earth) to

place floating cities at this point would

appear to be Venus. Since the project of

the new town should be proposed on one

of the cities in Malaysia, there is no point

taking into consideration on the other

planet to build a town.

There is also another way to build a floating

city by using the principle of magnetic force. As

we all know, magnet with the same pole repel

to each other. By using this simple principle, we

can make an object “float” on the air. However

to make a big piece of land to float by using this

principle, we must use a giant devices or

magnet which produce great enough of

magnetic forces to hold and maintain the land

on the air. This cannot be done with current

technologies and knowledge we have for now.

The greatest mass we can implement by using

this principle is only able to lift up a train in

Taipei’s bullet train. Furthermore, even if there

is devices that can create such huge magnetic

force to hold the land, its magnetic force will be

great enough to affect the living thing such as their navigation ability around the field

and as well impact the people who live on the city with such a great magnetic force.

A proposed layout of the floating city in Venus. (Sources from Google)

Magnetic floating system used in a bullet train. (Sources from Google)




Another alternative way to build a floating town is

to build it on a thermal ship or flying aircraft.

However it does mean to use a lot of energy such

as fuel and nuclear to give combustion to keep

these ship floating. By producing more energy,

more carbon emission will be to pollute the

environment. Apart from that, the town lies on a

thermal ship or flying aircraft is dangerous as the

whole life of the residents depends on the

propellant of these flying ships. If in case of

emergency situation such as propellant malfunction or under attack by enemies, the

whole flying ships will sunk on to the ground with the life of all the residents.

Last but not least, the ultimate way to build a floating town is to directly build on the

mountain. The mountain chosen of course have to be an extinct volcano. An extinct

volcano has ceased and deemed unable to erupt anymore. Building a town on the

mountain, we can easily access down to the land from the floating city. This method

also gives a firm and strong fundamental to the floating city. Besides, the town in

mountain ensure the continuous supply of natural resources in the future.

Why is the town settled in Ipoh?

Ipoh is a peaceful city which is still undergoing development in Malaysia. Ipoh serves

as the capital of Perak state and often the main spot for all the economic activities

there. Hence, Ipoh has a high potential of economic potential in a long term run.

Another wonderful point of Ipoh, Perak is this city is surrounded by big and small

mountains. Furthermore, Ipoh has a great amount of natural resources and has

enough empty spaces for the new town. Hence, Ipoh serves as a great spot to build

the floating city – The Sky Pillar.

A thermal ship on the air (Sources from Google)




Illustration of the city build on mountain.






6.2 :- Structure of the Sky Pillar Town

The land of Sky Pillar Town is a combination of many smaller hexagonal-shaped disk. These

hexoganal disk are made in such a way so that the land can easily extended by combining

and assembling more of these hexagonal disk for future use. Besides, by assembling many

smaller disk into a large land, it is more flexible to absorb the pressure either outside or

inside the city.

The city is designed with 70% of the buildings are not taller than 8 stories. This is due to

certain reason, which is:

Taller building gives mental pressure to

people indirectly.

Medium-sized storey building encourages

people to walk on the staircase instead of

using elevator which creates a healthier

lifestyle.

Save time and energy to reach their desired

destination.

Decrease the pressure of the hexagonal disk

land as taller building requires deeper

foundation.

Reduce sun reflection into the street and hence reduce greenhouse effect of the city.

A main land form by these smaller hexagonal disks that is flexible and easily assemble.




The residential areas apply the ” Earth House

Concept ”. Earth House Concept is the

combination of concrete wall with ‘easily take

care’ grass wall. This means the whole house is

covered by these grasses which won’t cause much

trouble to maintain. This of course includes the

green roof idea in Melbourne, Australia. These

Earth House boost the oxygen on the city and at

the same time give a resting view for the eyes.

The main energy use in ‘The Sky Pillar’ is nuclear energy. The nuclear energy we apply here

is not the convection nuclear fission the world currently using now. ‘The Sky Pillar’ uses

nuclear fusion as their fuel to generate energy. In physics, nuclear fission become more

unstable overtime and make itself dangerous, unlike our nuclear fusion. Nuclear fusion is

very safe as the unstable neutron stabilizes itself

overtime to produce great amount of energy. This

theory can be proving by the reaction of the sun.

However, the nuclear fusion energy still requires

some time for us to apply with our current

technology and knowledge. Nuclear energy by

right is the most clean, and easily maintenance

source of energy compare to the others. Nuclear

fusion energy also at the same time did not

pollute the environment.




In waste handling, the sewages will

steer by canals and ducts to the

sewer service in the main tank and

after that will send to conveyance

tanks. These conveyance tanks will

directly process and cleaned on

the city itself without transporting

them onto the ground below the

city.

All rubbish and trashes will collect two times

during twenty four hours from every single part

of the city by special trunks. The rubbish

collected is further divided into recyclable and

non-recyclable waste by the drones. The non-

recyclable rubbish will then sent down to the

ground to bury via a connected special tunnel.

While the recyclable rubbish will also processed

and recycle by the factories on the city.

As a self-sustainable city, we did not depend the ground for

crop yields. A skyscraper farming will be built on the city itself

Since it is impossible to plant yields and crops on the limited

space and land on the floating city, the only way to overcome it

is by using vertical farming. Each skyscraper farming has 20

storey tall and every storey is grow with different type of plants

and food for the residents. These skyscraper farming is using

the organic and uv-ray method to grow in the incubator.

A rubbish handling drone




7. Conclusion

I have truly learnt a lot about building a city in this project, from doing researches

from the book and internet until the brainstorming of my very own city. There are

many things to consider while building a city, not just doing it as you wanted to do so.

I realized many things in our daily life which is such normal and easy to get is actually

a giant structure that carefully built in underground such as the water supply system,

sewage treatments and many more. A good city is not just about its appearance but

also its sustainably livability, how they encourage interaction and much more

different aspect.

As a resident and a citizen, we should always keep our city clean and protect

out city. “Rome is not built in one day”, we should keep in my mind that every town

is the hard work of every constructor, designer, planner, engineer and government.

To produce a great living place for everyone to live together harmonically, we should

together protect and enhance the place we are living in.




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enbe report

Education

better city pg

present city pg

old city pg

better future city

selected city

futuristic city

future city representation

introduction pg