Evergreen City ENBE final A4 Report


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ContentNo. Title Page

1 Introduction 3

2 A City 4-5

3 Investigation & Data Collection: The Ancient cities

Baghdad Ancient Round City, Iraq Chang'An City, China

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4 Investigation & Data Collection: The present city/cities

Tokyo, Japan Shanghai, China

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5 Investigation & Data Collection: The future city/cities

Atlantis 14-15

6 The X City 16-17

7 Evergreen City 18-33

8 The Process and Progress 34-58

9 The Conclusion 59

10 References list 60


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1. Introduction

In this project, I will be a mayor of a city and will have to investigate and propose afuture city. Before creating the city, I have to do some research about how to make asustainable and livable city and also research on ancient, present and future city.Investigate and refer to the important elements that can be used from the researchedcities.

I have to propose a small size city between 25-40 kilometer square. Besides that, Ihave to come up with some sketches and illustration of my future city. I have to includethis in the city planning:

o structure of the city.o focus of the cityo The zoning of the city.o People and activities.o Transportation and infrastructures.o Utility and amenities.o Energy.o Other services


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2. The City

2.1 The City Definition Governed by a mayor and a board of aldermen or councilmen. (Source: Dictionary.com) A place with bright lights, tall buildings, traffic jams, large population Categorized into a few zones A place for people to live, learn, work, play and visit

2.2 What is the brief history 8,000 ~10,000 years ago - Cities serve as centers of storage, trade, and manufactures. Cities grew around the marketplaces - Goods from other places/countries could be

exchanged for local products.

Cities are mostly founded at the intersections of transportation routes, at points wheregoods must shift from one made of transportation to another (as river and ocean ports)

Religion elements- Sacred places : Cemeteries and Shrines- Large temples precincts with monumental religious buildings

Serves as centers of governmentExamples: Washington D.C. - Monumental buildings, radial street pattern,and large public spaces

2.3 What makes a good city Resources and services in the city are accessible to all Convenient public transports Safe and reliable Road and Pathway for transportation Renewable recourses are used Recycle whenever possible Strong community work Cultural and social amenities accessible to all Economic Stability Political Participants Authenticity (Parks , places that creates memories, places to hang out with friends and

family , etc) Consist of a few heritage places (Cultural)

2.4 How to sustain a city?

Walk able distance Less car, less pollution


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Green space larger Access to transit (convenient) Contains a lot of Authenticity Energy and water conservation Fresh air Good public health Safe and affordable houses Educated Society Responsible Society Secure

2.5 What is the future city Hi-technology

Well enhanced city Safe to live (livable) A smart city (equipped with wireless networks, etc.) High-rise buildings Stable Economic Value:

- Stable employment- More urbanization- New business- More knowledge society

Good Environment:- Low amount of Carbon- Good waste management- Water, atmosphere and biodiversity

High social Value:- Good healthcare- Local medical services- Security- Culture- Social Capitals

Well-developed


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3. Investigation & Data Collection:Ancient Cities

Baghdad Ancient Round City , Iraq The City of Peace

Baghdad is founded by the Abbasid caliph al- Mansur in 762. Baghdads round plan found Persian precedents such as Ectabana, Hatra and Firouzabad. The city is designed by two Iranians.The city is measured as 2000m in diameter.There are four main gates, equidistant from each other, which are the:Southwest gate - Kufa Gate;Southeast gate - Basra Gate;Northeast gate- Khurasan Gate;Northwest gate - Damascus Gate.

The city is surrounded by a round wall. Whereas it is made by layered of dirt. It is made inround because it is easier to defend the city from the enemies, and does not has weak corneredpoints.

Leading from the gates to the centre, street lined with shops and markets. The centre of the city stood a mosque and Headquarters for the guards. A huge spaces are left in the middle of the city, where the purpose of use of its empty space is still remain unknown.


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The circular arrangement of streets and gatesof Baghdad City reflects on the orbit of the planets .

Meanwhile, The palace and mosque as the

centre of the city is to reflects the sun as the centre of universe.

In conclusion, Baghdad is one of the mostunique round city in the ancient time and its ancientwall.

Therefore the elements that I'm going to useto build my Evergreen city are

The circular arrangement of the city

pattern Four gates The city wall


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The city is also surrounded by wall made out of layers of bricks that made of dirt, wherethe functions were to protect the city from the enemies.

Every 120 meters, there is a rampart, which in total, there are 98 ramparts stretched out,and it was to defense against the enemy from climbing up the wall.

Moreover, an ancient drainage was discovered at Chang'an - An arch-brick tunnels (2thousand years ago).

By holding arches, ancient Chinese invented smarter bricks for it. The bricks locked intoeach other and holds up, that's why the sewer can able to remain a long time.

In conclusion, Chang'an city was consider as a sustainable city because of its materialtechnology, from dirt to bricks, which surpasses the Roman's technology during that period .And that's the specialty of this ancient city.

Therefore the elements that I'm going to use to build my Evergreen city are The well-organized concept of the city pattern Defense of the city wall Sustainable underground sewage systems


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4. Investigation & Data Collection:Present Cities

Tokyo city, Japan

Tokyo is a capital city of Japan which consist of 23 special wards.During year1868, Tokyo was known as Edo. In 1603, Edo became Japan's political

center . Edo had grown into one of the world's most populous cities decades by decades.By Meiji Restoration, Edo has renamed as "Tokyo" which is the city what we called now.

Today's Tokyo was popular with it's entertainment, shopping , cultures,architecture , etc. It also known as one of the world's most livable city.


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Transportation in Tokyo is really convenient, with different lines of train, subways,monorails that lead to different areas of cities, from rural to suburban to city centers.

All the buildings are installed with base isolations, dampers, and shock absorbers toprevent earthquakes from falling the buildings apart.

The city situated by the bay and gradually establish from the center, from citycenter to suburban to rural area. The city plan was basically a grid pattern, but some part

of the city are randomly radial pattern.

In conclusion, Tokyo is a really sustainable city and a convenient one too. Itis really well prepared to natural disasters

Therefore the elements that I'm going to use to build my Evergreen city are Earthquakes prevention equipments Transportation


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Shanghai, China

In year 1842, The British opened a concession in Shanghai after the first Opium War and

caused Shanghai's evolution. From that time a small fishing village on the edge of the muddyHuang Pu River, which is right now has developed into a world most modern city - Shanghai.

The city is situated by the river, and develop by radial grid pattern of city plan. Thecity is also known as for its rich water resources. It is 1,041 square kilometers permanentresident population of 23,019,200.


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What I like about the city is the Community spirit and Green environment.

There are a lot of parks in the city for people to socialize, doing picnic, ballroom dancingetc.

I also like the cities' overlapping highways, which doesn't cause much traffic jams andreduce the time of travelling distance. These highways also modernize the city itself too.

In conclusion, Shanghai is expanding its economy and can be consider as one of the mostsustainable city too with its rapid development. People there love to involve in outdooractivities unlike some other cities, people just stays indoors with their works withoutcommunicating outdoors.

Therefore the elements that I'm going to use to build my Evergreen city are The overlapping of the highways Parks for people to leisure


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5. Investigation & Data Collection:Future Cities

Future CityAtlantis from Stargate Atlantis Series

Atlantis is a city that floats on water, flies on the sky, and skinks under the water. It is a cityship that passengers 100,000 people in it.

Energy Generators of the city is really unique which are the Lightning Rods, Zero PointModules, Geothermal Energy and Solar powered generators.

Lightning Rods attracts lighting and relocate it into grounding station to preventthe city from damage

Zero Point Modules a type of crystal that provide energy Geothermal energy - absorbed heat in the atmosphere and oceans Solar-powered generators Solar cells placed around the city


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6. The "X" City

City enhanced: Tokyo, Japan

What Happened??

Not all cities are perfect,Problems faced by Tokyo city & stuffs that I will need to enhance to build a new city: overpopulated Geological Problem , not enough spaces Natural disasters (Typhoons, Earthquakes and tsunamis) Traffic Pollution Less green spaces


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According to the problems that faced by Tokyo city overpopulated Geological Problem , not enough spaces Natural disasters (Typhoons, Earthquakes and tsunamis) Traffic

Pollution Not enough green eries

People that living in the city mainly will be Malaysian, the city culture elements is built based onMalaysian culture. Therefore, Malaysian can live in the city just like in their homeland Malaysiatoo. Therefore the religion of my city consist Christianity, Muslim, Hinduism, and Buddhism.

The population of the city will be 490,000. Area of the city will be 36km 2.

A new "floating city" on the water.The Criteria Evergreen city are: Can live a lot of people Good environment (Clean air) Free from Natural disaster (prevents Natural Disasters) Less traffic jam More green Spaces Use environment friendly products to reduce air pollution Renewable power energy

People can come in and out from to city to the mainland


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7. Evergreen CityThe city name will be called as "Evergreen City", according to the Oxford Dictionary, Evergreendefines with leaves throughout the year. Where the city will be filled with leaves throughout theyears. The word "Ever" from "Evergreen" means everlasting, and sustainable too.My city will be floating on water while supported by 4 pillars that equipped with Water Turbine (toproduce energy through water) , Shock absorber, base isolation and also dampers inside it. It is onwater because the city that I'm going to enhance is known as lack of spaces, not enough land tobuild a new town, that's why I've decided to build it on the water by the bay instead, so thatpeople can access the city in and out easily.

Based on the Ancient, Future and Present cities that I've did researched on, some of the ideasinspired my cities, that's why I took some of their element as the inspirations of my city. Which are:

The circular arrangement of the city pattern (Baghdad) Four gates (Baghdad) The city wall (Baghdad) The well-organized concept of the city pattern (Chang'An) Defense of the city wall (Chang'An) Sustainable underground sewage systems (Chang'An) Earthquakes prevention equipments (Tokyo) Transportation (Tokyo)

The overlapping of the highways (Shang Hai) Parks for people to leisure (Shang Hai) The shield Defense the city from Natural Disasters and also sustain the temperature

throughout the year(Atlantis) Lightning rod can generates Energy too (Place on the centre of the city )(Atlantis) Solar-powered generators Solar cells placed around the city(Atlantis)


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Zoning of the city:

Legend:


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The Road system

The city road system will go circular, because it's easier to travel, and all the road will beconnected, unlike the square shape. The flowery pattern of road shows the uniqueness of the citypattern, unlike the plain boring circular road systems.The cross road will be the Main Highway of the city that leads to four gates :Northgate, Southgate,

Westgate and East Port. The bridge from the 3 gates will leads to the mainland.


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Underground Subway and Land bus

The centre of the city will be the interchange point for all Lines, meanwhile there will be fourinterchange between loop to loop. The rural loop will separate into two parts, which is the innerrural loop and outer rural loop, which is actually just travel half of the rural part of the city atdifferent direction. It is separated into two , so that the time taken to finish the whole route willnot takes long. There are also two interchange between inner rural and outer rural, on is atsoutheast of the city, another one is at northwest of the city, also 4 interchange to the 4 lines(North, South, East ,and West).There will be a mini bus circulating the between commercial area

and the city centre, which consist of 4 interchange stations to the commercial loop, city centreloop, and all 4 lines (North, South, East ,and West).


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Underground subway Station

Energy Generator & distribution

There are 4 types of energy generator in my city which are the Lightning rod, Water turbine, Solar Paneland the Wind Turbine. All the energy generated will be transmitted into the substation under the lightningrod (which is so-called heart of the city)


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Waste Handlling (Evac System)

Sewage Ststem


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Water Distribution

Overall Underground System (Layering)


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Residential Building #1

One of the sample building of the residential area. The building is high-rise and build far away from the citycentre, by the semi circle road. It is high-rised, so that people live in it can able to see the city skyline andbeautiful city scenery.

Cross Section Plan


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Residential Building #2

This residential area is built based on the green environment, it's really surrounded by green and consist of public spaces where people can hang out, picnic or a walk.


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Entrance of the City

Public Spaces


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Some part of the city


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Shield of the City

The shield is to protect the city from Natural Disaster and hazards.

Therefore my city is a city that safe to live in where it is free from Natural disasters and filled with greenenvironments.


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8. The Process & Progress(Sketches & Process & Progress of the City)

A rough plan of my Citys Zoning: The heart of the city will be the City centre ,1. Tallest building Lightning Rod in the

middle2. City Hall3. Places for citizen to leisure:-Movie theater, Dome, Shopping centre

4. There will be come commercial buildings inthe city centreResidential area should not be far from andCity centre, and filled with green zone andnearby facilities Industrial zone will be placed at the side of thecity , so that the industrial smoke will blowaway from the cityNorth gate and West gate of the city isconnected to the mainland with a retractableBridge .

Circular planning is used because of 3factors:

More convenient to travel Always return to the same

point Everything moves circularly

Subway + Heating + Plumbing + waterPiping + Electric Generation+ Wastes+ Sewerage/ Drainage

Undergroundsystem,travellingcircularly


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My X City looks like floating on water ,But Its actually supported by 3 Columns

consists of : - Carbon Nanotube molecules a hard molecule that is wave absorption - Dampers to absorb shock when earthquake - Base Isolation

Energy (RENEWABLE ENERGY) : 1. Solar Energy Half of the top side of

the city is surrounded by solar panels2. Wind Energy Wind mills

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Tidal Energy is build at the column of the city

4. Lightning Rod Build on the centre of city and tallest building in the city toattract lightning

All the energy collected will be stored at thecity centre underground (the heart of thecity) , Then from there, it will transmit tohousehold, industrial factories, buildings, etc

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9. Conclusion

Throughout this project, I learnt about creating the city is not just a simple things, itinvolves a lot of systems like the power supply, water distribution, sewage systems, road systems,etc.

Most importantly ,we have to build a city that is best for our people like providing themgreat facilities like greeneries, fresh air, education, safety etc. There are a lot things to think aboutbuilding a small city.

These are the criterias that I've applied on my city - Evergreen City , which make it the bestfuture city to live in.


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