FNBE0814 Better town of the future

ENBE | PROJECT2 | PART A- REPORT | BETTER TOWN OF THE FUTURE

BETTER TOWN OF THE FUTURE

THE SKY

LIM YANG KANG | 0320538 FNBE AUGUST 2014

PN. HASMANIRA

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LIM YANG KANG | 0320538| PN. HASMANIRA | FNBE AUGUST 2014 | TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY1


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THE TOWN

1. Introduction



For Elements of Nature and Built Environment (ENBE), our final project

title is “BETTER TOWN OF THE FUTURE”. This project is divided into two

part. For part A which is individual work consists 20% and part B which is group

work consist 20%.

From the compiling of all the research, we are required to plan our own

town and understand the elements and component of a town and what makes a

better future town. Supposing ourselves as the mayor of the “X” town, we need to

propose a new “X” town because of the reasons that it no longer liveable. Before

we plan the “X” town we need refer back, investigate and do the research of some

ancient towns and some present towns, what to be improved such as infrastructure

and facilities.

Through this project, we will understand and learn about the basic

elements such as landscape, space, infrastructure and facilities. We will able to

compare what is the difference between ancient town, present town and future

town.

2. The Town

2.1 Definition of town



A built-up area with a name, defined boundaries, and local government,

that is larger than a village and generally smaller than a city. The size

definition for what constitutes a "town" varies considerably in different

parts of the world.

2.2 Types of towns

Australian geographer Thomas Griffith Taylor proposed a classification of

towns based on their age and pattern of land use. He identified five types

of town:

Infantile towns: with no clear zoning

Juvenile towns: which have developed an area of shops

Adolescent towns: where factories have started to appear

Early mature towns: with a separate area of high-class housing

Mature towns: with defined industrial, commercial and various

types of residential area

2.3 Brief history of town

In Old English and Early and Middle Scots, the word ton, toun, etc. could

refer to kinds of settlements as diverse as agricultural estates and holdings,

partly picking up the Norse sense (as in the Scots word fermtoun) at one

end of the scale, to fortified municipality at the other. If there was any

distinction between toun (fortified municipality) and burgh (unfortified

municipality) as claimed by some, it did not last in practice as burghs and

touns developed. For example "Edina Burgh" or "Edinburgh" (called a city

today) was built around a fort and eventually came to have a defensive

wall.

A town is usually a place with a lot of houses, but not a city. As with

cities, there is more than one way to say what a town is in different

countries. In some places, it is a kind of local government.



In English, they also use the word "town" as a general word for places

with a lot of houses (cities too). When they say "town" they are normally

thinking of a big, important place. For example, London is a city, but

people often call it "London town" ("the City of London" is a part of

London where there are a lot of banks). Also, going from the outside to

central London is to "go into town".

Generally, the difference between towns and villages or hamlets is the sort

of economy they have. People in towns usually get money from industry

(factories etc.), commerce (shops etc.) and public service (working for the

town) not agriculture (growing food).

The number of people who live in a place does not tell us if it is a town or

a village. In many areas of the world, for example India, a big village can

have many more people than a small town. It is also difficult to say if a

place is a town because today, some towns are becoming bigger, and in

some places people live in a village or near a town and work in the town.

Sometimes a place is a city because it got the name "city" by law.

However, people often say it is a town because it is small. In the Middle

Ages, a place became a town by means of a charter, which gave it town

privileges.

2.4 What makes a good town

A good and healthy town criteria set by World Health Organization

(WHO):



Clean and safe environment

Meet basic needs inhabitant

Involve community in local government

Easy access to health service

A good town has these vital support system:

3. Investigate and Data Collection:

Ancient Town- HOI AN, VIETNAM



3.1 Brief History of HOI AN, VIETNAM:

Archaeological finds and excavations have shown that there was a port and trading centre of the local Sa Huynh people along the Thu Bon river as early as the 2nd century BC.

This continued to expand, and by the 15th century Hoi An (known in Vietnam and abroad under various names - Fayfo, Haifo, Kaifo, Faifoo, Faicfo, Hoai Pho) was already the most important port of the powerful Champa Kingdom. It continued after the Vietnamese absorption of the Champa Kingdom in the same capacity, becoming one of the most important centres of mercantile, and hence cultural, exchange in South-East Asia, attracting ships and traders from elsewhere in Asia and from Europe, especially during its most flourishing period from the late 16th century to the early 18th century. It was through Hoi An that Christianity penetrated Vietnam in the 17th century.It retained its role as the main port of the central region throughout the 19th century, when the Nguyen dynasty kings operated a "closed trade policy." By the end of the century, the rise of other ports on the coast of Vietnam, in particular Da Nang, and silting of its harbour, led to the final eclipse of Hoi An. As a result of this economic stagnation, it has preserved its early appearance in a remarkably intact state.

3.2 What makes is a significant town and what are the details?

Hoi An, an exceptionally well-preserved example of a traditional Asian trading port, is an outstanding material manifestation of the fusion of cultures over time in an international maritime commercial centre.

The town is a special example of a traditional trading port in South-East Asia which has been completely and assiduously preserved: it is the only town in Viet Nam that has survived intact in this way. Most of the buildings are in the



traditional architectural style of the 19th and 20th centuries. They are aligned along narrow lanes of traditional type. They include many religious buildings, such as pagodas, temples, meeting houses, etc., which relate to the development of a port community. The traditional lifestyle, religion, customs and cooking have been preserved and many festivals still take place annually.

The typical house conforms to a corridor plan, the following elements occurring in sequence: house, yard and house. The buildings are:

family cult houses, dedicated to the worship of ancestors; the community houses, used for worship of ancient sages, founders of settlements, or the legendary

founders of crafts; the pagodas are almost all from the 19th

century, although inscriptions show them to have been founded in the 17th and 18th centuries. They conform to a square layout and decoration is largely confined to the elaborate roofs. In the case of the larger examples, they constituted nuclei of associated buildings with religious and secular functions. Some of the larger pagodas also served as meeting halls. These are located along the main street (Tran Phu).

3.3 Conclusion

As the conclusion, Hoi An Vietnam is an outstanding material manifestation of the fusion of cultures over time in an international commercial port. Hoi An is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a traditional Asian trading port.



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Present City- Paris, French

4.1 Brief History of Paris, French

Paris s the capital and most populous city of France. Situated on the Seine River, in the north of the country, it is at the heart of the Île-de-France region, also known as the région parisienne ("Paris Region" in English). The city of Paris has a population of 2,249,975 inhabitants (January 2011), but its metropolitan area is one of the largest population centres in Europe, with 12,292,895 inhabitants at the January 2011 census.

Paris was founded in the 3rd century BC by a Celtic people called the Parisii, who gave the city its name. By the 12th century, Paris was the largest city in the western world, a prosperous trading centre, the home of the University of Paris, and one of the most influential centres of learning in Europe. In the eighteenth century, it was the centre stage for the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and an important centre of commerce, fashion, science, and the arts.

Paris has one of the largest GDPs in the world, €607 billion (US$845 billion) in 2011, and is one of the world's leading tourist destinations. In 2013-2014, it received an estimated 15.57 million international overnight visitors, making it the third most popular destination for international travellers, after London and Bangkok.The Paris Region hosts the world headquarters of 30 of the Fortune Global 500 companies. Paris is today one of the world's leading business and cultural centres and has a global influence in politics, education, entertainment, media, science, and the arts.



Paris in 2013 was the home of the three of the most visited art museums in the world: the Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay, and the Centre Georges Pompidou. It also is the home of several of the most visited architectural landmarks, including the Cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-Paris (12th century); Sainte-Chapelle (13th century); the Eiffel Tower (1889); and the Basilica of Sacre-Coeur on Montmartre (1919).

Paris is known for its fashion designers, high-end boutiques, and the twice-yearly Paris Fashion Week. It is world-renowned for its haute cuisine, and celebrated three-star restaurants. Most of France's major universities and Grandes Écoles are in Paris or its suburbs, and most of France's major newspapers, including Le Monde, Le Figaro, and Libération, are based in the city, while Le Parisien in the suburb Saint-Ouen.

Paris is home to the association football club Paris Saint-Germain FC and the rugby union club Stade Français. Paris hosts the annual French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Roland Garros. Paris played host to the 1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics, the 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cup, and the 2007 Rugby World Cup. The 80,000-seat Stade de France in Saint-Denis was built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The city is a major rail, highway, and air-transport hub, served by the two international airports Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Paris-Orly. Opened in 1900, the city's subway system, the Paris Métro, serves 5.23 million passengers daily. Paris is the hub of the national road network, and is surrounded by three orbital roads: the Boulevard Périphérique, the A86 motorway, and the Francilienne motorway in the outer suburbs.

4.2 What makes is a significant town and what are the details?

Paris is a major rail, highway, and air transport hub. The Syndicat des transports d'Île-de-France (STIF), formerly Syndicat des transports parisiens (STP) oversees the transit network in the region.[160] The syndicate coordinates public transport and contracts it out to the RATP (operating 654 bus lines, the Métro, six tramway lines, and sections of the RER), the SNCF (operating suburban rails, one tramway line and the other sections of the



RER) and the Optile consortium of private operators managing 1,070 minor bus lines.

The city's subway system, the Métro, was opened in 1900 and is the most widely used Transport system within the city proper, carrying 5.23 million passengers daily.[170] It comprises 303 stations (385 stops) connected by 220 km (136.7 mi) of rails, and 16 lines, identified by numbers from 1 to 14, with two minor lines, 3bis and 7bis. An additional express network, the RER, with five lines (A, B, C, D, & E), connects to more-distant parts of the urban area, with 257 stops and 587 km (365 mi) of rails.

Over €26.5 billion will be invested over the next 15 years to extend the Métro network into the suburbs.

In addition, the Paris region is served by a light rail network of seven lines, the tramway: Line T1 runs from Asnières-Gennevilliers to Noisy-le-Sec, line T2 runs from Pont de Bezons to Porte de Versailles, line T3a runs from Pont du Garigliano to

Porte de Vincennes, line T3b runs from Porte de Vincennes to Porte de la Chapelle, line T5 runs from Saint-Denis to Garges-Sarcelles, line T7 runs from Villejuif to Athis-Mons, all of which are operated by the Régie Autonome des

Transports Parisiens, and line T4 runs from Bondy RER to Aulnay-sous-Bois, which is operated by the state rail carrier SNCF. Six new light rail lines are currently in various stages of development.

4.3 Conclusion

As a conclusion, Paris is the famous city in the world, and it has the largest private real estate development in history. In addition, the infrastructure is sufficient to all citizens in order to make their life better.





5. Investigate and Data Collection:

Better Town Of The Future

Future City- PieXus Tower: Maritime Transportation Hub Skyscraper, Hong Kong

5.1 About the Town

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



water, these pods work in harmony with the existing Macau Ferry Terminal to expediently move people towards the inner structure. This assembly forms a podium for the first segment of the tower, which emerges as a parking structure accessible from the highway network tangent to the tower.

Located at the water’s edge next to the Macau Ferry Terminal, the tower’s design varies in both its circulation and organization to control the speed at which it receives and negotiates the flow of traffic to optimize

movement around and inside the structure.

you move inward from the receiving pods, the main structure begins to evolve its own function. First is a horizontal parking structure on the lower levels of the main building, which emerges as a parking structure

accessible from the connected highway network to efficiently receive car traffic. As you move up the main structure, business and shopping space is available, all accessible by car to the highest level of the tower. The upper reaches of the towers are set aside for residential space, high above the noise of the city, providing a living area that incorporates spectacular



views of the dynamic city skyline. A heliport on top of the structure can receive air traffic from above.

The solid form on the south side of the main tower receives solar energy during the day, providing power to the building. The skin is breathable with numerous openings designed to overlap each other, undulating throughout, allowing carbon dioxide to easily filter out from the designated parking areas on the lower levels. Each parking level will also utilize foliage to further filter carbon dioxide from the air helping to reduce pollution in Hong Kong.

The PleXus tower was conceived as a segmented, but highly connected network of major transportation functions, as well as housing conventional program. The shift in the

way the tower design is read, as well as in the functionality of each segment, provides greater programmatic control. Residential is accessible yet private, parking is convenient, and circulation through the ground-level public space is able to provoke interest. At night, lights will glow from the panels, reminding us of the connections these segments share as well as blending in with Hong Kong’s unique night skyline.





6. The “X” Town- The Sky

6.1 How did you came up with the solution to create this new town

After the investigating the ancient town and present town, I realized that the world is getting worst because of the pollution and man-made disaster. I would like to create a defensive town for humans due to build the skyscrapers. Also, create a zero pollution and clean town for human.

6.2 What is the important characteristics and elements

Characteristics - Green spaces make up half of the town



- Provides job opportunities to residents- Provides bicycle lane to promote bicycle riding - Use renewable energy to generate power such as wind energy and

solar energy- Ecotourism as the aim of town

Transportation

- Provide bicycle lane because bicycle riding is encouraged - Bus is the main transportation for all the residents and it is using

hybrid system- Provides metro and train





6.4 Zoning

I design the station for the public tranport to be in the center of the town is

because i feel that it is the most important place and must to have in a town. Secondly, police ,

hospital and fire station is also important so i put three of it together so that all these buildings

can be easily located when they are needed. Next, the industrial area is designed to be far away

from the residential area because the industrial areas are where the factories located and shouldn’t

be around the residential area to prevent chemicals and toxic materials creating serious problems

to the residents. Different religion have their own praying place. Example, mosque and temples

are also provided in the town.



7. Conclusion

As the conclusion, for me a better town of the future is sustainable, fulfill the requirement of people in their daily life and has low pollution. Definition of sustainable is able to be maintained at a certain level.

Green Approaches are important for a town. Besides that, we are encouraging to use renewable resources such wind energy, solar energy, hydroelectric power and more.

These factors and elements are important to be considered during future town to make sure the town will be sustainable and human can live in harmony and peacefully.


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