JIYANN NG

Week 1 : 3rd June 2015

 

Students are required to do investigation on a ancient cities, present cities and future cities. Collect data that will help you to understand about the components and elements of a city . From these case studies, you will have a better insight on how to

plan your new city.

Anicent City

China - Hwang Ho Valley Civilization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History

-Around 4000 B.C the Yellow (Hueng He) River valley Civilization began in China. Which was the start of the many Chinese Empires. Many of the ethnic groups and cultures began in this era in China. This history, in which a vast area populated by diverse ethnic groups became, over time, a more or less single culture, began in the Yellow River Valley.

 

Geography

-The Huang He (yellow) river stretches across China for more than 2,900 miles. It carries its rich yellow silt all the way from Mongolia to the Pacific Ocean. Also the Chang Jiang river or Yangtze river is longer, stretching about 3,400 miles across central china. The two major rivers both merge together to create a great food-producing area. Although China has to major rivers running through it only 10% of its land is fertile and has rich enough soil to grow crops unlike the 19% by the United States. Also another negative is that China is surrounded by mountain ranges and river valleys, which make it hard for people to travel and trade their crops and live stocks, so they have to mostly rely on their food.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Components & Elements

-Before the use of bricks, the wall was mainly built from earth, stones and wood , When building over the mountain ranges, the stones of the mountain were exploited and used.

-While in the plains, earth was rammed into solid blocks to be used in construction. In the desert, even the sanded reeds and juniper tamarisks were used.

-Bricks were used in a lot of areas during the Ming Dynasty, because Bricks were more a convenient material than earth and stone as their small size and light weight made them convenient to carry and thus quickened the speed of construction.

-Stone, still has its advantages. Cut in rectangular shapes, they were mostly used to build the foundation, inner and outer brims, and gateways of the wall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                           Stone used in building wall                                                       Bricks with flower patterns    

 

 

Conclusion

-I like The Great Wall of China because the geometrical principle of Great Wall was fantasting.The structure of Great Wall was

useful during war . The Great Wall of China embodies the great systems of defense created during the wars of the time; moreover it indicates a great achievement in architecture. I will refer this good example for my future city.

 

Present City

Australia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History

-The History of Australia refers to the history of the area and people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its precedingIndigenous and colonial societies. Aboriginal Australians are believed to have first arrived on the Australian mainland by sea fromMaritime Southeast Asia between 40,000 and 70,000 years ago. The artistic, musical and spiritual traditions they established are among the longest surviving such traditions in human history.

 

Geography

-Australia is located in Oceania between the Indian and South Pacific Oceans. Although it is a large country, its topography is not too varied and most of it consists of low desert plateau. There are however fertile plains in the southeast. Australia's climate is mostly arid to semiarid, but the south and east are temperate and the north is tropical.

-Land Area: 2,988,901 square miles (7,741,220 sq km)
-Coastline: 16,006 miles (25,760 km)
-Highest Point: Mount Kosciuszko at 7,313 feet (2,229 m)
-Lowest Point: Lake Eyre at -49 feet (-15 m)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comonents & Elements

-The walls and ceilings of the Sydney Opera House are made out oflaminated glass that is especially made in France. Two sheets of glass and one sheet of plastic was placed between the two sheets of glass unit which are stuck together. The buildings roofs are made out of fungus ceramic tiles. Pre cast concrete was used to build the ribs of the shells of the Sydney Opera House. Steel and tendon were not the only thing that was used to hold the pre cast concrete, the other thing that held the roof wasepoxy resin. 

 

Conclusion:

-As my conclusion, Australia city is a wonderfule city. Australia city also had be choosen as Top 10 Comfortable City .The building of Australia city was very useful to public ,Eg: Sydney Opera. Good infrastructural plan , Excellent transport , Less robbing case., Low Unemployment. This will be my example for my future cities plan.

 

Future Cities

Japan-Japan Underwater City

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History

-called the "Ocean Spiral"

- An underwater metropolis that generates energy from the seabed and is capable of providing homes and accommodation for 5,000 people.

- A Japanese architecture firm has unveiled renderings of what would be the world's first underwater city, which the firm says could be constructed as early as 2035.

-The futuristic image you see above were envisioned by the Shimizu Corporation in Tokyo, in partnership with Tokyo University and the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (Jamstec).

 

 

Geography

-Divided into three distinctive zones, the structure will stretch all the way to the crushing black depths 2.8 miles under the sea off the coast of Japan.

-A giant sphere with a diameter 500 meters (1,640 feet) situated just below the surface will form the first section and house residential zones, businesses and hotels.

 

 

 

 

 

Components & Elements

-This inhabited area will be connected to a nine-mile spiral (section 2) that that descends to the seabed where a deep-sea submarine port and factory (section 3) will create the energy required to power the sphere by using micro-organisms that turn carbon dioxide into methane.

-If that's not high-tech enough, power generators situated along the spiral will then use differences in seawater temperature to create additional energy by applying thermal conversion technologies.

 

Conclusion

-Japan Underwater City was a very nessacarry cities for us because  in the future to confront increasing global problems such as rising sea levels and the need to create new, clean energy sources.

-An "Earth Factory" recycles CO2 for the society, which we're assuming can be entered via a ship port (though the details teeter on fuzzy).

 

 

 

Week 2 : 10th June 2015

 

Investigate and collect data and understand the type of current issue assignedto you.You will then design a city for that particular enviroment and type of location therefore you need to understand the situation of your site. Look into documents , article, guideline and issues regarding planning a better future city.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Definition of Migrant & Refugees

 

Migrant-An immigrant is someone who chooses to resettle to another country.

Refugees-A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her home country.

 

There are some challenge , problem or risk  with this issue:

 

Safety

-some of the refugees are poor and no employer wanted them, therefore some robing problem appear.

 

Population

-Population will increase

 

Career Opportunities

-Migrant & Refugees increase , compatriot will hard to get a job because salary of mirgant & refugees were more cheaper than compatriot

 

Enviroment

-Population complex cause enviromental health decrease

 

Solution that can solve the challenge , problem or risk

 

Safety

-Increase some safety work , Eg: CCTV 

 

Population

-Control the population , Eg: Limit the migrant & refugees that come in to our country

 

Career Opportunities

-Compatriot always should be the first choice of employer than migrant & refugees 

 

Enviroment

-Renovation our cities

 

A New Places That I Choose is....

 

Tasmania

-Tasmania, an isolated island state off Australia’s south coast, is known for its vast, rugged wilderness areas, largely protected within parks and reserves. On the Tasman Peninsula, the 19th-century Port Arthur penal settlement is now an open-air museum. In Hobart, the port capital, Salamanca Place's Georgian warehouses now house galleries and boutiques. Its Museum of Old and New Art has a contemporary edge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 3: 17th June 2015

 Finally after doing a comprehensive investigation on the items above, you are required to produce a brief proposal for the  "X"city through diagrams, existing images, some sketches and illustration .As an exercise the prpose city is a small size city. The  size of the proposed new city should be smaller than Subang Jaya(70km2) . Therefore the new propose city should be between 30-50km2. The population is between 100000-250000 . (The population of Subang Jaya is about 710000)

 

 

                                                                                              The Zoning of The City

                                                                                             -Goverment Buildings was located in the midddle of the( city,town hall  ,

                                                                                               civic building )

                                                                                             -Business area, Industrial area and service area wer located besides of                                                                                                   the goverment buildings

                                                                                             -Hospitals & Education area plays the main role to solve the problem  

                                                                                               of mirgant and refugees.

                                                                                               

                                                                                             

                                                                                             Geometric shape : Rectangle

                                                                                             

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                           This was the under ground of the city:

                                                                                         

                                                                                           -1st level was the car lane

                                                                                           -2nd level was the BRT train lane

                                                                                           -3rd level was the water pipe , gas pipe , and the wasting pipe( people can                                                                                              throw their rubbish through the wasting pipe ,and the rubbish will be

                                                                                             transfer to landfill)  

 

 

                                                                   

 

 

 

                                                                                                   One of the example city

 

                                                                                                    -Blue Town hall also was a solar building

                                                                                                    - Square Building was a greenbuilding

                                                                                                    - bubble garden