The ''X'' town - Case study.doc

ENBE | Final Project | Part A – Report | The Better Livable Town Representation

Better Livable Town

Spring Ville

YEE ZHEN LI | 0319160

FNBE APR 2014 | Taylor’s University

Yee Zhen Li | 0319160 | Mr Cherng Yi | FNBE APR 2014 | Taylor’s University1


Content:

1. Introduction 2. A Town Investigation on Better Township or Town or City

Guidelines and Issues 3. Investigation & Data Collection: Ancient and old cities/town 4. Investigation & Data Collection: The present towns/cities 5. Investigation & Data Collection: The future and better township 6. The New “X” Town / Or the new name 7. The Conclusion 8. References list



1. Introduction According to the project brief, the objective of this project is to let us expose the elements of the natural and built environments in their basic unit, form and function, show symbiotic relationships of the elements of the natural and built environment and also to question, analyse and articulate the impact between natural and built environment. In order to create our own town, we have to pretend ourself as a mayor for the ‘X’ town. The issue with the town is citizens that living in the town are too crowded. Therefore, we have to purpose a layout for ‘X’ town to solve this problem.



2. The Town2.1 The Town Definition2.2 What is the brief history2.3 What makes a town2.4 What makes a good town/ township (guidelines etc)2.5 What is the future towns2.6 Etc

2.1 A town is a community consisting of people, businesses, and schools. It is a small society, sometimes referring to a small city. A town could range in mileage, whether a large area or small. 2.2 i) 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. An early borrowing from Celtic *dunom (cf. Old Irish dun, Welsh din "fortress, fortified place, camp," dinas "city;" In some cases, "town" is an alternate name for "city" or "village" (especially a larger village). Sometimes, the word "town" is short for "township". In general, today towns can be differentiated from townships, villages, or hamlets on the basis of their economic character, in that most of a town's population will tend to derive their living from manufacturing industry, commerce, and public services rather than primary industry such as agriculture or related activities. A place's population size is not a reliable determinant of urban character. In many areas of the world, as in India at least until recent times, a large village might contain several times as many people as a small town. In the United Kingdom, there are historical cities that are far smaller than the larger towns. Towns often exist as distinct governmental units, with legally defined borders and some or all of the appurtenances of local government (e.g., a police force). In the United States these are referred to as "incorporated towns". In other cases the town lacks its own governance and is said to be "unincorporated". Note that the existence of an unincorporated town may be legally set forth through other means, as through zoning districts. In the case of some planned communities, the town exists legally in the form of covenants on the properties within the town. The United States Census identifies many census-



designated places (CDPs) by the names of unincorporated towns which lie within them; however, those CDPs typically include rural and suburban areas and even surrounding villages and other towns.

ii) Age of towns schemeAustralian geographer Thomas Griffith Taylor proposed a classification of towns based on their age and pattern of land use. He identified five types of town:-a) Infantile towns, with no clear zoningb) Juvenile towns, which have developed an area of shopsc) Adolescent towns, where factories have started to appeard) Early mature towns, with a separate area of high-class housinge) Mature towns, with defined industrial, commercial and various types of residential area

2.3 The size of the local population and whether the location has been incorporated or has a local seat of government. The size of each varies from one country or region to another.

2.4 Having complete facilities, good location and most importantly, a good leadership.

2.5 A future town is a town with advanced or modern facilities.



3. Investigation & Data Collection:Ancient towns

3.1 What ancient town are you concentrating on?3.2 When did it start? History and all.3.3 What makes is a significant town and what are the details?3.4 Conclusion about the town3.5 What information or element that you can use to your new future city3.6 Etc

3.1 Zhouzhuang in east China's Jiangsu Province.

3.2 In the Spring and Autumn (770 BC-476 BC), Zhouzhuang Suzhou was a part of the fief Yaocheng and called Zhenfengli. After being donated to Full Fortune (Quanfu) Temple by Zhou Digong, a very devout Buddist, in 1086 during the Nouthern Song Dynasty (960-1127), Zhouzhuang got its present name.

3.3 i) The scenary

ii) Well-preserved ancient building



3.4 i) A historic town with well-preserved ancient building. ii) A town which always flooded with tourist.

3.5 Tourism. A best spot for tourist to discover the beauty of ancient.

4. Investigation & Data Collection:Present Towns / township

4.1 What town are you concentrating on?4.2 When did it start? History and all4.3 What makes is a significant town and what are the details?4.4 Conclusion about the towns4.5 What information or element that you can use to your new town4.6 Etc

4.1 Menaggio, Italy.

4.2 The area of current Menaggio was conquered by the Romans in 196 BC. The Roman conquest culminated with the construction of a road called the Via Regina. Menaggio was a walled city. Remnants of the wall are evident today. Construction of big hotels in this cool summer area made it a summer resort area. Between 1873 and 1939, Menaggio was linked to Porlezza, on Lake Lugano, by the Menaggio–Porlezza railway, a steam hauled narrow gauge line built as part of a multi-modal transport link between Menaggio and Luino, on Lake Maggiore.

4.3 i) Lake Como



ii) The Piazza

4.4 Menaggio is a beautiful town with a harbor and there’s beautiful scenary everywhere. It Is also a best place for bag packers to travel around.

4.5 The harbor and transportation which is bicycle.



5. Investigation & Data Collection:The future of towns and Better Towns

i) Dubai’s Food City

Dubai’s free zone— the Food City, as it was named by the city’s Chamber of Commerce, has been designed by the creative architects from GCLA as a self sufficient metropolis. An off-the-grid structure that doesn’t lack on sustainable features, the future-forward urban quarter is going to sport vertically stacked green walls and aquatic farms, artificial roof landscapes, renewable energy and thermal conditioning systems. An amazing project that brings life to a sandy city, GCLA architects also thought of integrating features meant to lower energy and water consumption. Hence why the Food City is going to use concentrated solar collectors, towers covered in thin-film photovoltaic cells, piezoelectric pads in pedestrian areas, and methane harvesting through sewage percolation tanks. It’s also designed to use a set of atmospheric water harvesting, solar desalination through



concentrated solar collectors and grey water recycling systems to keep water levels under control.

ii) Tian-jin Eco City

More than half the population of the world now lives in cities, which at 690 million is double the entire US population. In 1980, less than 20% of the Chinese population lived in cities. In a typically top-down style, the Chinese government is tackling all of these at once: the biggest polluters have been moved out of the biggest cities, slum populations have dropped from 37% to 28% since 2000, and China is in the midst of a building frenzy. In March, the first 60 families moved into the city’s residential buildings, all of which are designed to a minimum green buildings standard, including water-saving sanitary fittings, insulated walls and double-glazed windows, as well as a south-facing orientation to optimise passive heat. Parks and green spaces are planned around the city, and reed beds have been created to attract birdlife and help clean the water. A green spine, called the “Eco valley” runs through the heart of the city with cycle routes and a tram. Water provision is one of the bigger challenges in this naturally arid area. Tap water will be drinkable and piped in, although the city is planning a possible desalination plant too. A lot of effort is being put into conserving water and recycling it for irrigation and toilet flushing. The lakes and water pipes have been lined in clay or concrete to prevent salt water incursion, and all waste water is being sent to plant for anaerobic biodigestion,” says Ary de Koning of the EU-China River Basin Management Programme, who is advising the city on water issues.



6. The New “X” City / The New NAME?

(Describe the new facilities, characters etc of the new town…. Insert information related to the brief and images etc )

6.1 What is the important characteristic and elements6.2 Conclusion about the new X town

6.1 i) Green Roof



ii) Green building which made of green materials iii) Important elements

Agricultural area – Paddy field, Indoor food garden Green area – Park Port and shipping Tourism and hospitality – Hotel Industrial area – Factory Education area – Primary school, secondary school, University Forest area – Logging Government building Residential area Religious and cultural area


Install on every building.

It helps to:-

1) Clean the air2) Reduce a building heating 3) Manage storm water


Services area Commercial area Business area – Shoplots Lake Hospital Windmill

iv) Transportation – Bicycle, will be providing bicycle lane- Cable-cycle – Available everywhere- Solar vehicle

6.2 Spring Ville is a sustainable yet livable town. There will be a lot of residential area since the problem that we are facing is overcrowded. In addition, we will also provide ‘green’ transportation to the citizens in order to let them able to access to everywhere.



7. ConclusionI have learnt that we have to consider everything before making the first step because it might affect the outcome at the end. Next, we must do our own part to save the environment as the earth is being polluted. Then, I have learnt that sustainability is very important, so we must apply it to every building so that it will long lasting.



8. Reference Links

i) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Singapore_Tianjin_Eco-city ii) http://www.greenpacks.org/2009/05/13/dubais-food-city-the-green-

utopia/iii) https://www.google.com.my/search?

q=piazza+menaggio&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=xjbDU9mFMoqMuASu0oDwAQ&ved=0CAUQ_AUoAA&biw=1366&bih=624&dpr=1#q=future+city+

iv) https://www.google.com.my/search? q=piazza+menaggio&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=xjbDU9mFMoqMuASu0oDwAQ&ved=0CAUQ_AUoAA&biw=1366&bih=624&dpr=1#q=future+town+names&revid=1333771174

v) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menaggio vi) http://www.cascadeae.com/news-articles/ae-weekly/1324-what-

makes-a-great-town52


http://www.cascadeae.com/news-articles/ae-weekly/1324-what-makes-a-great-town52

http://www.cascadeae.com/news-articles/ae-weekly/1324-what-makes-a-great-town52

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menaggio

https://www.google.com.my/search?q=piazza+menaggio&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=xjbDU9mFMoqMuASu0oDwAQ&ved=0CAUQ_AUoAA&biw=1366&bih=624&dpr=1#q=future+town+names&revid=1333771174



https://www.google.com.my/search?q=piazza+menaggio&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=xjbDU9mFMoqMuASu0oDwAQ&ved=0CAUQ_AUoAA&biw=1366&bih=624&dpr=1#q=future+city



http://www.greenpacks.org/2009/05/13/dubais-food-city-the-green-utopia/

http://www.greenpacks.org/2009/05/13/dubais-food-city-the-green-utopia/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Singapore_Tianjin_Eco-city

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