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THE INFINITY CITY

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GREEN . LIVE . WORK . CONNECT

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CONTENT

1. Introduction 32. A town 43. Investigation & Data Collection: Ancient and old cities/town 5-64. Investigation & Data Collection: The present cities/towns 7-95. Investigation & Data Collection: The future and better township 10-136. The New “Infinity” Town 14-227. The Conclusion 238. Reference List 24

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INDRODUCTION

In this project . I will have to pretend that I am the mayor of “X” town. The citizen in “X” town require a new town because of reason that it no longer liveable. As a mayor, I will need to propose a new layout for the new “X” town very rapidly.

The new proposed city will be small with an area of 30 KM2 with a population in between 150,000 – 300,000.The town will be planned by a group of Malaysians and the town is located in Malaysia. During the town planning, there's a lot to be considered including the structure and zoning of the town. The planning should be include sustainable living initiatives too.

I was required to make some research on ancient, present and future towns before the planning of the “X” Town. The to make reason being it in order to understand the elements and components of a city in the past and in the present. Furthermore, researches on future towns can bring in new ideas, technologies and new innovation o the new town Through this project , I’m going..• To expose the elements of natural and built environment in their basic unit, form and

function• To show symbiotic relationship of the elements of the natural and built environment• To question, analyse and articulate the impact between natural and built environment

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A TOWN• DefinitionAn urban area that has a name, defined boundaries, and local government, and that is generally larger than a village and smaller than a city. Towns often exist as municipal cooperation and government unit, with legally defined borders and a mayor may be the chief executive officer of the municipal governmentWhat is the brief history?A town is a overgrown village that have it’s own economy. So most of the town might be located on a bend in a navigable river or beside a crossing river

What makes a town?A town is made up of a certain numbers of population, government area, commercial area, educational area, industrial area and so on that ruled by law equipped by facilities , transportation and parts. Most of a town's population will tend to derive their living from manufacturing industry, commerce and public service.

What makes a good town/ township?• Practicing 3R• Low crime rate• Free trade zone• Less dependency on fossil fuel • Use renewable energy wisely – to reduce the level of pollution• Less carbon emission• Proper planning of infrastructure and facilities• Provide smoking area• More Green spaces• Organized zoning• Free vehicle zone• Transparency between municipal and citizen

What is a future town?A future town is a smart and sustainable town that make our life better than today. The aims of the future town is to make better use of hard infrastructure, reduce the required inputs of energy, water and food, and waste output of heat, air pollution like CO2, methane, and water pollution by providing green spaces ,renewable energy and efficient energy public transportation to support smart growth.

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Investigation & Data Collection:Ancient Cities /Towns

Rome,Ancient Rome In 400 BC ,the Romans used a fused scheme for city planning and developed for military defense and civil convenience. The basic plan consisted of a central forum with public services, surrounded by a compact straight grid of streets, and surrounded in a wall for safety. Two diagonal streets crossed the square grid, passing through the central square to minimize travel times. Furthermore ,A river often flowed through the city or town for providing water transport and sewage disposal.

The most vivid secular buildings in Ancient Rome are the amphitheatres like the Colosseum in Rome. The Romans were the first builders that realize the hidden of domes for the creation of large and well-defined interior spaces.

Domes were shown in a number of Roman building types such as temples, thermae, palaces, mausoleum and later also churches.

• A Roman villa was a Roman country house which built for the upper class during the

Roman republic and the Roman Empire.

St. Peter's Basilica

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• The Romans constructed many aqueducts in order to transfer water from a long distance into their cities and towns for supplying fountains, public baths, latrines, and private households.It also provided water for mining operations, milling, farming and planting.

• Multi-story apartment blocks called insulae ingratiate to a new range of residential needs. The cheapest rooms were at the top because the inability to escape when a fire occurred and even lack of piped water. Windows were small, facing the street, with iron security bars. Insulae were dangerous and unhealthy to fires because of overcrowding and accidental cooking arrangements.

• A forum was a public square in a Roman municipium which reserved mainly for the vending of goods. For example, a marketplace was formed along with the buildings with shops and the stoas .

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Investigation & Data Collection:Present Cities /Towns

City of London ,United Kingdom

London is the capital city of England and UK.It is the most populous city in UK with a metropolitan area of over 13 million population Standing on the River Thames, London has been a main settlement for two million years, its history was going back to its founding by the Romans, who called as Londinium.

London also has river boat services on the Thames which known as Thames Clippers. These travel from Embankment Pier to North Greenwich Pier every 20 minutes . The Woolwich Ferry could carry with 2.5 million passengers every year.

London's bus network is one of the largest bus network in the world which running 24 hours a day, with approximately 8,500 buses, more than 700 bus routes and around 19,500 bus stops.

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• The largest parks in the central area of London are three of the Royal Parks, which is Hyde Park and Regent's Park. Regent's Park contains London Zoo and it is near to Madame Tussauds Wax Museum.

Melbourne, Australia (the world's most livable city since 2011 until today )

Melbourne has the largest tram networks in the world. 182.7 million passenger were carried by tram in 2 years. Melbourne's is Australia's only tram network to comprise more than a single line and consists about 250 km (155.3 mi) of track, 487 trams, 28 routes, and 1,773 tram stops. Melbourne's trams are verified as iconic cultural assets and a tourist attraction.

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Copenhagen ,Denmark• Copenhagen is the capital and also the most populated city in Denmark with population

about 2 million.• The Danish capital also known as one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world, with

bicycles actually outnumbering its inhabitants . About 36% of all working or studying city-dwellers travelled to work, school, or university by using bicycle in 2012 . by Copenhagen's cyclists covered With 1.27 million km every working day. The city's bicycle paths are extended about 400 km of cycle lanes that not shared with cars or pedestrians.

• Middelgrunden is an offshore wind farm in the Copenhagen, Denmark. In 2000, it was recognized as the world's largest offshore wind farm, with 20 turbines and 40 MW capacity of electricity. The farm delivers about 4% of the power for Copenhagen.

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Investigation & Data Collection:• Future Cities /Towns

The Capital District of Abu Dhabi, UAE

One of the key aspirations of Plan Abu 2030 is achieved through the high-quality streetscapes, a multiple mixed use neighbourhood and an focal point on a complete public transport network, which supports the idea that every passenger is a pedestrian.

The Capital District will provide a wide range of housing choice for all income levels. The residential neighbourhoods are designed to satisfy the various needs and aim of Abu Dhabi's diverse.

The Central Business District (CBD)are arranged to maximize natural ventilation. A series of linear open spaces will provide building podiums and shade structures for shading during the hottest parts of the day.

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• Sustainable practices towards conservation of energy and water are a key stone of the Plan. The plan minimize the amount of consumption water and electric through the application of "green building" practices as defined by the government's Estidama Program. Recycling centers will be located at the ground floor of public parking facilities and encourage individuals and households to practice recycle.

An integrated tram network will be provided routes throughout the city.

• Mosques are located nearer to all residential area which means each mosque is within a maximum 5 minute walk of all residents. The mosques can accommodate about two hundred.

• Articles from:• http://www.upc.gov.ae/template/upc/pdf/CapitialDistrict(English).pdf

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• The Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city, China• Barrier-Free Accessibility - The Eco-city should have 100% barrier-free access.• Proportion of Affordable Public Housing - At least 20% of housing in the Eco-city will be in

the form of subsidised public housing by 2013.

• Usage of Renewable Energy - Renewable energy should account for at least 15% of the energy utilized in the Eco-city by 2020. Possible usable sources of renewable energy for the Eco-city include geothermal energy,, hydroelectric energy and solar energy.

• Usage of Water from Non-Traditional Sources - At least 50% of the Eco-city’s water supply will be from non-traditional sources such as desalination and recycled water by 2020.

• Jobs to be generated in the Eco-city - Sufficient jobs should be generated for at least 50% of the Eco-city’s residents within the Eco-city who are employable, to minimize the need for them to commute on a daily basis from their home to their workplace.

• Ambient Air Quality - The air quality in the Eco-city should meet at least China’s National Ambient Air Quality Grade II Standard for at least 310 days.

• Quality of Water from Taps - Water from all taps should be potable.• Carbon Emission Per Unit GDP - The carbon emission per unit GDP in the Eco-city should

not exceed 150 tonne-C per US$1 million.

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• Proportion of Green Buildings - All buildings in the Eco-city should meet green building standards.

• Green Transportation – In year 2020,at least 90% of trips within the Eco-city should be in the form of green trips which refer to comprehensive green transport network like driverless EN-V cars, cycling and walking.

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The New City/The New Name?

Reports on the world coming to an end are bringing the world towards the country’s it might be the last piece of living land on earth that not polluter or destroyed by natural disaster or human-made .Within weeks, the country’s population had increased greatly.

The huge amounts of immigrants have divested the privileges of the Malaysians that previously lived peacefully. Green spaces and forests are destroyed to build new building for extra load of inhabitants causing the air condition to worsen, making it hard to breathe and cause disease and sickness.

Furthermore ,a mayor (me) took up the responsibility to bring back the good life of Malaysians once had by building a new town with the financial aid from the residents-to-be.

As a river is essential to life and is the beginning to all human civilization, the town is proposed to be built with a river flowing through. The town will be covered by an abundance of green spaces and forest reserve areas for citizens to mingle around.

As the mayor of Infinity City, several sustainable elements will be taken into account in planning the new town such as using green public transport ,practicing 3R lifestyle and also growing crops with organic method to build a ECO- city.

The Infinity CityGreen . Work . Live .Connect

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Element in The Infinity City

• Downtown Planning• The downtown of the city will be located beside the river which is business areas .To

prevent any traffic jams or air pollution, the downtown is recognized as Free Automotive Vehicles Zone which means vehicles are not allowed to move in this area. As conclusion, the citizen have to taking trams, scooters, bicycles, water taxi or PRT to downtown. In the central of the downtown will be a big open spaces or green spaces to reduce the temperature and pollution in the downtown

• Mixed-Use NeighbourhoodsBy interweaving ,commercial, residential and facilities in the same neighbourhood .Citizen will Reduce the dependence on automotive transport as the destination facilities always close enough to walk .• Open Space and Green PlacesGreen spaces can be found beside every areas to reduce the heat and air pollution. Green spaces mostly used as community area for citizen mingle around • Retail EnvironmentsSurrounded residential areas or recreational areas for convenient citizen to buy daily items. Without dependence on automotive transport• Transit Oriented Design• Public transports can be found in everywhere, such as tram, shared bicycle, shared

scooters, shared electric cars, electric public bus and even PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) to convenient and comfort all citizens to visit their destination in a short time.

• Waterfront Revitalization• Waterfront is the best place for more denser development. For example, waterfront can

be built with mixed-use building that consist residential, commercial, offices ,jetty and even green spaces like cycle lanes and green plantation.

• Renewable Energy• To generate enough amount of consumptions electricity for the,the town will provided

electricity with renewable energy• Bicycle friendly Town• Multi-storey bicycle parking station can be found in business district for working cyclist.

Bicycle lanes are mostly paved in the green spaces and recreational areas.

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Zoning

Forest Reserve Area

Public Services Area and Religious and Cultures Area

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Overall plan of The Infinity City

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• The residential area of Infinity city is located at northern , north-western, eastern and southern parts of the town taking up 15% of the town with different type of housing choice , such as villas,mid-rise building, townhouses and high-rise building. Public services such as Hospitals,Police Sation and fire brigades are located surround all residential areas for a quick respond for rescue when emergency arises.

• Besides that, The green areas and recreational areas(coloured with green and spotty green) are located near the residential areas ,commercial areas and even business areas for the publics to enjoy the facilities that prepared .As for the green spaces located at north and south parts, it is to reduce the amount of pollution from the industrial areas for a healthier living .

• Furthermore, Schools or Universities are located beside the recreational areas that provided trams for those residents who live at the residential area that surround the recreational area

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• In commercial area, there will be 2 types of commercial building ,which is riverside series and hill series .They also will provided all facilities that residential areas have.

• Riverside series (located beside river)• Which have 4 floors• Lower ground floor is jetty of water taxi• Ground floor is retail/shop lot• 1st floor is office• 2nd floor is townhouse • Roof floor have solar panels

• Hill series • Which 3 and ½ floors• 1st floor is retail/ shop lot• 2nd floor is townhouse • 3rd and ½ floor is villa

Riverside seriesHill Series

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• In order to supply enough electricity power to the town itself,the town has it own hydroelectric power station, windmill at the central garden(the artificial island in the middle of the river) and even all buildings of the town will provided solar panels.

• Furthermore , most infrastructures like lamp post, trams, PRT, garden light, electric car charging station , automatic garden watering systems and so on will set up solar panels to reduce the amount of consumption electricity.

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windmills

Hydroelectric Power Station

automatic garden watering systems

Solar charging station

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• Industrial Area is located at North entrance and South entrance• Agriculture in this town mostly are planted by using hydroponic method and rainwater

harvesting system, which means most agriculture are organic and working at Central Garden, top floor of residential and business buildings and Even Reserve Forest Area .

• Crops from those areas will be transported to industrial areas for processing. Otherwise, Agriculture can straight sell those vegetation or crops at residential areas and commercial areas freshly without any chemical processing.

Industrial Area

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Transportation system

PRT is an automated public transport that are sized for individual or small group to prevent time is wasted by waiting for the next arrival , indirect routes to our destination, stopping for passengers with other destinations, and often confusing time schedules.• Electric Public Bus• Shared Electric vehicle• Shared bicycle• Shared scooters

• Trams ( Green Lines)

• Bicycle Lanes(Purple Lines)

• PRT-Personal Rapid Transit(Blue Lines)

• Water Taxi Route (Light Blue Lines)

Tram

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Conclusion

• The design process of a new town is not as easy as it seems. From the structure of the structure of the town to the town planning strategies and features to make it green and sustainable. Every slightest details needs to be taken into account to create an organized town

• The idea generation of the town structure started hard as they are difficult to fulfil other aspects as zoning of the needs to be considered. In the end ,I have changed the structure of my structure of my future town about 3 times!• Through all the research about the cities above, I learned that

privileges of citizen is placed before everything. Furthermore, to a perfect green own planning must be taken into account. I have learned more about the sustainability of a green town in the future.• This project is a challenging experience for me to experience the

vision of work as a city planner and how they planning a sustainability of a town can create a better living for the days has to come.

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