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ContentSubject Page

Introduction 3

Apocalypse 4

The City 6

Ancient City 9

Present City 11

Future City 13

The X City

Process and Progress

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Conclusion

Reference Link

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Introduction

To start off, we are asked to be mayors of ‘X city’ in 2033 where some confidential

apocalypse event happened that year. For this reason, mayors were given the option

to gave our city a new hope by placing a new city either:

1.Underground

2.Underwater

3.On water

4.On air

5.Enhance the current city

With the chosen location, mayors will be asked to propose a new city through videos,

drawings and so on.

We start off by studying urban structures and management of ancient, present and

future cities. From these researches, we then begin designing the ‘X-city’. The

design, in the form of drawings, 3D modeling or annotations, should be finally

presented in the form of video.

From this project, students should be able to learn the urban structures of multiple

famous cities and also the importance of having such a structure. This general

knowledge can aid the students in their future works in the construction industry.



ApocalypseThe term originally was used as a revelation of God’s will until it was mentioned both

religiously and scientifically that the term is used to define the end of the world,

planet, time or even ourselves. For this case, we face apocalypse that is enough for

us to leave our old city.

Apocalypse can be divided into few main categories which are further divided into

sub-category.

1. Human-made apocalypse

-War

-Accidents (such as the case of Chernobyl)

2. Natural apocalypse

-Typhoon

-Change of axis of Earth



-Volcanic eruption

3. Invasion

-Zombie Invasion

-Alien invasion

-Plague

The proposed city should also be related to the types of apocalypse above.

I have chosen the volcanic

apocalypse because it forces

the person to live on air and

have no other alternatives

which is a perfect scenario for

this city to work.

The fact that the eruption

causes the rise of temperature

and toxic environment also

mend the city of Jannah into a new design.

The City



A definition of city differs from the perspective of countries and over the centuries.

Some consider city to be a larger version of town. Some consider city to be relatively

large and permanent settlement. In Vatican City, city is a town with a cathedral. In

Britain and the commonwealth, a city is a city only when there is a royal charters

signed by a monarch.

However, In my own opinion;

‘A city is a highly-dense population with its basics needs and service provided to the

people living in it.’

What really makes a city includes these guideline.

1. Population density is high

2. Contains advance technology



3. Urban service is provided

4. Basic needs is provided

5. High sustainability

Population density of a city can be calculated by dividing the cities into area by

square miles or square meter. The amount of people approximated will be divided by

the area. Urban services include recreational park, banks, police station, post office

and so on. The most important part would be the basic needs, it is important to have

at least water, food and shelter in a city. The city should also provide a good

transportation, waste removal system and provide electricity.

To make a

city good,

the city

should

have a

control

over the

hygiene of

the city.

The

hygiene of

the city

can be controlled by services provided by the government such as sewers, filtration

of water supply and so on. A good city should be able to control the rate of birth and

death of a country to avoid over-population. A city should also be able to control the



migration of outsiders to avoid crimes and lack of job of the citizen. This should be

able to provide a promise of jobs availability.

A good city should also be able to create an identity for its country.



Ancient Cities

Historian categorized world

history into three phases.

The first phase happened

5 to 6 thousand years ago

which grew into a river

valley civilization. This

civilization includes Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus, Hwang Ho and so on. During this

time, the civilization mainly depended on agriculture and domesticated animals. They

also include small barter trade until the trade grew so large the money system was

required.

These civilizations continue grow over the years. One of the greatest eras of the past

is Renaissance Era and to talk about Renaissance Era, there is a need to talk about

Venice.

One of the most obvious functions in Venice’s urban planning is the separation of

public spaces and private spaces. Most of the buildings in Venice are baroque style

to show its power, wealth and skill. Normally, the center is public and commercial.

The center is where the Venetian places their sacred space and the palace. The

roads of the city radiates from the center to define the center of the city.



The city was divided into six districts:

Cannaregro-entry point for most visitor in Venice

San Polo- Liveliest district, here resides the market stall and small shops. The

combination of bridge and market creates an attraction. It was also used to be

commercial for banker and brokers.

Dorsoduro

Santa Croce

San Marco- political and judicial center of Venice

Castello

The districts gave me an idea of a better zoning method. It is very much easier to if

the city was divided into districts. The people of Jannah will know where to go when

problem start, when there is time to leisure and so on. The people of Jannah should

also know where public space and private space obviously.



Present Cities

The third phase begins after the great World War II. During the phase, International

trade increases rapidly. With this, countries have economical raise and more

advance technology. Since then, city such as New York grew larger as year’s pasts.

However, during the research Hiroshima caught my attention. Its condition is similar

to the city I am working on. Despite how Hiroshima suffered the devastated nuclear

explosion during the World War II, Hiroshima is one of the few most advance cities in

the world.

One of the few factors that make it so significant is the Memorial Park and Peace

Boulevard. This memorial not only built for the lost souls of Hiroshima during the war

but it also reminds the world how devastating a war cause. Hiroshima also uses its



landscape to produce the best Aquapolis city which attracts tourist and the citizen to

spend time there.

The government also forms an act to produce a guideline in the reconstruction of

Hiroshima. For example, Article 2 states that the government plays two parts:

enhancing transportation, sanitation, safety, economic and urban facility at the same

time protecting the cultural facility by indicating the peace of a city.

The best feature of Hiroshima is they wrote noted the location of highlights and

mentioned the size of the highlights to guide them in urban planning and

construction.



Future Cities

Future city or Smart city is a new phase that was aimed to be created by a lot of

countries such as America, South Korea, Japan and so on. Some of the city has

successfully achieved the phase of smart city. One of the greatest examples is the

Songdo of South Korea.

The most

significant part of

Songdo is that it

has telepresence in

home, offices,

hospitals, shopping

mall to make video

call anytime and

anywhere. The city

of Songdo also has

sensors in street and building to monitor the temperature, road condition, crime

scene, street light control so they can react to problem at light speed and increase

efficiency.



The city of Songdo produced highlights to guide them in constructing the city. For

example:

The 68-story Northeast Asia Trade Tower, which will stand as Korea's tallest building and most advanced corporate center.

The architecturally stunning Songdo Convensia, operating as Incheon's primary convention center, is Korea's largest column-free interior space.

600 acres of open space including a 100-acre Central Park, providing a beautiful place of refuge and relaxation for those who live and work in the city.

The Incheon Arts Center, a cultural complex housing a concert hall, opera house, museum of Asian contemporary art, a music conservatory, design school, artist in residence housing, and a library.

The Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea features an 18-hole championship golf course, a full clubhouse and a fitness center situated on a 228 acre site which will also include luxury villas and condominiums.

Public and private schools including the Chadwick International School for students kindergarten through high school, offering a state-of-the-art learning environment and international perspectives to prepare them for leading post-secondary schools around the world.



The “X” City

Volcanic eruption occurred globally in the year 2019. Most cities have either sunk

into the ocean due to underwater volcanic eruption or eaten by the hot lava. Kuala

Lumpur was one of the few surviving cities but by geologists’ prediction, it will not

last when Indonesia have fully sunk into the ocean. Malaysia was funded by the

United Nation to begin Operation Jannah. The city was up to the sky using 2g of

antimatter at each side of the city in 2033. Operation Jannah is a success.

The city is 40 square kilometers containing 150,000 people. The people of Jannah

consists 70% Malaysian and 30% non-malaysian. 60% of Jannah citizens are

Muslim, 16% are Christian, 5% are Hindu, 14% Buddhist, 5% are Hebrews, 3%

others and 2% without religion. The Muslims are politically dominant in the city of

Jannah. The people of Malaysia consists of the five main ethnic which are Malays,

Chinese, Indians, Iban and Kadazan-Dusun while non-malaysian consists of

Western community, Asian community, Arabians and Africans.

The city provides a lot of new job opportunity for them. People of Jannah can work

as researchers, monitor in the control center, engineer of the city, biologists for



agriculture and so on. The people need a governmental-funded international school,

basic needs and services, convention centers and so on.

The people of Jannah are controlled using Information and Communication

Technology (ICT) and everything was automatic such as street lights, air

conditioning and so on. The people of Jannah will be given the opportunity to request

change with the right reason using the telepresence for a short moment.

The Highlights of Jannah is as follows:

1. A 2.5 square kilometer of Jannah Memorial Park with 0.2 square kilometer of

lake within and a 0.15 square kilometer with a 0.2 kilometer in height of

aluminium memorial

2. 0.8 square kilometer of Jannah Convention Center directly opposite to the

aluminium memorial for reflection.

3. 0.3 square kilometer of International governmental-supported primary and

secondary school.



4. 1.0 square kilometer of Jannah Technological Research Facility include 0.05

square kilometer of science exhibition center

5. 4.5 square kilometer of Jannah International Airport with at least 6 anti-fumarole

aeroplanes.

6. 1.3 square kilometer Firdaws Control Center

7. 3 square kilometer of Dar al-salam district as governmental control with Firdaws

Control Center within

Process

I start off with researching the definition of city and note down the basic needs of a

simple city. After finding out the basic needs and so on, I began designing the

levitating mechanism along with the method of obtaining water, removal of wastes

and electricity generation. I designed the mechanism with existing systems and

some knowledge in physics and chemistry.

Due to the fact that I have chose to make a sky-city. I went to google search for

some inspiration. One of the few that got me inspired is the space station. I also

wanted to create a similar design like Hiroshima where the people can sit in a café

and watch the river flow. So I designed the entire city to have a lung-like structure.

Finally, after learning the districts in Venice, I thought of making a district specially

for the government.

The city of Jannah is not built for fanciness due to the fact that too many high-rise

building may cause a lot of air resistance but was mainly built like a shelter for

surviving the volcanic event. The best feature of the entire city is the ICT monitoring



system. The idea of using such a system came from the city of Songdo where

everything was managed using ICT. The other best feature of Jannah is Memorial

Park. The memorial park idea comes from Hiroshima’s Memorial Park and Peace

Boulevard.

The name Jannah derives from the al-Quran text as the highest, everlasting paradise

in Heaven. The name of the city was originally ‘Paradiso’ which means paradise in

Latin. The idea came from the book Divina Commedia that was written by Dante

during the Renaissance Era. The name was supposedly given to give an impression

that the city was like a paradise to the people since the city is in the sky.

The zoning method was zoned in such a way where the residential area were placed

at the side with commercial area equally placed for the north and south part of

Jannah. The industrial area was placed to the side to ensure the people of Jannah

do not have to go near there if not involved in work.



Elevation design for the original city Railway System of the original city

Zoning of the original design

Paradiso original design



Water system Water distribution System

Railway and roads

Calculation of area



Waste removal and levitation system

Conclusion

From this project, I have learnt that the most important thing is time management. I

have seen a lot of my classmates

‘dying’ while trying to make the video

and writing report including myself. Our

lecturer, who understood our situation,

also mentioned that this should be the

greatest lesson for all of us and hope

we can remember this lesson when we

are working as architect or quantity

surveyor.

I have also learnt more about urban planning by being a ‘mayor’ of the project. My

understanding towards city have increased and also understand how urban planning

works.



Reference Links

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice

3. http://courses.umass.edu/latour/Italy/VeniceUrbanHistory/index.html

4. http://www.mndlink.sg/2011/2011_Jan-Feb/hiroshima.htm

5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse


http://www.mndlink.sg/2011/2011_Jan-Feb/hiroshima.htm

http://courses.umass.edu/latour/Italy/VeniceUrbanHistory/index.html

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

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

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