1. F u t u r e C i t y
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE,BUILDING & DESIGN
Element of Natural Built Environment (FNBE0115)
a f u t u r e s u s t a i n a b l e e c o c i t y o f M a l a y s i a
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2. F u t u r e C i t y
Contents
• Introduction
SECTION ONE
• Study of Ancient cities
• Study of Present cities
SECTION TWO
• Proposed Future city
SECTION THREE
• Conclusion
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3. F u t u r e C i t y
Introduction
• Every city will need to sustain itself. Just like any living creature, the city is unique and very alive. It grows,
it populates, it requires food, it requires energy, it needs to move, it needs shelter, and it needs protection
and a defense system, very similar to nature. Every city is different yet the heart of every city is the people
and their activities.
• The future city should focus on the needs of the people, the facilities, infrastructures, and how it will
sustain itself in the future. To plan for the future we should refer to the past. Great cities such as Jericho,
Rome, and Babylon existed thousands of years before we were born. They were the largest cities in the
world, and arguably the epicenters of human civilization. These cities led mankind to new heights of
culture and commerce, though in the end each of them was surpassed and some of them destroyed.
• Cities have been called the highest forms of social organization. Think of the complexity of road systems,
transportation, building laws, markets, business centre, sports events, food distribution, educational
systems, sanitation, utilities, land usage, housing and etcetera. But that complexity didn't spring up over
night. It is the result of long years of human development.
• People live, work, and have fun together in many different kinds of communities. A city is a large
community, home to many people; a town is a small community; a suburb is a community located
outside of a city; and a neighbourhood is a small community that consists of the people and buildings
near home. The relationship between the city, town, suburb and neighbourhood is greatly interrelated.
• Cities need lungs for breathing, basically well-maintained open, green, public spaces. The city as a
physical composition involves interaction between these man-made and natural components. Basically,
a city consists of spaces for human activities and interactions. It creates identity to a certain city.
A great city is a city that is sustainable and liveable.
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4. F u t u r e C i t y
SECTION ONE
- STUDIES OF ANCIENT CITIES
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5. F u t u r e C i t y
Ancient City -HOW IT START
Agriculture--The Basis of Civilization
• The single, decisive factor that made it possible for mankind to
settle in permanent communities was agriculture. After farming
was developed in the Middle East in about 6500 BC, people living
in tribes or family units did not have to be on the move continually
searching for food or herding their animals. Once people could
control the production of food and be assured of a reliable annual
supply of it, their lives changed completely.
• People began to found permanent communities in fertile river
valleys. Settlers learned to use the water supply to irrigate the land.
Being settled in one place made it possible to domesticate
animals in order to provide other sources of food and clothing.
• Farming was a revolutionary discovery. It not only made
settlements possible--and ultimately the building of cities--but it
also made available a reliable food supply. With more food
available, more people could be fed. Populations therefore
increased. The growing number of people available for more kinds
of work led to the development of more complex social structures.
With a food surplus, a community could support a variety of
workers who were not farmers.
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6. F u t u r e C i t y
Ancient City
• Farming the world over has always relied upon a
dependable water supply. For the earliest societies this
meant rivers and streams or regular rainfall. The first great
civilizations grew up along rivers..
• All of the ancient civilizations probably developed in
much the same way, in spite of regional and climatic
differences. As villages grew, the accumulation of more
numerous and substantial goods became possible.
Heavier pottery replaced animal-skin gourds as
containers for food and liquids. Cloth could be woven
from wool and flax. Permanent structures made of wood,
brick, and stone could be erected.
• By about 5000 BC, small tribes of farmers had made their
way to the river valleys. On the floodplains they raised
wheat, barley, and peas. They cut through the riverbanks
so that water for their crops could flow to lower lying soil.
• These early irrigation systems were more fully developed
by the Sumerians in Mesopotamia, who drained marshes
and dug canals, dikes, and ditches. The need for
cooperation on these large irrigation projects led to the
growth of government and law. The Sumerians are thus
credited with forming the earliest of the ancient
civilizations.
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7. F u t u r e C i t y
Ancient City
• Sumerian towns and cities included Eridu, Nippur, Lagash, Kish, and Ur. The cities differed from
primitive farming settlements. They were not composed of family-owned farms, but were ringed
by large tracts of land.
• These early cities, which existed by 3500 BC, were called temple towns because they were built
around the temple of the local god. Public buildings and marketplaces were built around these
shrines.
• The temple towns grew into city-states, which are considered the basis of the first true
civilizations. At a time when only the most rudimentary forms of transportation and
communication were available, the city-state was the most governable type of human
settlement.
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8. F u t u r e C i t y
Typical Ancient City
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9. F u t u r e C i t y
Element Ancient City
Learning from History – using river for agriculture, defense , transportation, local building materials, etc
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10. F u t u r e C i t y
SECTION TWO
- STUDIES OF PRESENT CITIES
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11. F u t u r e C i t y
Present Cities
• Malaysia Cities
• Malaysian cities basically
begin from trade centers
of the straits settlement.
During that time traders
from middle east, india &
china travelled by sea to
cities like Melaka, Penang,
Singapore. Buildings were
built in regular grid pattern
in the form of shop houses
or more accurately china
town style along the major
roads usually next to or
close by the rivers. eg:
Kuala lumpur, kuantan,
Melaka, penang, Kuala
Terengganu, muar, kota
baru, Johor baru.
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12. F u t u r e C i t y
Present Cities
• During the colonial period, the british begin to build more administration buildings and open up more
economy activities eg: rubber plantation, tin & iron mining areas and the development begin to
expand to the new economy areas. After independence, city development is still centered around the
newly build government administration center because of the availability of jobs and income
opportunities. Off street shop houses remained the most popular type of buildings – the owners lived,
worked and carried out business activities under one roof. The design of the shop houses usually include
courtyards and air wells for climatic control, corridors provide covered walkway to link all the business
activities and peoples together. The city pattern at that time was environmentally friendly.
• As the cities grow, new type of buildings begin to evolve based on new lifestyle and affordability,
peoples preferred to stay in terrace houses, semi-d, bungalows, apartments and they will travel by cars
to office buildings and shops for their work and business. Lacking of trained professional eg: town
planner , architect has resulted in most of the new houses were built without proper master plan and
rather disorder, confusing and chaotic . As the urban population increase couple with the influx of rural
population and tourists, international businessmen, students to the cities, new buildings like convention
center, shopping complex, hotels, theme park, resort, hospitals, universities, CBD ( central business district
) became common in the cities to cater for the new emerging needs. Unfortunately, proper drainage
design, sewer and waste disposal system, road systems, electricity and water supply were mostly lacking
quality and planning.
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13. F u t u r e C i t y
Present Cities
• In recent years, Malaysia has
produced a fairly big group of
trained professional town planners,
architects, engineers and the cities
development has seen a very
encouraging new focus and
direction. The government and the
communities have better
understanding and awareness on
quality of urban built environment.
Better urban planning, exciting
ideas emphasizing on green, eco-
friendly and sustainable built
environment has been planned eg:
Iskandar, Putrajaya,I-city, setia eco-
city, KL Sentral, etc Better
transportation system like LRT,
covered walkways, urban gardens,
energy management, lower co2
emission has become key
consideration for the architects
towards building a better built
environment and urban
communities.
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14. F u t u r e C i t y
SECTION THREE
- STUDIES OF FUTURE CITIES
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15. F u t u r e C i t y
Future City
• The city will be an ultra-modern "smart
metropolis," where energy is produced from
renewable sources, transport will be publicly
provided, and waste will be diverted to other
uses. The city's plan is also supposed to
encourage social integration and mental well-
being. It will feature green spaces and areas
where people can relax and mingle, as well as
a mixture of skyscrapers and low-rise buildings
throughout, rather than separate business and
residential districts.
• And while the city is intended to help with
Malaysia's expected population growth in the
coming decades, it's also meant to be an
example for other countries in the region to
follow. Future population growth in south-east
Asia is expected to be mainly concentrated in
cities. If this city model succeeds, it could create
a higher standard of living for the people who
live there.
• It is a smart city template - protecting the
environment, promoting equitable
development and addressing urban
development challenges..."
SMCity
a future sustainable eco city of Malaysia
SM means “sustainable
Malaysia“ sustainability will be
the most important consideration
for a future city
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16. F u t u r e C i t y
Future City
• The SM City will limit the environmental impact
of its residents by promoting public
transportation over traditional car use,
producing clean energy, and reducing waste.
it will be a city where "cars will be essentially
unnecessary" although there will still be
standard roads.
• Half the road space will be reserved for non-
motorized traffic, though, and electric shuttles
will transport people to places they can't
reach by walking. And every single home will
be within a two-minute walk of a public park.
at the transport station, various facilities will be
provided eg: mosque, polis station,
supermarket, nursery, etc so that residents do
not need to travel far for their daily needs. the
city will use less energy and less water, and
generate less waste, than a conventional
development with a similar population. the
city will have its own urban power plant using
renewable and alternative energy, energy
derived from waste, wind, solar will be used to
produce energy. the city layout are also
supposed to encourage a thriving civic life,
with affordable housing, education and
medical care all clustered in the city centre.
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17. F u t u r e C i t y
Future City
• Basic module
• The regular grid will allow the maximum design flexibility and expansion even irregular organic layout
can be adopted with the basic grid and module.
Learning from nature – good connectivity, climatic control, modular, expandable, energy
and food source within complex, 100% green.
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18. F u t u r e C i t y
Basic Module of the planning layout
Combating global warming, green &
alternative energy, low carbon /
energy sustainable eco-city.
“living better, consuming less”
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19. F u t u r e C i t y
Concept – What the future needs…
Combating global warming, green & alternative energy, low carbon /
energy sustainable eco-city. “living better, consuming less”
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20. F u t u r e C i t y
Concept – What the city needs
• Learning from the experts and scientist on how to
create a sustainable city
Combating global warming, green & alternative energy,
low carbon / energy sustainable eco-city. “living better,
consuming less”
Adopt latest eco-friendly green building materials, modular
construction, etc
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21. F u t u r e C i t y
Zoning area - How the future city work…
Industrial
Government Parcel
Commercial
Education
Mixed use
housing
housing
Future
expansion
tourism
Combating global warming,
green & alternative energy,
low carbon / energy
sustainable eco-city. “living
better, consuming less”
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22. F u t u r e C i t yF u t u r e C i t y
Master plan Combating global warming
green & alternative energy
low carbon / energy
sustainable eco-city.
“living better
consuming less”If we fail to
combat global
warming then we
might have to
design this.
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23. F u t u r e C i t yF u t u r e C i t y
Transportation hub
Master plan
Industrial Zone
Convention
Center
Combating global warming
green & alternative energy
low carbon / energy
sustainable eco-city.
“living better
consuming less”
R&D Power Plan
Shipping Port
Alternative Energy ,
Urban Power plant
Wind, solar energy etc
Residential Zone
Transportation hub Transportation hub
Shopping
Complex
CBD
Commercial
Housing
Government
Admin Hub
Education
Hub
Public
Housing
Tourism
development
Future Expansion
Public
park
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24. F u t u r e C i t yF u t u r e C i t y
Perspective Combating global warming, green &
alternative energy, low carbon / energy
sustainable eco-city.
“living better, consuming less”
One of the biggest problems facing the ever-
growing population of Earth and the subsequent
expansion of our cities and settlements is the
increasing value of land. Finding new land to build
upon is likely to become very difficult in the future,
especially if the population continues to grow at
such an alarming rate.
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25. F u t u r e C i t yF u t u r e C i t y
Perspective Combating global warming, green &
alternative energy, low carbon / energy
sustainable eco-city.
“living better, consuming less”
Shopping Complex
Tourism development
Commercial
Government Admin Hub
Industrial Zone
Residential zone
Housing
Transportation Hub
Transportation Hub
Transportation Hub
Public Housing
R&D power Plan
Shipping Port
Education Hub
CBD
Future Expansion
Public Park
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26. F u t u r e C i t yF u t u r e C i t y
SectionalPerspective – How the future city work…
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27. F u t u r e C i t y
Activities + Square
The city must have enough public space to provide a place of retreat, social interaction, relaxation space for a
much better living environment.
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28. F u t u r e C i t y
Imaginary City
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29. F u t u r e C i t y
Green Belt The city must have enough public park and greenery and should be within
a short distance from our daily activities area.
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30. F u t u r e C i t y
infrastructure
City must be well connected with energy efficient LRT/Transportation
system. The daily needs like Shopping, living, entertainment should been
incorporate within the transportation hub.
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31. F u t u r e C i t y
Vista / Focal point
F u t u r e C i t y
Main point
secondary
<-> city of focal / vista to allow good
connectivity and orientation.
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32. F u t u r e C i t y
Other feature that should be incorporated into a
future cities
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Urban Farming
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Food chain supply is always a consideration for
any cities an ages in order to sustain.
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34. F u t u r e C i t y
Urban Power Station
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35. F u t u r e C i t y
Wireless Telecommunication
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For future city ultra high-speed internet service
must be make available to all the citizen at all
corner
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Conclusion
• The City of the future must be the city which is sustainable in both social and energy
management. It has to be a low carbon/ low energy eco city and have the features to
combat global warming, .“living better, consuming less”
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