process journal compilation


Introduction

A city

What makes a good city?

Investigation & data collection: Mohenjo-daro

Investigation & data collection: City of New York

Investigation & data collection: Future city of Ewok Village

Information of the “X” city

The new “X” city

About the pamphlet

IntroductionFor the final project for ENBE, Each student will have to pretend that they are the mayor of the “X” City. The people in “X” city require a new city because of reasons that it no longer livable or because it’s just too crowded. As a mayor you will need to propose a new



layout for the new “X” City very quickly. As a group, we are given 5 options to choose to build the city on. The 5 options are an underground city (or in a cave), an underwater or floating on water City (at sea or saltwater wetlands), an underwater or floating on water City (fresh water wetlands), a city that blends in the forest (Swamp Area etc), a city in the Air (or sky scraper city or in the mountains). When planning the city, students are required to consider and include the followings;

i. The geometric shape, form, pattern, hierarchy, system and structure of the city.

ii. The aim of the city, the green approach, new waste management, new technology, business plan, new initiatives etc.

iii. The main focus of the city; such as the square, garden, monuments, town hall, pavilion, civic building, axis and vistas.

iv. The zoning of the city. (government buildings, business area, commercial areas, recreational areas, education areas, religious and cultures areas, hospitals, services area, industrial area, residential, community area, port and shipping area, forest and green areas, agriculture area, hospitality and tourism etc)

v. The people, population, social issues, activities, food distribution, crime, security, education, culture and religion.

vi. Transportation and networking. vii. Infrastructure, utility, services and amenities. (Energy, water, waste etc.)

viii. Sustainable initiative and climate change consideration and resilience etc. ix. Other services

(such as police, army, economy, security, technology etc) After that, students are required to make a pamphlet about the “X” city.



What is a city?The definition of a city is actually an English word that origin from Latin which is “civitas”. “Civitas” basically means civilization or a highly organized community. A city is also defined as a larger version of a town which is designed to provide everything a human being needs for survival.

Characteristic of a cityA city should consists of basic services provided to people, for examples;

-Efficient & Enough electrical, food and water supplies to the people

-Infrastructure such as highways, lighting, sanitation and drainage system.

-Zoning of the city

-Basic public transportation such as busses and trains.

-Historical monuments that identify the city



What makes a good city?To make a good and sustainable city, it needs to have a balance of social and economic. Not only that, the environment itself needs to ensure the stability of development for the next generations to come. In order to make a good city, these aspects should be taken;

- Clean and safe environment

- Basic needs that can be provided to people such as food, water and shelter

- No crime and poverty

- Everyone has a job and no one is broke

- Public transports that can be accessed from everywhere

- Public spaces to connect with people

- Safe walkways along the road.

- Waste products can be recycled and reuse



Investigation & Data Collection:

Ancient city

1. Mohenjo-daro

- World earliest major urban settlement

- one of the largest settlement

- abandoned in the 19th century

Characteristics:

1. Planned layout based on a street grid of rectilinear buildings

2. Built of fired and mortared brick

3. 300 hectares

4. The Great Bath

5. Great Granary

Investigation & Data Collection:



Present city of New York

New York City can be considered as one of the most famous city in the world. In the 18th century, New York City had become one of the most greatest trading business cities. Today, New York City is one of the top tourist’s attractions and counted as the few wealthy city in the world.

The famous World Trade Center in New York City. It was once destroyed by terrorist during the 9/11 incident but was rebuilt in 2006.



The specialty of New York City- Population of 8.4 millions, the most populous city in the United States

- World’s busiest pedestrian intersections in the city

- Infrastructures like bridges, skyscrapers, entertainment and education.

- 24/7 public metro system worldwide

- Pedestrian walkways can are everywhere so that people can walk instead of using vehicles.

ConclusionThe fact that the city priorities the citizen by supplying large walkways to pedestrian, this not only can reduce the amount of cars on the road, it can also lead the city in a more greener way.



The Future City: City On Star Wars

On Star Wars Episode 6 Return of The Jedi release on the 1980s, the main heroes of the movie were aided by mysterious creatures on the final battle. The city was located on the forest moon of endor. Its houses are all over the trees and well immersive into the forest.

Benefits of the city- It’s environmental friendly

- The buildings are all connected with bridges to

- Some buildings used more than one tree to be more stable.

- The city is designed with circular dome style to enable the movement from anywhere.



CanatropicsThe aimThe aim of this city is to let the people live in an eco friendly environment for a different life style experience.

The IdeasThe idea was to create a city based on the ewok village and the wookie city from star wars as they are all based on trees. It is actually possible to create a city in the forest.

The new features & facilitiesSince I wanted to make an eco friendly city, why don’t I make the city without transportation that burns fuel but make something that pedestrian will use

Monorail

- faster compared to walking

- safe & easy to use

- environmental friendly



Bike rental system

- mainly for tourist or anyone that needs it

- can be rent from almost any part of the city

- good for sight-seeing or relaxing

Green residential

Since all houses in the city is on trees, there is a large solar power farm connecting to the whole city to provide power.



The progress layout design

The idea in my mind is to make a simple layout design for the city, the shape will be either a big circle or a pentagon.

Pamphlet design

For the pamphlet design, I chose to do the classic one which is the accordion style. As for how the pamphlet look like, instead of making it look messy with a lot of graphics and fancy fonts, I want to make it simple yet easy to understand.



About the Pamphlet What is a pamphlet? And how do you make a good looking pamphlet?

Pamphlet

Pamphlet is like an unbound booklet without a hard cover or binding. It can consists of one sheet paper that is printed on both sides and folded in half like an accordion style. Pamphlet is good advertising medium or business communication.

Examples of pamphlet

How to make/fold it?In order to make a pamphlet from a blank paper, we need to know how to fold it into one. These are some of the ways to fold it.

As for my pamphlet, I’m using the most classic way to make it, the accordion style.



Good pamphlet designTo make a pamphlet that is artistic and informative, the pamphlet should consists some of these elements.

A good headline/coverFirst impressions is the most important to attract people to read at your pamphlet. A good cover should be able to deliver the main message to the reader. These pamphlet cover might

not consists a lot of graphic butit can convey a message to thereader.

InformativeA pamphlet without enough information is like a book with blank pages. The pamphlet must have the information about the products or messages that you’re selling or convey to let people know more about it. The information should be clear enough to convince the people, if they like it, they might consider it. Pictures about your products should be in the pamphlet to give people a rough idea about the products.

In this pamphlet, it clearly shows the

ways to prevent HIV & AIDS



Fonts & Colors Using the right fonts can affect how your pamphlet can attract the people. Fonts such as Forte, IMPACT or Broadway can easily attract people to read at your pamphlet because of its uniqueness. As for colors, colors such as red can attract people because of its fresh and bright color. According to research, red color is the color that can attract people 90% of the time, which explains why some of the magazines’ cover or pamphlet uses red.

Good pamphlet designs



Reference

http://www.history.com/topics/new-york-city

http://www.wrnclp.org/2015/04/27/solar-power-for-northern-wisconsin/

http://homedesigninspirations.com/?attachment_id=2243

http://io9.com/5850729/quantum-locking-will-blow-your-mind--but-how-does-it-work

http://www.acprail.com/rail-passes/japan-rail/bullet-train

http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/renewable-energy/how-biomass-energy-works.html#.VVhqN_mqqko

http://nvision-that.com/design-from-all-angles/what-makes-a-good-brochure-design

http://www.slideshare.net/SriCity/sri-city-the-worldclass-integrated-business-city

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/258182991114694698/?s=3&m=facebook

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/398216792027942077/?s=3&m=facebook


process journal compilation

Design

new city

underground city

good city

new x city

sky scraper city

new technology

services area

enbe final project