Changing Greenfields into Cities

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• Changing Greenfields into Cities
• - Identifying urban functions

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Program

• Content of today's presentation
• Introduction Mark
• Identifying Functions Michael
• Weighting Urban Functions Stéphanie
• Using Urban Functions Rikke
• Past Example Munich Adolphus
• Future Example Beijing Xuan

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Introduction

• Theme of the semester
• The complex city
• The Research Question
• How can urban planners avoid problems when
  planning Greenfield cities?

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Framework
Historical grown city
Greenfield city
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Program

• Content of today's presentation
• Introduction Mark
• Identifying Functions Michael
• Weighting Urban Functions Stéphanie
• Using Urban Functions Rikke
• Past Example Munich Adolphus
• Future Example Beijing Xuan

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Identifying functions

• Building up a framework
• Understanding the historical grown cities
• Showing what elements are present in cities that
  have prospered

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The functions of historical grown cities
Table 2.1, p. 43
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The functions of historical grown cities

• Regulation
• Water/food
• Economy
• Commerce
• Industrial
• Service
• Innovation
• Defence and Protection
• Cooperation
• Military
• Religion
• Political functions
• Authority

• A basic need, that is essential for devloping
  cities
• Not essential for the Research Question

• Has shown to be important for every type of city
  and is s a key factor in the devlopment of
  societies
• Very essential for the Research Question

• Important during war times which are not present
  in general, buti s incresingly becoming important
  due to terror actions
• Not essential for the Research Quetsion

• Spatially it is no longer essential, but
  important in means of practising political power
  on urban planning
• Should be considered for the Research Question

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The functions of historical grown cities

• Information
• Culture
• Education
• Carrier functions
• Transportation
• Communication
• Housing
• Residential
• Entertainment
• Recreation
• Experience
• Atracting people
• Diversity
• Identity

• Essential before and now and is also essential
  as an attracting people factor
• Essential for the Research Question

• The link between functions as a basic function
• Should be considered for the Research Question

• The most important function especially
  concerning the placement of housing
• Very essential for the Research Question

• Became important recently and cannot be defined
  easily
• Important for the Research Question

• A product of globalization which is essential
  for the Creative Class
• Important for the Research Question

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The functions of historical grown cities

• Functions are the elements that constitutes the
  historical grown city
• Identified functions when planning a greenfield
  city is essential
• Weighting functions is essential to make the
  greenfield city prosper

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Program

• Content of today's presentation
• Introduction Mark
• Identifying Functions Michael
• Weighting Urban Functions Stéphanie
• Using Urban Functions Rikke
• Past Example Munich Adolphus
• Future Example Beijing Xuan

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Weighting Urban Functions

• Analysing urban functions to answer to the
  research question
• Defining urban functions
• Functions of a city (purposes)
• Functions in a city (spatial parts/uses)

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Weighting Urban Functions

• Evaluating the degree of importance given by
  authors to sub functions

Fran P. Hosken (1919 - ) is a professional
photographer, graduated in Architecture at the
Harvard University Graduate School and the
Department of City Planning at the Massachussets
Institute of Technology. Hosken, 1974, p. 127
Harvard University Library (n. d.)
Table 3.2, p. 72
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Weighting Urban Functions

• Weighting sub functions regarding as
• The degree of permanence through time
• The degree of novelty

Table 3.2, p. 72
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Weighting Urban Functions
Table 2.1, p. 43
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Weighting Urban Functions
Table 3.2, p. 72
Example of calculation (Economy) (ITCWC
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Weighting Urban Functions
Combining the gained knowledge Creating a
framework (table 3.3, p. 75)
Table 2.1, p. 43
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Program

• Content of today's presentation
• Introduction Mark
• Identifying Functions Michael
• Weighting Urban Functions Stéphanie
• Using Urban Functions Rikke
• Past Example Munich Adolphus
• Future Example Beijing Xuan

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Conclusion

• How can urban planners avoid problems when
  planning greenfield cities?

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Case Study

• Sydney Olympic Park
• Not concern poverty
• English speaking country
• Transferable

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Case Study
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Program

• Content of today's presentation
• Introduction Mark
• Identifying Functions Michael
• Weighting Urban Functions Stéphanie
• Using Urban Functions Rikke
• Past Example Munich Adolphus
• Future Example Beijing Xuan

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Munich - Past Olympic City
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Munich

• Munich, a past Olympic city
• Reuse of Munich Olympic Park after the games
• Munich Olympic Park, a
  site with excellent
  architecture

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Use of the Olympic Park

• Acceptance and integration of Munich Olympic Park
• Recognising Munich Olympic Park as a place that
  enhances social life
• Use of the Olympic Park by
  people outside Munich

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Comparison
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Program

• Content of today's presentation
• Introduction Mark
• Identifying Functions Michael
• Weighting Urban Functions Stéphanie
• Using Urban Functions Rikke
• Past Example Munich Adolphus
• Future Example Beijing Xuan

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Beijing - Future Olympic City

The reasons for interview

• Beijing will host Olympic Games
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• Learning from the case of Sydney
• Olympic Park
• The interviewee is a professor whose name is
  HuJie in Urban Planning department of TsingHua
  University, who is also a chief designer in a
  design company working on Beijing Olympic Village
  for 2008
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The Master plan of Beijing Olympic Village
HuJie 2005
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Future Olympic City
The questions on interview

• What are the most important urban functions
  when constructing the Beijing Olympic
• Village? (rank each function from
  1 to 9, with 1 being the most important)
• Regulation Economy Security
  Politics Information Transportation
• Housing Entertainment
  Attracting people
• Can you give an explanation of your choice for
  the extreme choices (no. 1 and 9)?
• Are you planning for the future use of the
  Olympic Village after the games?
• (yes or no)
• If answer is yes, what are the main
  strategies of this future use?

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Future Olympic City
During Olympic Games
The stadium of Beijing Olympic Games
http//www.sport.org.cn/zhuanti/aoyun2008/tupianl

• Due to high population including
• foreign and local people, Chinese
• government emphasized on security
• and transportation.
• Attracting people depends on
• Olympic games themselves.

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Future Olympic City
Compare with Hierarchy of functions in the
prosperous Olympic Park
In Beijing Olympic Parkafter Olympic Games
In the prosperous Sydney Olympic Park (Table 4.2)
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Future Olympic City
The conclusion of interview

• Big problem for low position for housing
• Interested in diversity by attracting different
  people to the village
• Almost same ranking, few of functions expected