K8 CITY: TEAM GUIDE:

1. PLAN!

HOW YOU GET TO K8 CITY

2016

2020

not there yet..

2026

nearly,

2036

Yay! At last, K8 city

(you are 8) (now you are 12) (you are 18, old enough to drive)

Now you live in K8 City…

Not really…you can imagine

but, you can’t get there in one big

jump…

You need a plan You need stepping stones

1 So, get a team

plan!

2 Take the first

step 3 Take a bigger

step 4 success!

2036

2. PLANS look like maps…

draw building “maps” on your blueprint

3. BUILD ways you can build:

1.STACK 2.PLUG-IN 3.STICK ON

stack

plug-in

4. be INSPIRED

by NATURE

BIRDS RIVERS NESTS CLOUDS PORCUPINES INSECTS

5. be INSPIRED

by things in our own backyard

Backyards Verandahs Water tanks Houses on stumps Corrugated iron Hills Hoists The river Mangroves Floods

6. be INSPIRED:

by 12 designer heroes

Maya Lin Vo Trong Nghia Glenn Murcutt Jorn Utzon Tadeo Ando Zaha Hadid

Alejandro Aravena Shigeru Ban Jeanne Gang Wang Shu Kazuye Sejima Lina Bo Bardi

STUDIO 1 STUDIO 2

STUDIO 3 STUDIO 4

STUDIO 5 STUDIO 6 STUDIO 7 STUDIO 8

STUDIO 9 STUDIO 10

STUDIO 11 STUDIO 12

7. STUDIO MISSIONS:

idea starters for your team

STUDIO 1 Maya Lin

STUDIO 2 Vo Trong Nghia

STUDIO 3 Glenn Murcutt

STUDIO 4 Jorn Utzon

GREEN CITY: green spaces clean air trees for breathing community gardens rooftop gardens vertical gardens

GROW CITY markets local foods seed banks terraces roof top gardens vertical gardens floating gardens

RESPECT CITY respect the elders preserve special places preserve habitat listen to stories respect country

MOVE CITY getting about rings and roundabouts moving people moveable buildings hover and float

STUDIO 5 Tadeo Ando

STUDIO 6 Zaha Hadid

STUDIO 7 Alejandro Aravena

STUDIO 8 Shigeru Ban

ENERGY CITY harvest the sun harvest the wind harvest city heat reduce C02 storing power recycle/reuse

PLAY CITY kids need space music and art play-spaces safe city festivals and celebrations

SMART CITY smart buildings bots + drones smart commuters imagination-city invention city global connections drones, bots and androids

ECO CITY clean air eco building green corridors put waste to work refuges and eco-parks recycle stations climate watch

STUDIO 9 Jeanne Gang

STUDIO 10 Wang Shu

STUDIO 11

Kazuye Sejima

STUDIO 12 Lina Bo Bardi

SKY CITY fight gravity; go higher inflatables air bridges skywalks hover buildings bio-domes

RIVER CITY save the mangroves river stories floating markets creeks and canals flood-proofing water terraces floating gardens

HEALTH CITY happy = healthy fitness project young + old sharing pets for happy people slow down! time-out + quiet zones

EQUAL CITY free entry! welcome stranger! care for elders walking in their shoes good neighbours homeless care

8. K8 COUNCIL.1

vote for your city

1.ENERGY 2.FOOD 3.PLANNING 4.TRANSPORT 5.WASTE earn energy “credits” ban “fossil” fuels reduce “fossil” fuels sustainable (solar + wind + wave + tidal) use “bioluminescence” “energy-lite” days buildings must power themselves! energy from poo! futures energy council

grow food… in the city! turn lawns into food sugar-free city!! free cooking schools local gardens restaurant recycle “vertical” farms “floating” farms roof top farms seedbanks “fresh” markets for every zone

build as high as you like limit building height high buildings in one place teams provide (more) space for parks care for “in-between” spaces no building on river edge wildlife corridors “memory sites”

cars/no cars/share cars only ring roads only/city roads free bike stations underground transport bikeways in the city air bridges skywalks super-fast hover trains automated walkways

Recycle household water all rubbish bins to be 50% smaller waste exchanges collect rainwater collect and recycle its waste K8city must recycle all its waste (no dumping!) materials exchanges waste collection service tax on packaging waste for fertiliser

YOUR TOP 3: 1 2 3

YOUR TOP 3: 1 2 3

YOUR TOP 3: 1 2 3

YOUR TOP 3: 1 2 3

YOUR TOP 3: 1 2 3

K8 COUNCIL.2

Make a people-friendly city

1.BRIDGES 2.ELDERS 3.FUN 4.POETRY 5.STRANGERS

bridge sites (on map) pedestrian only friends on the bridge flood-proof bridges multilevel bridge bridge markets build over, under, on sky bridges north-south bridges

shared garden grandparents and children “call the elders”) advice + counselling Free entry to everything… Stories about the “memory places” grandpa, grandma lending library elders’ sheds council of the elders

kids’ spaces waterparks busker stations pet lending libraries petting zoos “parcours” city parklands flash” lounges sports stadiums (for gaming lounges fireworks and lightshows

“poet’s corner” messages for aliens poem for your studio name a building build like a beehive street bling creativity centres street sign poetry. storytelling slams. list of “city” words buildings artwork most beautiful building

memorise names “welcome stranger” events count K8 languages speed dating volunteer guides homeless friendly buildings shelters honour memory places

YOUR TOP 3: 1 2 3

YOUR TOP 3: 1 2 3

YOUR TOP 3: 1 2 3

YOUR TOP 3: 1 2 3

YOUR TOP 3: 1 2 3

9. K8 program

what happen, and when…

DAY 1 8.30 – 10.30

SET UP MEET 1 PLAN 1 COUNCIL 1

morning tea 10.50 -12.30

MEET 2 SPEED BUILD1 BUILD 2 WILDCARD 1

lunch 1.00 – 3.00

MEET 3 PLAN 2

BUILD 3 WILDCARD 2

DAY 2

8.30 – 10.30

MEET 4 COUNCIL 2 PLAN 3 BUILD 4

morning tea

10.50 -12.30

BUILD 5 WILDCARD 3 INSTALL 1

lunch

1.00 -2.15

MEET5 BUILD 6 INSTALL 2

10. A-Z OF K8 CITY

1 BIG IDEAS CARDS Put your best team idea down on paper. Post it on the “Big Ideas” poster board.

2 BLUEPRINTS

Team table top maps. Do your planning here.

3 BUILDING

You work out a design, grab material and go for it.

4 K8 AWARDS There are team awards for good thinking, good planning and good citizenship.

5 K8 BIG IDEAS POSTER Take the best idea to the Big Ideas Booth for stamping. Watch your stamps grow!

6 K8 COUNCILS All teams are in Councils. Councils make decisions to guide K8 city.

7 K8 ENGINEERING When you need help with cutting and gluing, take your work to the engineering table.

8 K8 TECHBOOTH Take your high-tech idea to the tech booth on day 2. 9 MATERIALS You can access all the building materials you need, but

don’t take more than you can use. 10 MAYOR One mayor will be selected on each day. Mayors will lead

some activities and represent all the teams. 11 MEETINGS Meetings will look at city ideas and set directions for the

teams. 12 MEMORY PLACES There are 4 “memory places” on the big map. You can’t

build on them unless the council decides… 13 MISSIONS Each team has special mission; check your blueprint… 14 PLANNING

Before you build, plan your team ideas

15 PROGRAM Check the program when you need to know what’s happening and when.

16 RIVER The river is marked on the big map. Does it look familiar? 17 TEAM BASES Each team gets two to work on. Teams can decide where

they get placed on the big map. 17 STAMPS Make it official, ask the mayor to stamp your plan and

your ideas cards. 18 STUDIOS There are 12. Each one is named after an architect or

designer. 19 TEAMS

Same as studios; studio = team.

20 THE BASE/K8 MAP The big central map/base is the site for K8 city. By the second afternoon it will be nearing completion.

21 VOTE Everyone votes. You decide what you want to build, and what is important.

22 WILDCARDS Wildcards are team challenges. Drop everything and make it happen!