CITY IN THE DESERT, UAE, 2006

Masterplan for an entire new city for 150.000 people

Eco riddle: If green is good ...
... what is greening of the desert?

For some time now desert developments have been constructed as though they could have been constructed anywhere else. Large sections of the desert are being turned into high maintenance lawn. Levels of energy and water consumption are representing immense ecological cost.
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FACT SHEET

Site:
Desert site anywhere in the UAE’s seven emirates

Program:
Proposed GFA 994.600m2; total site area 1.204.200 m2; Retail; Office, Mixed use, Residential, Hotel, Sports & Entertainment; Trade Fair and Exhibition; Industry

PUBLICATIONS

Lecture @ The Architecture Foundation

CREDITS

Partners in charge:
Rem Koolhaas, Reinier de Graaf

Associate in charge:
Beth Hughes

Team Schematic Design:
Jin Hong Jeon, Bin Kim, Mirai Morita, Erica Osterlund, Matthew Seidel, Shuo Wang, Jing Zang

Team Concept Design:
Samir Bantal, Martin Galovsky, Ravi Kamisetti, Barend Koolhaas, Tomek Bartczak, Philippe Braun, Kai van Hasselt, Beth Hughes, Pieter Janssens, Bin Kim, Daniel Klos, Miho Mazereeuw, Morai Morita, Nicola Nett, Alain Peauroi, Mariano Sagasta, Christin Svensson, Daliana Suryawinata