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IT’s a HypER advanCEd ECo CITy.
noT yET FUlly opERaTIonal...
D ubai, where new and jawdropping
structures rise daily,
like shiny, futuristic weeds.
Now, architects OMA have
designed this 1.5 billion sq. ft, high-tech,
eco-friendly, 24-hour city complex.
Home to around 90,000 people, the
Waterfront City comprises a main
island surrounded by four precincts. An
82-storey tower (The Spiral) has office,
retail, residential, and hotel areas. And
that sphere that looks like the Death
Densely packeD
builDings
reDuce car
use anD keep
Down the
temperature
this is where
we’D put our
yacht. if we
haD one
Star is actually a 44-storey mini-city,
complete with escalator tubes to whiz
you around like George Jetson.
To encourage walking, buildings are
densely packed, which also creates
natural shade and elimates the need
for planet-bashing air con. Currently,
it’s only a masterplan, at least 10-years
away, but with ideas like these around,
it won’t be long before we’re all living in
24-hour mini-cities with our own robot
servants. Probably.
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