The Line Saudi Arabia | INFO BITES

[Music] foreign is a linear smart city under construction in Saudi Arabia in neom epic province which is designed to have no cars streets or carbon emissions the 170 kilometer long 110 miles part of Saudi Vision 2030 project which Saudi Arabia claims will create around 460 000 jobs and add an estimated 48 billion dollars to the country's GDP the line is planned to be the first development of a 500 billion dollars project in neum the city's plans anticipate a population of 9 million though Saudi Arabia has a population of 35.5 million excavation work had started along the entire length of the project by October 2022 the project has faced criticism over its impact on the environment and the current population of the area as well as doubts about its technological and economic viability proposal the proposed length of the line is 170 kilometers 110 miles and it will protect 95 percent of neem's natural habitats its Arc will begin along the coast of the Red Sea and end somewhere near the city of tabuk there will be 9 million people living the making the population density about 260 000 people per square kilometer in 2020 Manila had a population density of 44 000 people per square kilometer making it the most populous Metropolis in the world the proposed layout for the line has two Mirror Image structures separated by an outdoor Plaza with a combined width of 200 Majors 660 feet and height of 500 Majors 1 600 feet although a large amount of greenhouse cases will be released during building the city is said to run totally on renewable energy once completed there will be an above ground pedestrian layer a Subterranean infrastructure layer and a third below ground transportation layer residents will be compensated for contributing data to the line and artificial intelligence will watch the city and employ predictive and statistical models to uncover ways to improve citizens daily lives some estimates put the price tag at one trillion dollars While others put it at between 100 and 200 billion dollars 400 and 700 billion Saudi rail the Saudi government estimates that it will add 180 billion SAR about 48 billion dollars to GDP by 2030 along with creating 460 000 new employment and encouraging economic diversification history about the line City while looking like a futuristic idea the line incorporates many aspects of architectural fantasies from the industrial era asterisk Spanish Urban architect Arturo Soria envisioned a tramway-based linear Metropolis in 1882. due to lack of backing he only applied part of his proposal to a Madrid neighborhood asterisk French architect Yona Friedman proposed an integrated modular and vertical spatial City to alleviate urban sprawl in the 1950s but it remained an academic curiosity asterisk in the 1960s the Italian avant-garde group super Studio proposed The Continuous Monument an architectural model for total urbanization which would blanket the Earth but was unfeasible and useless the lines Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman presented the line plan on state television on January 10 2021 Earthworks began in October 2021 and the first occupants were expected in 2024. the first phase was set for 2030 in July 2022 Ben Salman's statement and promotional video on July 25 2021 increased media coverage of the initiative critics said the proposal would produce a dystopian and artificial facility that had already displaced the huwaitat indigenous tribe and would affect bird and Wildlife movement in October of 2022 Drone footage released by hot Sky confirmed that construction on the line was underweight and excavation Works were taking place along the entire length of the project construction the line will consist of connected communities which are called modules the total structure will consist of 135 modules of each 800 majors in length and 500 meters tall Architects the project Administration made Architects signed secrecy agreements thus no websites mentioned the line Norman Foster and Francine haben from Mecca new withdrew from the project owing to Human Rights and environmental concerns according to sadushi zaitan the paper also reported that David Ajay Ben van burkel un Studios massimiliano fuxas the London Office of the late zaha Hadid REM cool Haas lava deleg and micel and wolf D Pricks from Coop himmelbala are still on board the siduchi criticized Architects moral hypocrisy and sustainability modules 40-50 until March 2023 more than 4 500 piles were driven in module 43 reaching a peak of 60 piles a day from this point on piling work is Shifting towards module 45 46 and 47 which are located at the marina excavation of about 1 million cubic majors of Earth is taking place each week at the marina reception Princeton University assistant professor Marshall Brown told the zine that large-scale urban planning will be impossible to attain the clean futuristic style portrayed in the concept image due to the many aspects involved halane chartier of c-40 cities linked the line to soria's 1882 design and a 1965 New Jersey linear settlement idea 24. Dutch architect Winnie Moss said he would love to live in such an environment but its monotonous profile in the concept image would allow unfavorable wind flow across the interior he complemented the city densification and heat regulation concept Philip Oldfield of the University of New South Wales said City management not Aesthetics would determine quality of life you cannot build a 500 meter tall building out of low carbon materials old field added the 170 kilometers profile would block nearby ecosystems and migratory animals like highways and the mirrored facade would harm birds in the world's hottest place two sons will irradiate a territory digital rights academics like Vincent Moscow warned that the city's data collection system might make it a surveillance City due to Arrangements that would distort consent to share data and Saudi Arabia's terrible human rights record nemceo Joseph Bradley claimed the organizers were tackling privacy issues and that Saudi Arabia had a personal data protection statute the Saudi government's pursuit of the city was also scrutinized after refusing to leave their Hamlet for the neom and mega project how it had tribal members shadley Abrahim anatala al-huwadi were executed in October 2022 Abdul Rahim al-qaedi shapley's brother was shot dead by Security forces in April 2020 in his home in al-kariba tabat Province after posting videos on social media opposing the displacement of local residents for neom feasibility according to the architect and urban planner Eddie Anne boo ABDO the 3D images presented are not classical 3D architecture images and the designers of the project have rather called upon video game designers more worryingly among the various ideas presented as the basis of the project there would be according to him a lot of technology that we don't have today many of the Project's other key announcements particularly in the areas of energy and transportation are based on technologies that do not even exist in Prototype form [Music]

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Length: 8min 30sec (510 seconds)

Published: Thu Jul 13 2023