reporter Zhao Shifeng
html On July 25, Saudi Arabia ’s “New Future City” (NEOM), which has invested heavily in construction, officially announced the details of the “LINE” (LINE) plan for a city within a city."I want to build my 'pyramid'." In a report by the US " Washington Post ", Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed described the new future city plan this way. In order to get rid of its dependence on oil revenue, Saudi Arabia released the "Saudi Vision 2030" in 2016 and spent about US$1 trillion to build a new future city as part of the vision.
Concept map of the core city "line" of the new future city.
New Future City covers an area of 26,500 square kilometers, adjacent to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba, and close to maritime trade routes via the Suez Canal. According to Reuters report, the new future city plan will begin to take shape in 2025. The city focuses on nine major industries, including energy and water, biotechnology, food, advanced manufacturing and entertainment, and will rely entirely on new energy sources in the future.
In January last year, Mohammed announced that he would build a zero-car, zero-emission city-within-a-city called "Line" in the New Future City. As the chairman of the board of directors of New Future City, he also released a video introduction on the website, saying that "Line" will be a long strip city, "a revolutionary project that puts humans first and civilization (aspects)."
The visual effect of "Line" Picture
"Walking and livability are the genes of 'Line'." New Future City issued a statement saying that there are no private cars in this city-within-a-city, and it only takes a maximum of 5 minutes to walk to handle daily affairs or get to the bus stop. Using the ultra-fast public transport system, you can reach anywhere in the city in 20 minutes.
"Line" will retain 95% of its natural features, and all the energy required for urban development will be clean energy such as solar energy and wind energy. artificial intelligence, and robotics will be widely adopted in the city, and "invisible and seamless" physical and digital infrastructure will be built.
Visual renderings of the "line"
html On July 25, Mohammed announced the design plan for the Saudi version of the "Pyramid". The "line" is 170 kilometers long and 500 meters high. It consists of two parallel mirror buildings 200 meters apart, so it is also called the " mirror line ". The UAE's "The Nation" reported that this building in the desert will become the longest building in the world."The Washington Post" was the first to disclose the detailed plan of "Line". According to reports, the "line" spans coasts, deserts and mountains, with high-speed trains running underneath. The "line" will provide food for residents through vertical farming, and vegetables will be "automatically harvested and packaged." At about 300 meters high, there will be a stadium. There is also a dock for yachts under the arch between the two buildings.
According to reports, the "line" will be constructed in a modular manner, with each module being 800 meters long. The entire construction process is like putting together Lego blocks .
"Line" was designed by the American firm Morpheus Architects, whose founder Tom Mayne has previously won the international architectural award " Pritzker Prize ". In addition, at least nine design companies and engineering consulting firms are involved.
According to the plan, 1.5 million people will live in the "line" by 2030, which will eventually be able to accommodate 9 million people. However, the progress of the "Line" project is not smooth. It was originally planned to start construction in the first quarter of 2021, but the design plan has only been announced so far.
Conceptual landscape in the city
In fact, the concept of linear cities is not new. According to the Washington Post, as early as 1882, Spanish architect Arturo Soria proposed building a linear city, which eventually led to the "Linear City" district of Madrid, the Spanish capital.
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