抖阴短视频

RIYADH: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has discussed some of the earliest ideas around the design of The Line, 抖阴短视频鈥檚 megacity of the future, and what the project means to the Kingdom and the world.

The ambitious modern city is part of 抖阴短视频鈥檚 flagship development project of NEOM, situated in the north of the Kingdom, and reimagines what urban living should be like in the 21st century.

The Kingdom wants to create a new civilization for the future and has urged countries to act similarly for the sake of building a better planet, the crown prince said in a Discovery Channel interview about The Line that aired on Monday.

He talked in the documentary about how the design idea behind The Line came about and what it will eventually mean for 抖阴短视频.

鈥淪ince we have an empty place, and we want to have a place for 10 million people, then let鈥檚 think from scratch,鈥� the crown prince said.

鈥淲e talked about a lot of ideas, 鈥榳hy can鈥檛 we build a circle?鈥欌�� he said, recalling the first steps in the city鈥檚 design process. We can connect it with mobility and build it 鈥渟lowly until it was completed for 10 million people,鈥� the crown prince added.

After brainstorming and a competition for the best designers for ideas on how the city should look, one design option stood out.

鈥淭hey provided us with cities based on the existing methods but with better solutions,鈥� he said. Except one, who said: 鈥淟et鈥檚 turn it from a circle to a line.鈥�

From there, the crown prince suggested a tweak that would establish The Line鈥檚 iconic look.

鈥淭he infrastructure idea is good, but when you get in it, with the 2 km width, you don鈥檛 feel it,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 told the team, 鈥榟ow about if we take those 2 km and flip it (so that it is) two towers (across) the whole line, is that going to work or will it be too massive?鈥欌��

The result: A 170-km, 200-meters-wide urban design phenomenon that will run on 100 percent renewable energy, with 95 percent of land preserved for nature 鈥� and it will be car-free.

The look of the city was unveiled by the crown prince in 2022. He said the design would clarify the internal structure of the multilayered city and address the problems of traditional flat, horizontal cities.

The crown prince said the Saudi population in 2030 is expected to be between 50 and 55 million, significantly up from the current 33 million. 鈥淚n 2030, we are going to reach the full capacity of the existing infrastructure of 抖阴短视频,鈥� he said, which necessitated the creation of the new city.

鈥淭he Line will tackle the challenges facing humanity in urban life today and will shine a light on alternative ways to live,鈥� the crown prince is quoted as saying on the project鈥檚 official site. 鈥淲e cannot ignore the livability and environmental crises facing our world鈥檚 cities.鈥�

He added: 鈥淎ny new city is going to have to be top-down.鈥� Existing cities, he said, have all undergone restructuring based on a constant problem-solution model, but a top-down solution facilitates building something like The Line.

The crown prince said that it was not enough for the futuristic city to just be technically possible, it had to be beautiful too.

鈥淓ngineering and design was not enough without art,鈥� he said. 鈥�(We) don鈥檛 want to create a city without having the whole city as a piece of art.鈥�

The crown prince said the project is grand in scope and fulfills its financial and other objectives.

鈥淚t鈥檚 massive, it鈥檚 huge,鈥� he said, adding that he wishes he could explain it in a simpler way. 鈥淚t鈥檚 something that creates a new way of building.鈥�

The crown prince said Miami has a work and social life mix that is exciting for residents and The Line will aim to top that type of offering.

鈥淚n Miami, when you get out of your office, you are on vacation 鈥� immediately you are next to entertainment, culture, sport and retail,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e are competing with Miami.鈥�

Residents of The Line will only have a five-minute walk to reach all facilities and high-speed rail will provide an end-to-end transit of 20 minutes.

Nadhmi Al-Nasr, NEOM鈥檚 CEO, said that works are progressing in the futuristic city as per the schedule.

Peter Fitzhardinge, head of tourism and marketing at NEOM, told Arab News: 鈥淭he development is being done. NEOM is becoming a reality. I live in NEOM and I see developments every minute of every day. You have to come to NEOM to see the future of livability in the world.鈥�

Of those that keep saying the current megaprojects in 抖阴短视频 are too ambitious and cannot be done, the crown prince said: 鈥淭hey can keep saying that and we can keep proving them wrong.

鈥淚 can promise you there鈥檚 going to be something new and creative (in NEOM), but what is it? It鈥檚 unknown, we are going to see.鈥�