Forest City, Malaysia Country Garden(Malaysia is building a
high-tech version of Singapore that’s covered in trees.)
A chain of four Malaysian islands will soon become home to a
$100 billion project that could challenge Singapore’s dominance in the region.
As its name, Forest City, suggests, the development features
signature, plant-lined buildings that call to mind an urban jungle.
Senegal’s $2 billion futuristic city has been likened to
Wakanda from “Black Panther.”
When the superhero film “Black Panther” was released in
2018, its fictional city of Wakanda immediately drew comparisons to certain
future-focused African development projects.
The similarities between Wakanda and the $2 billion
Diamniadio Lake City in Senegal are particularly striking.
Qatar is building a $45 billion city to host the World Cup
in 2022.
Plans for the city of Lusail first surfaced in 2005, but
were delayed until 2010, when Qatar won the bid to host the 2022 FIFA World
Cup.
The city is now set to arrive by 2020, and will feature a
new stadium, skyscrapers, villas, and 22 new hotels. It will also implement
pneumatic trash tubes that transport waste to a single location.
At 38 square miles, Lusail will accommodate 450,000 people –
nearly 200,000 more than the number of citizens in Qatar.
A $500 billion megacity in Saudi Arabia is preparing for a
world of robot workers and drone taxis.
. Saudi Arabia is undergoing a massive development boom,
with the arrival of around 4,700 active construction projects. The most
expensive of these projects is Neom, a megacity that links to Africa via a
bridge over the Red Sea.
Saudi Arabia’s forthcoming financial district has skywalks
that are cooled using solar power.
At $10 billion, the King Abdullah Financial District isn’t
the most expensive construction project in Saudi Arabia, but it boasts one of
the most forward-thinking designs.
The 17 million-square-foot development features a monorail,
mosque, and network of skywalks that’s cooled using solar power. It also
includes a metro station designed by the late, great architect Zaha Hadid.
Kenya’s $12 billion development project could become the
“smartest” city in Africa.
The term “smart city” is often used to describe high-tech
development projects, but few sites fit the bill better than Konza, a nearly
$12 billion “technopolis” in Kenya.
The project is set to finish in 2030, at which point it will
be covered in sensors that collect and share data. The sensors will help the
city monitor things like car traffic and make adjustments to traffic lights.
Gandhinagar, India, has installed digital signs that beam
government messages to the public.
India is working to transform the city of Gandhinagar into a
high-tech mecca. In addition to the usual “smart city” elements like sensors
and surveillance cameras, Gandhinagar includes some unorthodox design features.
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