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Masdar City
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DESCRIPTION |
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Masdar City is an emerging global clean-technology cluster located in what aims to be one of the world’s most sustainable urban developments powered by renewable energy. Located about 17km from downtown Abu Dhabi, this free zone will eventually be home to companies, researchers, and academics from across the globe, creating an international hub for companies and organisations focused on renewable energy and clean technologies. Inspired by the architecture and urban planning of traditional Arab cities, Masdar City incorporates narrow streets; the shading of windows, exterior walls and walkways; thick-walled buildings; courtyards and wind towers; vegetation and a generally walkable city. The design provides the highest quality living and working environment with the lowest possible carbon footprint and includes a northeast-southwest orientation of the city. This makes best use of the cooling night breezes and lessens the effect of hot daytime winds. There will be green parks separating built-up areas, not only to capture and direct cool breezes into the heart of the city but also to reduce solar gain and provide cool pleasant oases throughout the city. The intelligent design of residential and commercial spaces will reduce demand for artificial lighting and air conditioning. As well, all buildings will surpass the highest sustainable building standards currently set by internationally recognised organisations. Carefully planned landscape and water features will aid in reducing ambient temperatures, while enhancing the quality of the street; the elimination of cars and trucks at street level not only makes the air cleaner for pedestrians but also allows buildings to be closer together, providing more shade but allowing maximum natural light. The placement of residential, recreational, civic, leisure, retail, commercial and light industrial areas across the master plan, along with the public transportation networks, ensures that the city is pedestrian friendly and a pleasant and convenient place in which to live and work. |
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ECO-SUSTAINABILITY |
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The design provides the highest quality living and working environment with the lowest possible carbon footprint and includes a northeast-southwest orientation of the city. This makes best use of the cooling night breezes and lessens the effect of hot daytime winds. There will be green parks separating built-up areas, not only to capture and direct cool breezes into the heart of the city but also to reduce solar gain and provide cool pleasant oases throughout the city. The intelligent design of residential and commercial spaces will reduce demand for artificial lighting and air conditioning. As well, all buildings will surpass the highest sustainable building standards currently set by internationally recognised organisations. |
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LOCATION |
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Continent |
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Asia |
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Nation |
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United Arab Emirates [Al-Imarat al-'Arabiya al Muttahida] |
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Emirate |
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Abu-Dhabi [Abū Ẓabī] |
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Abu-Dhabi [Abū Ẓabī] |
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Hamlet |
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Masdar City [Madīnat Maṣdar] |
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Telephone |
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Website |
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MAP |
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TYPOLOGY |
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TOWN PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN | New settlements
New urban settlement
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CHRONOLOGY |
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Project |
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2006
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Realisation |
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2008 - 2016 |
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AWARDS |
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2007 |
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World Clean Energy Award Transatlantic21 Association Basel, Switzerland |
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2007 |
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Sustainable Region / City of the Year Euromoney and Ernst & Young’s Global Renewable Energy Awards |
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THE BUILDING IN CINEMA |
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Title |
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How much does your building weigh, Mr. Foster? |
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Norberto Lopez Amado, Carlos Carcas |
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Cast |
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Norman Foster, Tony Hunt, George Weidenfeld, Richard Rogers, Bono, Deyan Sudjic, Paul Goldberger, Carl Abbott, Alain de Botton, Anish Kapoor, Richard Serra, Anthony Caro, Richard Long, Buckminster Fuller, Ben Cowd, Cai Guo-Qiang, Ricky Burdett, Spencer de Grey, David Nelson, Narinder Sagoo, Nigel Dancey, Loretta Law, Mouzhan Madidi, Stefan Behling, Jurgen Happ, Gerard Evenden
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Annotations |
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Producer: Elena Ochoa
Executive Producer: Antonio Sanz
Writer & Narrator: Deyan Sudjic
Music: Joan Valent
Director of Photography: Valentin Alvarez |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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Jonathan Glancey, "Masdar City. Une ville verte sortie des sables / A green city out of the sand", L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui 391, septembre-octobre/september-october 2012, pp. 74-85 |
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Marco Maretto, "Ecocities ed ecoquartieri: tra morfologia e progetto urbano / Ecocities and Eco Neighbourhoods: between Morphology and Urban Design", L'industria delle costruzioni 419, maggio-giugno/may-june 2011 [Ecocities], pp. 22-24 (4-25) Norman Foster, "Masdar City e il nuovo Masdar Institute Campus ad Abu Dhabi / Masdar City and the Masdar Institute Campus, Abu Dhabi", L'industria delle costruzioni 419, maggio-giugno/may-june 2011 [Ecocities], pp. 26-35 |
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Sona Nambiar, Joann Gonchar, "Masdar Institute. Foster & Partners with Arup Associates", Architectural Record 5/2011, may 2011, pp. 130-139 |
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Douglas Murphy, "Masdar Institute. Foster & Partners with Arup Associates", Icon 93, march 2011, pp. 54-55 |
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"Envelope", Architecture Today 215, february 2011, pp. 71-86 "Masdar Institute, Masdar, United Arab Emirates. Foster & Partners with Arup Associates", Architecture Today 215, february 2011, pp. 71- 75 (71-86) |
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Rafael Magrou, "Masdar City: mirage or reality?", in Perspectives durables 2011 / Sustainable prospects 2011, Archipress & associés, "L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui", Paris 2010, p. 52-57 |
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Stefan Behling, "Masdar City, Abu Dhabi", Arquitectura Viva 130, I-II 2010 [La hora solar], pp. 28-31, 111 |
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"Lernen von Masdar City? Über die Planung CO₂-neutraler Städte / Learning from Masdar City? How to plan a zero-carbon city. Interview mit / Interview with Matthias Schuler", Detail Green 2/2009, "Hintergrund/Background" pp. 18-19 |
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"Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, UAE / Foster+Partners", L'Arca 238,luglio-agosto/july-august 2008, pp. 28-37 |
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Vernon Mays, "Positive energy", Architect 6/2008, june 2008, pp. 74-79 |
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Diana Dilworth, "Foster's Masdar City more than a mirage?", Architectural Record 8/2007, august 2007, p. 34 |
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Foster & Partners, ADFEC, "UAE: The future now. The world's first carbon-free city", A+. Architecture Plus. Architecture of a New World 16, 2007, "Context. Community & Planning" pp. 104-105 |
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CLIENT |
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Masdar-Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company Mubadala Development Company |
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AMOUNT |
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DIMENSIONAL DATA |
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Surface |
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Capacity |
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50,000 peoples 1,500 companies |
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STAFF |
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Consultant |
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Cyril Sweet Limited W.S.P Transsolar ETA Gustafson Porter E.T.A. Energy Ernst and Young Flack + Kurtz Systematica Transsolar |
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CREDITS |
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Drawings © Foster + Partners Text edited by Foster + Partners Courtesy by Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC (Masdar), Foster + Partners
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