It all starts from NEOM, a broader concept that is also a closed joint-stock company created in 2017 and belonging to the Saudi Public Investment Fund. The goal is to create an economic hub developing along the Aqaba Gulf and Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coastline.
The NEOM idea is made up of two words: neo, a Greek prefix that means “new,” and mustaqbal, the Arabic term which means “future”.
The NEOM Smart City, which will be located in the province of Tabuk in northwestern Saudi Arabia, and The Line, a series of linear cities that will span the Middle Eastern country, are both part of the project in which sustainability and the environment, in addition to technology, play an important role.
The developers claim that urban design focuses on people rather than infrastructures and that walkability would define everyday life. That’s why all the important daily services, such as schools, medical clinics, recreational facilities, and green spaces, will be within a 5-minute walk.
Neom is described as a “living laboratory” including towns and cities, ports and business zones, research institutes, sports and entertainment venues, and tourism sites.
The Line is a never-before-seen urbanization model, a 170km-long linear urban development comprising various, hyper-connected communities, with walkable neighborhoods interwoven with public parks and the natural landscape. It is a 21st-century and beyond model of urban planning and livability in connection with nature.
The Line will transform urban life as we know it, allowing NEOM to become an economic powerhouse for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
In addition, a new floating hexagonal industrial area in Neom was recently launched by the company, called Oxagon.
Oxagon will be a curated landscape of sophisticated industry that closes the loop and promotes circularity, resulting in a clean energy system that substitutes renewables for disposables, reduces waste, and maximizes productivity. Located in northwest Saudi Arabia, it offers a new way of life and work that has a significant impact on business while having a minimal impact on the environment.
It will include:
Industries that will be part of Oxagon:
Other projects that will follow Oxagon:
It’s an ambitious project that surely gives an idea of the next future where people will live more connected with nature without giving up on technology which will help improve people’s life and their value.
Source tomorrow.city
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