pERFECT cITY

Imagine uma cidade com ZERO de emissão de carbono, lixo totalmente reciclado, nenhum carro nas ruas, blábláblá. Welcome to Masdar.



The city, to be built on an area of six square kilometers on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, has been designed by British architect Lord Foster (Foster and Partners). The city would be walled on all sides, and house 50,000 people and 1,500 businesses. The electricity for the entire city would be generated by solar energy harnessed by photovoltaic panels. To start with, a large solar power station would be built that would meet the energy requirements during the construction of the city, while buildings would be cooled by wind towers.

As for site planning, the city would be oriented north-east to south-west to ensure optimum balance of sunlight and shade. There would be no cars zooming around the city, with residents getting to and from via trains and automated transport pods. Three levels for movement for the city would include a light railway between Masdar to Abu Dhabi, a second level for pedestrians, and a third for “personalized rapid transport pods.” The public transportation has been so planned that none of the city’s inhabitants will be more than 200 meters from the nearest public transportation link. Systems would encourage reuse and minimal resources, with 99% of the waste generated in the city getting reused, or composted, and all waste water would be reused as well, with solar energy desalination systems.

In Arabic, Masdar means “the source”, and the Masdar Initiative aims to become the leading source of the world’s future energy solutions.