Do you think this will get built? Comment below and also check out the scale of the Line compared other world famous projects: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a5aZY5epupjLeH0.html
@referencefool6525 Жыл бұрын
👍 Like for Yes
@referencefool6525 Жыл бұрын
👎 Like for NOO
@eddiespagetti8395 Жыл бұрын
No. Hell no. Government can not be trusted.
@WindTurbineSyndrome Жыл бұрын
It will never happen. Never.
@greenwhale3976 Жыл бұрын
There is another option... The Dream will be REAL, and I think one day I will see some of those "NO" visiting the Line and some may settle in this dream city.
@beyondplanesight Жыл бұрын
Upon closer analysis, their estimation of construction costs seems to be way understated. For instance, considering the reported cost of $3.9 billion to build the WTC at a rate of approximately $12,380 per square meter, this proposed structure, which spans an estimated 3 billion square meters, could potentially cost upwards of $37 trillion, which is over 50 times more expensive. To put it into perspective, this amount accounts for nearly 40% of the world's GDP.
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
Costs comparison for larger areas wouldn't be linear. The larger the area, the cheaper the construction gets - bulk order materials, machines, etc. Also, let's not forget about labour - it's nowhere near as expensive in KSA as it would be in a unionized NYC.
@beyondplanesight Жыл бұрын
@@UHStudio you're correct. The estimated cost of $500 billion is inaccurate and still likely off by a factor of 30. To give a point of comparison, the Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia, covers an area of 246,866 square meters and was projected to cost $1.23 billion USD, or roughly $4,982 per square meter. Assuming 3 billion square meters, the cost would be closer to $15 trillion. However, this is a very rough estimate and the actual cost could vary depending on many factors such as location, size, and technology used.
@Zues4235 Жыл бұрын
The problem is that all of you have is that you are thinking about it from a US construction standpoint, yes the World Trade Center took over $3 billion and 13 years to make. Other countries don’t have the same redtape BS that we have here in America, Dubai builds quickly, China builds quickly South Korea, Japan, Singapore all of this is done quickly, it’s only here in America with the union bullshit that it takes a lot of money and decades to complete things, other countries do it in less time and less money.
@panchopantera8287 Жыл бұрын
Homelees thinking.
@But2Star11 ай бұрын
500 billion is not for full construction of the Line, it is just a kick start ... maybe as it progress more investors and buyers will come into the picture. This Line will be done in stages. The cost of building the Line cannot be base on US estimation but more likely it will be estimated in term of China costing. This project is sure deal between Saudi and China and has nothing to do with US. As we know, China construction technology is warp speed ahead of US's and the cost of a Chinese construction is less then 50% of US.
@garydonnelly5030 Жыл бұрын
South Park needs to do an episode on Neom.
@martin4819 Жыл бұрын
The biggest problems I foresee. #1 Will be significantly over budget #2 It’s width. This will only let in about 30 min of natural light and none of it will filter down to the lower levels. It’s going to be like living in a mall. With a 200m width I don’t think u can cram in enough rail to transport and support 9 million people. #3 Sand! I have to imagine sand will get into this structure. This sand is going to grind away the moving parts of the thousands of elevators and escalators that will be in this structure. I think they will complete and stop at phase #1 and the height gets reduced to half. This would still be impressive.
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
Good food for thought here! Having worked in the Middle East, it's important to understand that their culture values darkness, as, say, North European cultures value light and sun-exposure. But, yes, if there is no windows facing outwards, it would be mostly artificially lit. As for sand, I don't know if dust storms can kick up sand 500m in the air. Probably. But that raises another important issue - the outwards facing surface has to be super robust, as it will be likely be getting sandblasted all the time.
@careylymanjones Жыл бұрын
"It’s going to be like living in a mall." That's kind of the idea. Put shopping, residences, and workplaces, in walking distance, reducing transportation costs. Maybe supplement with some peoplemover conveyor belts. Use commuter trains for longer trips, say to a museum or a park.
@WindTurbineSyndrome Жыл бұрын
Bedouin have been displaced, birds and animal migration will be stopped. People will be under surveillamce
@willsteuer1621 Жыл бұрын
From a fire fighters view, once the first apartment catches fire, this whole project will burn like a 170 Km long rocket stove. This design is a death trap.
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
I assume if it were built, it would have the most stringent fire protection and spinkling/partmentization strategies in the world.
@WindTurbineSyndrome Жыл бұрын
If it doesn't burn entirely the smoke soot will ruin all the machinery and any nonporous surfaces.
@jillybe1873 Жыл бұрын
@@UHStudio...sure! Everything can burn.
@WWZenaDo Жыл бұрын
@@WindTurbineSyndrome True, which raises the point that smoke inhalation will cause the majority of fatalities.
@ilanamillion89424 ай бұрын
@@UHStudio How will they ever get people to hospitals when there is an emergency if there are no cars? To say that there are a lot of holes in the line city plans is a massive understatement.
@jfrancobelge Жыл бұрын
Even if it's buildable, who really wants to live packed with millions others in an endless but very narrow corridor, with walls as high as a mountain on each side? It reminds me of post-apocalypse claustrophobic communities in some science fiction movies. I hope the project also includes at least one psychiatric hospital, the residents will need it.
@greenwhale3976 Жыл бұрын
Yup, there will be a psychiatric hospital for those mentally restricted minds, who are very mental restrictions and do not like visionary examples around the world.
@BeststuffMEDIA8 ай бұрын
You're right
@user-kc6iq3jd2i4 ай бұрын
10 times the population density Manila.
@jillybe1873 Жыл бұрын
The Jedda tower stopped because the Bin Laden building company were blocked following a huge crane accident at Mecca. This held up the financing and then covid, but work is due to restart soon. It is a private project owned by Kingdom Holding (waleed bin Talal)
@UHStudio9 ай бұрын
Thanks for the clarification. It seems like it's starting now!
@stewiewonder2601 Жыл бұрын
Spent the evening at The Line exhibition in Riyadh recently and I must say the video looked pretty impressive - for a rendering. Would be definitely huge tourist attraction, but living in it sounds like being a prisoner. First thing - natural light. So 500m tall walls, 200m width, definitely no light even at higher levels for most of the day. I believe these mirror walls being transparent might help, but still, it's quite dystopian. Budget - surely not 500bn, but the cost could actually be cut drastically if they decide to prefabricate elements, build repeatable blocks and aim to 100-150m (which is still high). Transportation - well, apart from moving inside you still need to reach The Line destination somehow, any parking spots there? How to provide water? How to provide energy? Sewage system? I'm pretty shocked some big names are involved in it: Peter Cook, Unstudio, Morphosis and couple others. Well, time will tell, but having in mind that Riyadh's metro is still not working, Jeddah Tower probably abandoned (restarting it after several years is not an easy task itself, if they ever decide to finish it), bunch of other crazy (not in a good way) projects being planned: the Mukaab, Oxagen, I'm more on the side none of these will ever get build and in a couple of years might be too late for Saudi to become tourist, hehe, Mecca.
@yellowhitepaper Жыл бұрын
This is not a city. This is the Wall from GoT universe.
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
Had to look that up! Heh, yes, that's also a big wall! One in snow the other in the desert.
@PheNom1466 Жыл бұрын
Basically a giant surveillance livetrap.. lol
@bhsultan7806 Жыл бұрын
The announced budget for this project is 1 trillion USD to put that to scale in an economic perspective- that is 100 - individual 10 billion dollar projects. Each 10 billion dollar package is sufficient to build an entire city that could accommodate everything from homes, power generation, businesses, schools, healthcare, transport etc etc and this could be spread across the country and feed into all sectors of the economy. Burro Happold who are currently assigned to this project were commissioned to design the (KA.CARE) King Abdullah Atomic City in Riyadh - the designs were very beautiful and futuristic and could have been basis to something like this.
@beyondplanesight Жыл бұрын
Likely closer to $15 trillion. It has a floor area of 12,397 One World Trade Centers.
@arquitemaschile Жыл бұрын
Its gonna be a great place to make a zombie movie.
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
It would be a zombie movie with the most expensive movie set ever 😉
@ereceeme Жыл бұрын
If the client insists. Who's going to refuse the challenge of designing and spending the money they would make.
@dancingnature Жыл бұрын
It’s buildable , the question should be is it livable
@a.cruzzz4638 Жыл бұрын
I would say more livable than the alternative, isnt it? Looks pretty cool to me. Right now they drive from one air con prison to another.
@goober7535 Жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks for your viewpoint, it was also interesting seeing and learning about the project you worked on in Riyadh. Some beautiful buildings in there
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yes KAFD is Riyadh's answer to Dubai. A little behind schedule (start stop and complete 10 years after schedule), a little chaotic, who knows how many times management changed over this time, but in the end it's worth it. And it may be one of the best urban experiences in Saudi Arabia and the wider peninsula.
@aaroncornish9955 Жыл бұрын
I wanna know how the woman in the animation is flying? Does she have an antigravity belt? Psionic power enhancements achieved through gene editing? Or are the flying powers magic based?
@lorilal9931 Жыл бұрын
I find it hard to believe anyone out there would want to live inside a wall. Not to mention it all sounds suspicious to me. Put 9 million people inside a wall. Right!
@jillybe1873 Жыл бұрын
Maybe it will be a prison?
@not_glad Жыл бұрын
2266 Taipei 101s next to each other will be one side. 4532 Taipei 101s in total for both sides. That will leave a 50 meter gap in the middle which will be plenty of space for the flying cars and some Quiditch pitches.
@MontanaPDX Жыл бұрын
This may not be a vanity stunt. Why would an oil country build a green, car-less city? They know we are running out of oil. *Why enclosed? The is getting hotter. With some areas having to air condition walkways....... OUTSIDE Maybe its narrow for solar?
@conniecatlege9476 Жыл бұрын
While people / children in Yemen are starving to death; what a world.
@ExploringCabinsandMines Жыл бұрын
Sure who doesn't want to live in a box identical to your neighbor cut off from the wind and sun, sounds great.
@SAUDIfutureprojects Жыл бұрын
NEOM will be built in three phases. Now, work is underway to build the international airport of the linear city, in addition to work to build the hidden marina area.
@referencefool6525 Жыл бұрын
🏗🪟🍳🥵🏜🌞 During building the southern mirror the heat will cook the construction sites, melt trucks and cranes.
@beyondplanesight Жыл бұрын
@@referencefool6525 I don't even think that's what we need to look at as the unfeasible part. The Los Angeles Port encompasses 3035 Hectares of land and water along 69 km of waterfront and is only 1/2 the size of this city proposal. they would likely need over 100km of waterfront for the port.
@referencefool6525 Жыл бұрын
@@beyondplanesight and enough import/export terminals 🔂🛒🐫
@jonathanmendoza4254 Жыл бұрын
It's gonna be a terrific place to get imprisoned...not unless you can break the wall mirror and get out !!!
@beyondplanesight Жыл бұрын
Also, what about things that cannot be vertical? Shipping ports, Power generation, water purification, airports, etc?
@anonx63 Жыл бұрын
Its a prison, there's no airport, no road in or out of it. Contain and control the people within the walls, give them some sense of freedom in that long illusion of a cage. Hell, this might be the home of the young surviving children of the world who will be indoctrinated to believe that the world outside of the wall is evil. There's no escape from the powers that'd be!
@miketroy455811 ай бұрын
Correct me if I am wrong, but during winter months, only the very highest levels of this structure at 28 degrees north will see the sun. (Eloi live at the top, Warlocks below?) Also, the seaport is at one end, but where are the farms, airport, warehouses, visitor parking, factories, power plants, cemeteries, miliary base?
@UHStudio9 ай бұрын
I don't know if the mirror-like surface will have windows - i imagine it will. Not sure how someone would clean them on the outside though
@AlbertIsraeli Жыл бұрын
Vanity and pride of the ungodly humanity
@ryansweet45857 ай бұрын
NEOM's GIGA projects are a lofty ambitious dream at best, the amount of building materials needed for any of their "planned projects" would most likely consume most of the worlds resources to produce steel, concrete & glass for the better end of a decade. Doing so will create an enormous supply & demand influx, that all global projects will have to compete with to get material for those projects. The cost over run will most likely be 10 to 20 times that of their so called budget. Then there is the labor pool, we've all seen or read the articles where these cities are being built out in the middle of nowhere & import tens of thousands of foreign laborers as the work force to construct these cities & are all under paid, over worked & in deplorable conditions (almost to the point of human rights violations status) Aside from all of that, is the size & scale, we all know it takes several YEARS just to build ONE skyscraper building... If they think they are going to have a chance at pulling this off, they absolutely will have to build this in sections. If they are going to stick with only 200m wide, I can see a full section being MAYBE 800-1000m long in one go, but still have a hard time with the 500m tall (i think 250-300m would be more realistic) - even still, a 200m x 1000m x 300m structure will still take the better end of 4-5 yrs to complete in full & then move on to the next section. Then finally, who's going to come? China & Indonesia both have built mega city projects built on the hopes of "build it & they will come" - but no one has, they are essentially ghost towns with little to no one living there. And the prices are outrageous & hardly anyone can afford to live there. so many questions, one can go on & on... but the realities are that this & other large scale NOEM projects are simply just too big & are destine to fail.
@user-kj8yl6sn2z Жыл бұрын
There are other large real estate projects that you can see the advertisement for, such as the Journey through Time project in the city of Al-Ula, the Downtown Jeddah project, the Diriyah project, the Qiddiya project, the Amaala project, and the Red Sea Islands project, each of which has its own way of architecture and design, goals and challenges for tourist attractions As well as the Makkah Path Project (King Abdulaziz Road in Makkah)
@mateotinoco2393 Жыл бұрын
A bunch of bots in the comments section and who in their right mind would want to go to Saudi Arabia, anyway?
@jkickass Жыл бұрын
why can't architects propose things that make sense... would that be too crazy?
@52thephotoshop Жыл бұрын
Lol this is mainly on the Saudis
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
Things that "make sense" are not things many people talk about, unfortunately. We are used to shock therapy. Think about the news. And if you are in the business of grabbing the most attention possible to promote your agenda, it's more about marketing than proposing things that make sense.
@jillybe1873 Жыл бұрын
Young men from thatched cottage rural idylls have no concept at all of how people live. Alas they become architects and ruin all our lives 😡😭
@Star_cab Жыл бұрын
Where do they plan to have an air port? Would fire fighting be fesable?
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
Excellent questions!
@DanielleKingdjdinosaur Жыл бұрын
great for fires
@mohussain1615 Жыл бұрын
It reminds me of Umbrella Corporations The Hive. Looks like the perfect place for the impending Zombie Apocalypse!
@wirebrushproductions10019 ай бұрын
Why does nobody comment on the fact that the interior will be in darkness most of the time, especially the lower levels? The renderings all show a structure full of light and plants, and that simply can't happen.
@UHStudio9 ай бұрын
In the desert, darkness is perceived as comfort in a similar way to how in Northern Europe light is perceived as comfort.
@fl55375 ай бұрын
I think when the sun is outputting a blazing 2kW/m2 desert radiation then you would prefer 150W/m2 through tinted mirror windows.
@wirebrushproductions10015 ай бұрын
@@fl5537 I'm talking about the space between the two walls. Since the walls are opaque, and the walls are considerably higher than the spacing, the interior will be in shade most or all of the day.
@TheWhiteLioness11 Жыл бұрын
It looks like a giant prison to me... Where's the way out? Are you allowed to leave? Also, were these things to be built all over the world, what happens to the old cities? What happens to all the history and historic buildings? This is dystopian and takes away people's freedom.
@lorilal9931 Жыл бұрын
I agree on the looks like a prison part. When you try to put millions of people inside a wall, I call it control. Something is up with it. Very suspicious. I don’t care what so call luxuries they claim to put inside the walls. Freedom is luxury. Stay with that.
@WindTurbineSyndrome Жыл бұрын
Anyone who doesn't get along is set out of Neom into the desert to die of thirst.
@hb7197 Жыл бұрын
It will be built but it will be in a longer time frame because the quantity of materials to be used is massive.
@mingiasi11 ай бұрын
whaddabout noise transfer. i live in a stone box and i hear every one renovating regardless of the location in the building. now amplify that by what 200 fold? more ? fun fun
@UHStudio9 ай бұрын
Good question. They would need to have substantial structural breaks for earthquakes and natural earth movement and settlement. Also, I imagine that all of this would be with a steel structure and then the walls can have enough insulation and impact damping to reduce noise
@brianking6195 Жыл бұрын
Where will they get the fresh water from?
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
Probably desalination, like most water that is currently obtained.
@chibbyhobby608 Жыл бұрын
For a commercial standpoint and tourism purposes, I’d say this project is remarkable and would probably succeed, but if you’re gonna make it a place for a permanent settlement, that’s where I’m having doubts.. I’m not sure about its psychological implication for people, especially not everyone would prefer to live in an artificial environment. it’s like living in a colossal, sci-fi condominium, which personally I’m not in to.
@michaelkeudel8770 Жыл бұрын
This is their economic transition program to stop relying on oil, real estate based economy, they draw you in, and you pay rent forever, you never own anything or have complete privacy. Once construction is done, then what? How many empty massive construction projects in the middle east are still lying empty more than 10 years after completion. This is a clown show.
@DrRestezi7 ай бұрын
Finally some common sense content about this absurd project. It most definitely won't be built as planned.
@oskarex Жыл бұрын
Will the line have a proper sewage system? Maybe a new Groundbreaking Zero Gravity Futuristic let's pump 💩 into trucks technology?
@UHStudio9 ай бұрын
Must have some processing facility and then probably into the sea
@user-ep1cn8to3c Жыл бұрын
Jeddah Tower was not a government project, but a project by a Saudi citizen
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
Yes indeed, but that citizen is also Al Saud, so it's hard to imagine that he doesn't have ties with government. He definitely doesn't now, but before he may have had some. So, yes the line between an official government project and a private project is in theory quite clear but in practice, before MBS, it may have been a little more blurred.
@chippyjohn1 Жыл бұрын
My dream is to build a city in Australia, but it is different to this. It involves a central building that is 1000 metres tall with a base of 200X200. It contains on average 250 m2 houses, greenhouses, doctors/hospital, schools , work areas, entertainment, musem, restaurants, supermarkets, indoor parks etc. uses elevator shaft for gravity batteries and so much more. it is surrounded by another 4 tall buildings (500m) connected by skywalks and then shorter buildings onto that. Surrounded by more houses all with gardens, parks, factories, waterways. It too is designed around electric or man powered vehicles such as bikes. It is not far from the ocean and is powered by natural energy. I could see it happening, though it is much simpler than this project. People need space, they need to be able to walk outside. I love engineering, and I believe a city needs to be well thought out in its entirety. the sewerage would be processed in rubber tree farms, plants and trees that are not used for human consumption. The location i dream of has a tidal change of about 8metres 4 times a day, providing a large amount of energy, with an average of 12 hours of sunlight in the summer. The majority of houses that are built even now are just done to house people but they are far from a good design.
@globedoc Жыл бұрын
It's will cost them less because, like the Emiratis, they use slave labor. Labor is usually the biggest cost in a project but not for this city.
@Dazzles1010 ай бұрын
Linear city sounds like a prison. Only 1 one city block wide would feel so claustrophobic. All you’ll see is walls. Forget about looking out into the distance for a piece of mind. Just walls and walls.
@UHStudio9 ай бұрын
It might be similar to social housing. In some respects it is looked down upon. In others, even though it might not be strictly social, but given the right mix of culture, types of residents, activites, and amenities, it could become interesting, like the Barbican. But who knows, with the Line, as there's no clear indication of what the architecture might look like.
@alexgram434511 ай бұрын
THE LINE is getting hammered! 😮 Almost all are in agreement. I must say, I think it sounds like an amazing project! I hope they complete it...
@UHStudio9 ай бұрын
Seem like it!
@amats3 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your thoughtful review. Seriously. The depth of your analysis definitely gave me some chuckles. When I saw the “project”, I assumed it was nothing more than a new center for money laundering at best, at worst -the idea is a dystopian terrarium for humans. Like the hotel California, you can checkout but you can never leave. No, it will never be built.
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
Cheers! Glad you found it informative and it also made you laugh ;)
@WindTurbineSyndrome Жыл бұрын
Great line ,"dystopian terrarium"
@ZackYouTube Жыл бұрын
I don't think it will be built. It's the dumbest idea in the world; there are a lot of issues with the entire concept.
@sharegreats215711 ай бұрын
Good video, nicely explained, thanks.
@UHStudio9 ай бұрын
Thanks and glad you find it useful
@pranavkashif Жыл бұрын
Just think if there is a blackout. You I'll be barbecued in the desert.
@Boomereng-cb343 ай бұрын
It would probably take the combined efforts of most countries in the world to build such a structure. Which would be a folly because it is so impractical and would be non-livable. It would sink trillions of dollars and untold resources into something that would be a dystopian nightmare. Even if it could be livable, who would live there? The wealthy and most elite, and then all the refugees of the world will be outside storming the gates to get inside. People inside would be under siege and then starved when they are cut off from food and water. It would make a great future dystopian film, but will not happen in reality. Thanks for your great video.
@mishkosimonovski23 Жыл бұрын
i think it will get built, but at lower heights like 200 meters. And in stages.
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
Seems like a definite possibility
@joseHernandez-he7re Жыл бұрын
So where are the 9 million people who are going to live there coming from? 🤔
@johndefalque50619 ай бұрын
I like the idea, car free, might be better to have parallel lines with connectors. More shade.
@UHStudio9 ай бұрын
Can you imagine a number of parallel 170km long 500m tall strips in the desert?
@johndefalque50619 ай бұрын
I was at first with the neighsayers, but the nore I hear about it, the more I'm a believer-a car free, traffic free, fumeless city.@@UHStudio
@rebelmusic71 Жыл бұрын
Great vision Saudi Arabia ...UAE had the same vision not long ago by its leaders. Look at where they are now. I am sure that plans B, C, D etc. are all in place for NEOM city👏👏👏
@ilmoonsuh413811 ай бұрын
I think it is buildable and sustainably eccentric in such a hot weather. Is the design the best for the money spent to create a city? Doesnt people want to live in a comfortable climate? Doesnt people want stable hydro, electricity, wifi? Doesnt people want safe environment? Doesnt people want convenient transportation? Doesnt people want a space for privacy and work? Doesnt people want everlasting structure of a shelter even if everything goes into failure? Urban sprawl is partuculary superior in terms of its multi ways of supporting itself thru connections of hydro, electricity, and so on. Only if these safe back ups of energy source is more safe than the existing todays urban system, the danger for the collateral damage can perhaps be lifted off? I hope. ❤
@rwhirsch10 ай бұрын
the cost will be "exorbitant", not exuberent.
@UHStudio10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the correction!
@aethylwulfeiii6502 Жыл бұрын
Can you put the material resources to make something resembling a building, a town or city? Always. Can you make a real place that real people live in and lead real people lives? Nope. If there is no river or water source in an arid region, it’s game over.
@ereceeme Жыл бұрын
I womder why they chose 159 mtrs as the height? But still this doesnt mean that all buildings must be that height maybe they want to leave room for future expansion and use towers to hold the roof. I also noticed that the roof was open.
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
They chose 500 meters height. It's not a solid building per se. It's instead a structure with what a number of enclosed spaces on either side and open spaces in between
@referencefool6525 Жыл бұрын
🌬🪔🔥🌫🎞🥵🤢
@alizainal9057 Жыл бұрын
Construction for The Line has already begun, so thats your answer. Moreover, the Jeddah Tower was found to have investment issues with various shareholders (it is largely a private sector project unlike NEOM), that's why it was temporarily halted, but it will most likely continue. Your opinion that MBS stopped it because he doesn't want to have his predecessor's "footprint" all over it is ridiculous and is simply a stereotype of leaders who are very powerful.
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
A few footprints in the sand are definitely a starting point. But they will likely build a small section first instead of all 170km of the Line (if that is ever built). As for the Jeddah tower, my reasoning stems from the fact that investor behind Jeddah Tower and the Jeddah Economic City - Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud was arrested for a period of time when MBS came to power.
@alizainal9057 Жыл бұрын
@@UHStudio They are currently constructing the foundation that would hold up the structure, which is exactly how any other building is built, and its definitely much more than "a few steps in the sand". As for the Jeddah Tower, Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal himself said 3 months ago that the Jeddah Tower project is about to resume. He is still a major investor in the project, in fact, the shareholders of the project are still exactly the same, nothing has changed. Moreover, the Jeddah tower construction was paused because of a court case involving the Binladen group, which is the construction contractor for the tower, due to funding and labour issues. The Binladen group was facing bankruptcy at the time.
@hifijohn Жыл бұрын
10's of trillions and hundreds of years to build.
@Wurlyscope Жыл бұрын
I think this project does not feel right. No airports? No door to the exterior? That would be nice on the moon or on Mars but on earth? It will quickly turn into a real nightmarish hell for those locked inside. Over all it’s an unbelievable waste of money and resources.
@user-km2ol9zg4b Жыл бұрын
For 500 metres high, the foundations and infrastructure would have to be very deep in the ground,and would there be enough air flow without massive ventilation machinery?
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
Oh, there would for sure be a need for huge ventilation, but they way they are showing in the rendering, the structure won't be enclosed everywhere, it seems like it would be open to air. But, it's so conceptual at the moment, that it's hard to judge
@georgec4188 Жыл бұрын
I think the Saudi Arabian Prince isnt stupid wether it gets built or not he sees an economic collapse coming, so he's creating work for the next 10 years
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
True - yet most construction work in KSA is done by migrant workers from the Asian subcontinent.
@dhpstudios2009 Жыл бұрын
They build the new WTC in 13 years, the base is 50 metres. The line is 170000 metres so it takes them over 88000 years to build two lines😅
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
I don't think the process would be linearly comparable - they will probably built multiple sections concurrently with a lot more workers, so it's hard to compare. Nevertheless, it would still take a very long time!
@SAUDIfutureprojects Жыл бұрын
Jeddah Tower is a project belonging to a private company, while the NEOM project belongs to the government..So here is the difference, NEOM is a national project and it will be achieved, and the Saudi people are confident of that.
@macfou144 Жыл бұрын
Not even close To realistic
@jamesgeorge8915 Жыл бұрын
This will never happen.
@mateotinoco2393 Жыл бұрын
Were you paid by Saudi government? I guess you did
@Restrocket Жыл бұрын
@@SAUDIfutureprojects and instantly become a ghost city if you can call it city
@Abhilash-. Жыл бұрын
@@SAUDIfutureprojects dude even china has ghost cities , a country with a billion people have ghost cities think about it. And you doubt a dessert city with such unscientific architecture will work and be a buzzling city?
@specialkonacid6574 Жыл бұрын
when this gets built we will have irrefutable proof that the earth is indeed flat
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
😂
@HowlingNinjaWolfGaming10 ай бұрын
If they manage to finish the first mile of the NEOM Line within 5 to 10 years, then the subsequent mile will also be fully completed within 5 to 10 years. This means that the first mile will be 5 to 10 years old at that point?
@UHStudio9 ай бұрын
Who knows, it seems like they are moving at a pretty substantial pace.
@hithummah Жыл бұрын
this project proves one thing, the saudi people will stand by their leaders to the end and that's very admirable and very foolish.
@mycroft16 Жыл бұрын
I think this gets built. Maybe not this grand scale but built. You only need an express line for travel over distance, and the way they are planning this that won't be a daily thing. Everything people need for daily life will be available in their small region. It's a walking city concept. So people won't need transport like 80% of the time. The other 3 NEOM projects are also already under construction as well. Now, The Line is 100% feasible. I'm not sure how practical it is to build. Though they are talking about a lot of modular design stuff which would make this kind of project much easier. I guess time will tell.
@beyondplanesight Жыл бұрын
People travel for goods, business, experience, and to visit family and friends. Just because one can walk to buy watermelons doesn't mean they don't want to see something different than a 5 min walk from their house. Also, how do the supplies get there? Building supplies, food, raw materials, and commercial goods all need a way to get to the place that people can walk 5 minutes to pick it up.
@mycroft16 Жыл бұрын
@@beyondplanesight I didn't suggest they wouldn't I said the NEED for long distance travel is reduced as the majority of trips people NEED to take are extremely close by. Which means long distance infrastructure doesn't need to be as robust as in a non linear city. I currently have to drive 4 miles each way to a grocery store. In The Line I walk or electric cart a few hundred meters. If I want to go see the other end of the city for a weekend, I descend to the lowest level where the main backbone line runs the entire length with stops all along the way and hop on. This other part of the city will also be a walking city design meaning while there I don't need to travel long distance for any of my daily needs.
@beyondplanesight Жыл бұрын
@@mycroft16 I understand- my question is what happens when friends from the city over come to visit. Where do they park? If it loses power for any period of time anything above the 10th floor will be not fun whereas when NYC lost power there’s still a lot of area below 10 floors that’s accessible.
@mycroft16 Жыл бұрын
@@beyondplanesight When friends from the city come over they don't park anywhere, because it's all public transport. When you are where you are going you don't need a vehicle as everything you need is in walking distance. That's the point of a walking city. You use public transport to get there, and while there you walk. As for the power situation we lack the details to understand that situation, but it's not very likely that this has not been discussed by architects/designers/planners.
@beyondplanesight Жыл бұрын
@@mycroft16 I can see that- so train from an airport and train from a parking structure in surrounding cities. I would imagine the shipping port would need to be quite large.
@s3076989 Жыл бұрын
It can be built in sections . I don’t think the construction is complicated. It’s more the question about sunlight and ventilation and stagnant water.
@f.rodriguez8852 Жыл бұрын
Perfect virus spreader! 9 million people in a box.
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
Depends on how you look at it - a 50 degree dry desert seems more dangerous than a cooled off and dark place in this part of the world. Probably not at this scale though!
@DavidByrden19 ай бұрын
If this is really an experiment in urban living, as they claim; if it's really not an end in itself, but a testbed that may lead to many more Line Cities; then they are building it in almost the worst possible place. Who will want to live under Saudi law, in a literal desert? Those conditions alone will deter people. A Line constructed in a greener place that already has infrastructure and human habitation - and human rights - would be a much more inviting prospect. If this is a test, why are they setting it up to fail?
@walterramirobeckmannvaca3309 Жыл бұрын
1000 Buildings on the north side and 1000 buildings on the south side, so 2000 Taipei 101 buildings, yeah sure
@Yahoo73111 ай бұрын
Saudi Arab is full package of tourism for the world. Example of Saudi isreal friendship. World wonder.
@UHStudio9 ай бұрын
Tourism yes, the second part 😢
@ajith34369 ай бұрын
They should first build 1KM with all functionalists and then scale them up..
@UHStudio9 ай бұрын
Probably what they are doing at the moment
@adammuftty9801 Жыл бұрын
I don’t actually like the design.. it should have been just a normal city 🌃
@Redmanticore Жыл бұрын
saudi family land is a silly place. they would put trillions into fireworks projects like these, and none into lasting things for humanity like science, education.
@WWZenaDo Жыл бұрын
Yes, all ego, no practical wisdom.
@paulostipanov7682 Жыл бұрын
This looks awful, why would anybody want to live in a giant shopping mall.
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
Too big to be a shopping mall, but it could be!
@MrSergeycapry Жыл бұрын
you live in the mall 24/7 brrrrr.................
@referencefool6525 Жыл бұрын
Isn´t the line crossing some wadis 🏜🌊// seasonal rivers?
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
The terrain of the line is indeed quite rugged and varied
@WWZenaDo Жыл бұрын
And at least 10 significant seismic fault zones.
@MarieDavis-xt7er10 ай бұрын
Great dry place to store foods and seeds and a great place to prepare 75 miles of foods and store and prepare everything that a person might need 75 miles where there's not car or truck pollution i look at all hydroponics farming and water storage to feed the people of Saudi Arabia Triangle Marie Davis
@Matt-kt9nm Жыл бұрын
It would be like a spaceship
@krypt2k25 Жыл бұрын
Man i just know one this if thing gets built a lot of jaws are going to drop ... 😂😂 And if it doesn't then ahh no harm no foul
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
Yes! Well, the latest news is that they will simulate the whole thing digitally prior to building it as a digital twin
@luismiguelfqpinto Жыл бұрын
The biggest mall ever built! But only the super rich will be able to afford it. And since all the tech that will be nside is already in use, where's the technological revolution?
@arnoldferrera118511 ай бұрын
They will stop after 1kilometer
@UHStudio9 ай бұрын
Let's see how it goes
@TheToolBoxWhisperer Жыл бұрын
Dream big and never give up. He is in a unique position to create something special. All people fail sometimes, but to be a creator is a great quality that is not present in the lives of those speaking against these projects.
@grumman Жыл бұрын
nothing of value has been created so far
@TheToolBoxWhisperer Жыл бұрын
@@grumman It is amazing how negative people can be. They try so hard to hate rather than see the beauty of creation. It all goes back to hate.
@grumman Жыл бұрын
@@TheToolBoxWhisperer just cold hard analysis. no emotion has been involved.
@DrRestezi7 ай бұрын
It might be special for the singular creator, but for everyone else it's a living hell.
@TheToolBoxWhisperer7 ай бұрын
@@DrRestezi life is what you make it
@grizzly3133 Жыл бұрын
Let's see if we can get counsuting job would be life project.....I scheduled all the high rises in la stocking ...how about glassing a sand storm????like your style
@hazim0007 Жыл бұрын
Buildable ofc MBS has his own vision
@patrickbennett439 Жыл бұрын
They soon build squares and then fill in the squares. Itl just become one giant slab accross saudi arabia lol
@goober7535 Жыл бұрын
Regardless, Saudi Arabia sounds like a surreal, backwards place.
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
Surreal, definitely, backwards, not so much, just with different priorities. They are struggling with education and retaining talent and in order to attract top flight people and train Saudis to top level and for them to stay around, they need top level urban and education experiences. Saudi 2030, including the Line is part of that. That's all needed because they are keenly aware that oil revenues will dry fairly soon, so diversification, in whatever form possible is being urgently explored.
@funknunkl Жыл бұрын
Would be so cool if they could put the whole city on magnets and then float it in a vacuum tunnel around the globe. Who want's to invest?
@onlygknows7793 Жыл бұрын
5 km at a time is the only way.
@zaidrajawat8796 Жыл бұрын
How can locL business in neom?
@keepleft4 ай бұрын
"Will it be built in his lifetime?" Yes. "Will it be built?" No. Huh?
@conmanumber1 Жыл бұрын
It's buildable and anything is possible if there's enough energy. Just think of the pyramids.
@oracleking4252 Жыл бұрын
Farts will not dissipate easy in the middle.
@EmeraldView Жыл бұрын
Damn. Nobody thought about the farts. 🙃
@specialkonacid6574 Жыл бұрын
the most basic human functions always seem to get ignored when considering projects like these 🤪
@UHStudio9 ай бұрын
Hehe, a funny one but surely they're just be openings and vents on the sides not only up
@quantumfeet Жыл бұрын
what a waste of money, rather finding solution to susts energy, they are looking to build more unuseful structure (probably useful for rich person in 9 millions of them)
@MTDO_THE_GIANT Жыл бұрын
Do you still feel the sameway even now?
@UHStudio Жыл бұрын
It's crazy how much tracktion the project has and how every important firm out there is involved with it. Let's see where it goes.
@referencefool6525 Жыл бұрын
🦤🪞🎼 No hat makes any sense here. 👀🌌 🎓🧢🪣🎩🪶🪖🤿⛑👑🎧👒🗑🎃
@MTDO_THE_GIANT Жыл бұрын
@UH Studio Design Academy yeah i really would love to see it grow and become a real thing It would be one of those incredible things our generation has produced I love the development of this project and how it's going now
@MarkMagorimbo-oi7fn Жыл бұрын
Soo much negativity, are people afraid of Saudi Arabia being on the map for solving current global problems regarding city developments/creation??? Let’s support their bold move instead of doubting this.
@abdelrahmanho4443 Жыл бұрын
First, to solve the local problems and national priorities, then to look at the globe issues.
@MarkMagorimbo-oi7fn Жыл бұрын
Global warming/climate change is a local, regional and global issue. Again they are winning all all fronts by tackling the problem. A city of no cars, neutral carbon emissions, natures preserved. People have more to gain from the lands, peoples way of viewing nature has changed and at the same time stimulates other innovative ways of combating the issue which results to more jobs, better standards of living.
@PheNom1466 Жыл бұрын
I feel like it's gonna cost more like 6 to 10 trillion lol atleast and that is just the next two generations and it still won't be done. The desert will probably start swollowing up the beginning as they work to the end.lol. 4 thousand years from now archeologists are going to be trying to figure out why we a massive trench in the desert. It wAas ALIENS!!🤣