Posted August 25, 20222 yr this looks like the american version of saudi arabia's neom/the line -- will it happen at all? or maybe sorta happen and be just another lake havasu?? Inside billionaire Marc Lore’s utopian city: ‘Telosa’ By Zachary Kussin August 25, 2022 What does the city of tomorrow look like? For billionaire Marc Lore, it’s eco-friendly buildings constructed from scratch and spread across some 150,000 acres in the Southwest desert. Lore, 51, has recently released details for his “Telosa” metropolis — Telosa being a name derived from the Greek word for “highest purpose,” Axios first reported. It’s one of nearly a dozen proposals across the world aiming to build sustainable and ultra-modern cities from scratch that seem more science fiction than reality. For Lore, Telosa will encompass 36 districts across a swath of Nevada, Arizona or Utah. It will be home to 50,000 “diverse” people by 2030. Everything they need will be located within a short walk — though, should vehicles be needed, they’ll be electric and autonomous — and every building will be green-minded with rooftop panels creating renewable energy. more: https://nypost.com/2022/08/25/inside-billionaire-marc-lores-utopian-city-telosa/ Billionaire Marc Lore recently revealed plans for his Telosa metropolis in the American Southwest. The skyline also aims to include greenhouses. Telosa Telosa aims to include gathering places. Telosa
August 25, 20222 yr Author if you haven't heard this one is the line/neom, proposed by a sheik in western saudi arabia. currently a lot of planneers and architects are making good money throwing ideas at the guy. i dk what will come of it, something likely, but who knows what? more: https://www.neom.com/en-us/regions/theline?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=theline&utm_term=text&utm_content=en-generickeywords&gclid=CjwKCAjwu5yYBhAjEiwAKXk_eEuafJTmEw9aq4YgEiOxo6ym7eRnMdmwxttVbepspD_x9XG_RlmQPBoCQ30QAvD_BwE Saudi Arabia reveals 170-kilometre-long mirrored skyscraper to house nine million people Tom Ravenscroft | 26 July 2022 210 comments The Saudi Arabian government has unveiled visuals of a 500-metre-tall linear city named The Line, which will be built near the Red Sea as part of Neom. Set to stretch 170 kilometres across northwest Saudi Arabia, the megastructure, which will have mirrored facades, will be 500 metres tall, but only 200 meters wide. more: https://www.dezeen.com/2022/07/26/neon-170-kilometre-long-skyscraper-city-saudi-arabia/ saudi renders --
October 25, 20222 yr Author pushing ahead with neom: Flying taxis, robotic avatars and holograms — Saudi Arabia pushes ahead with its sci-fi city vision PUBLISHED TUE, OCT 25 20223:08 AM EDT Emma Procter@EMMAKPROCTER DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — If you’ve been seeing mysterious Bladerunner-type ads popping up on your phone recently for Neom in Saudi Arabia and wondered what on earth you’re looking at it’s not surprising — this futuristic desert development is eye-popping in its ambition. With a mammoth budget of $500 billion, Neom is a key element of Saudi’s Vision 2030 plan originally launched back in 2016 as part of the kingdom’s mission to diversify away from its oil-dependent economy. Excavation work started this month along the entire length of the project. more: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/25/neom-saudi-arabia-pushes-ahead-with-its-sci-fi-city-vision.html
October 25, 20222 yr Isn't building in the desert---whether NEOM in Saudi or the Telosa proposal a few posts above---not sustainable in and of itself? The heat and lack of water means you have to address that somehow....
October 25, 20222 yr The Saudis have pretty advanced desalination technology and infrastructure. And as tech advances (out of need, desperation, a sword to the throat), there is an ocean of ocean to drink. 70 percent of the planet can handle a lot of straws. I believe there are issues with the Arabian aquifer system, so ground water is probably not the route.
December 4, 20222 yr Author a hi-tech floating city off china? NEW ATLANTIS Inside incredible plan for FLOATING CITY with underwater streets for submarines in biggest ever man-made structure Anthony Blair Published: 8:54 ET, Dec 3 2022 ASTONISHING plans for a remarkable floating city with underwater streets for submarines have been unveiled. The designs for a floating water city project off the coast of China would be if constructed, the most ambitious urban project of all time. ... With the threat of rising sea levels, many architects are turning to plans for floating cities to combat the risk to low-lying areas. more: https://www.the-sun.com/tech/6831828/inside-floating-city-underwater-streets-china/ also --- maldives floating city: https://www.the-sun.com/uncategorized/5731111/floating-city-lagoon-maldives/ and --- a south korea version proposed earlier this year: https://www.the-sun.com/travel/5222578/floating-city-south-korea-busan/ Credit: AT Design Office
April 24, 20232 yr Author welp, whatever gets built here — you see where this is going, right? The Saudi crown prince wants to build a trillion-dollar utopia in the desert. His deals with China reveal a darker vision. Tom Porter Sun, April 23, 2023 By 2040 Saudi Arabia is aiming to build a futuristic city in the desert called NEOM. It's part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's modernizing vision of the country. But analysts believe that Chinese tech could be used to place residents under total surveillance. *** behind the outlandish plan, which was developed by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is a potentially much darker reality. The crown prince has been strengthening his ties with China's leader, Xi Jinping, who has agreed to provide powerful surveillance technology. more: https://news.yahoo.com/saudi-crown-prince-wants-build-081700837.html?guccounter=1 A concept image of 'The Line,' a part of the Saudi Arabian megacity of NEOM developed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.Nicolas Asfouri - Pool/Getty Images. NEOM
April 28, 20232 yr I just saw this video and this is genius... there's no reason why these can't be installed along our freeways and along the lakeshore in Cleveland.
April 3, 20241 yr Author abandoned olivetti company town in italy — https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2v3MRpNrLs/?igsh=MWNhMWt0M2Y0ZDd2OA==
April 6, 20241 yr Author surprize! Saudis Scale Back Ambition for $1.5 Trillion Desert Project Neom Zainab Fattah and Matthew Martin Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 12:27 PM EDT4 min read (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia has scaled back its medium-term ambitions for the desert development of Neom, the biggest project within Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s plans for diversifying the oil-dependent economy, according to people familiar with the matter. more: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/saudis-scale-back-ambition-1-162752253.html
April 12, 20241 yr Author more on that ... END OF THE LINE? World’s tallest skyscrapers & fake moon… how Saudi Arabia’s £1trillion ‘untethered to reality’ ego trip is crashing down Behind the glitzy facade also lies a dark story of threats, forced evictions and bloodshed Juliana Cruz Lima, Foreign News Reporter Published: 12:13 ET, Apr 11 2024 SAUDI Arabia's egomaniac plan to become the centre of the world seem to be crashing down as it's been labelled "untethered to reality". Touting with technology that is yet to be invented, the Kingdom aims to build the world's tallest skyscrapers, futuristic cities and even a fake moon. more: https://www.the-sun.com/news/11063239/saudi-arabias-ego-trip-crashing-down-vision-2030/ Saudi Arabia is investing billions on several megalomaniac projects to be completed by the end of the decade
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