Arab News reports that the Saudi Arabian government has released plans for the massive New Murabba building in Riyadh, the country’s capital. Due to all the unique features it will contain, the enormous structure expect to completely change downtown Riyadh. The Mukaab, as it will be known, will serve as the focal point of the city’s new New Murabba downtown, according to the outlet. A government-produced ad for the new city has gone popular on social media.
Learn about Mukaab’s characteristics, which have been called “a gateway to another world” and a “New Face of Riyadh”!
Mukaab: Key Features
- A project dubbed Mukaab, which will be built in Riyadh, the country’s capital unveiled by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia as a gateway to another world.
- According to rumors, Mukaab would have enough space to house 20 Empire State Buildings.
- It is a cube-shaped metropolis that will be the focal point of a new downtown area in Riyadh,
- It is measuring 400 meters tall and 400 meters wide.
- The Mukaab development plan intends to create a flourishing mixed-use zone in a 19-square-kilometer area northwest of Riyadh. Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz announced this mythical-looking building, known as Mukaab.
- The New Murabba Development Company will construct a structure in February 2021 that is based on the contemporary Najdi architectural style but with a futuristic touch.
- According to the developers, The Mukaab would include “ever-changing environments” made possible by holographic displays. This interact with the surrounding urban environment and created using digital and virtual technologies.
Mukaab: Structure and Aim of the Project
- With a futuristic twist, the structure will be based on the contemporary Najdi architectural style and will have a tower enclosed within a spiral base.
- The New Murabba project said to include 104,000 residential units, 9,000 hotel rooms, 980,000 square meters of retail space, and 1.4 million square meters of office space.
- It will have 2 million square meters of floor space and serve as a hospitality destination with retail, cultural, and tourist attractions.
- The New Murabba project, which includes 1.8 million square meters of area devoted to community facilities.
- This positioned to become a benchmark for sustainable urban development.
- The district will have a technology and design museum, a theatre, and more than 80 entertainment and cultural institutions.
- It will also contain green spaces and biking and walking paths intended to encourage healthy lives.
Mukaab: Facilities and Access
- Within a 15-minute walking distance, residents of New Murabba will have access to living, working, and entertainment spaces.
- You’ll just need to travel 20 minutes to get to the airport.
- According to the project’s creators, more than 350,000 employees will be created.
- By 2030, the full New Murabba project should finish.
- The Mukaab supposed to done earlier.
According to Futurism, building on the project should be finished by 2030. This comes less than a year after the country announced plans for a 100-mile tower that will house nine million people in the future.
According to the Futurism story, work has already begun on the enormous structure. It will serve as the focal point of the reducing Neom site. This initially unveiled near the Gulf of Aqaba in 2017.