Masdar City (Masdar City), whose name in Arabic means "the source, the key" is already gaining its shape, even though on-site construction can be seen only weird concrete structures sticking out of the sand.
The initiators of the grand project (and the first violin is played by Power Corporation of Masdar) promise to make this town the first city in the world with zero carbon (here, he could overtake Santa Monica), and zero waste. The original architecture, curious energy systems, futuristic transportation (city without cars) - in Masdare will look at that.
Maybe, with a bird's-eye view the city, this does not make a strong impression: dense low number of storeys and the building of a simple rectangular layout. But from the street in front of residents and tourists discover the whole beauty of this green space.
The main thing is to pay attention that passers - nearly the entire city will be covered from top to host daedal openwork designs, created on the streets and squares carnage shadow. In conjunction with the close standing houses, a part of which still hang over the wall and the sidewalk or implemented speakers balustrades and platform, the canopy creates an unusual sense of comfort.
Eco-city in the desert would be alien to the enormous empty space with hot asphalt, hot sun. Although we can not say that in Masdare not be open space. But all will be subjected to an atmosphere of home, and spiritual environment. Ubiquitous fountain, kanalchiki and vodopadiki, greenery, and no pamphlets with chadyaschimi car.
From a practical point of view figured Pologi will help reduce air conditioning costs in the city. This combination of style now and technologies, as well as in all things, what has made the hands of the famous Norman Foster. Yes it is Foster + Partners have painted fairy Masdar.
The project that started back in 2007, but now he began materializovyvatsya. In general, a development of this amazing area of Abu Dhabi (in fact the city in the city) is calculated to 2023.
Masdar will be a zone free of industrial enterprises and ecologically transport.
According to the authorities of Abu Dhabi, one and a half thousand companies from different countries will find it their offices, laboratories or research centers to take this opportunity to organize an enterprise with 100 percent foreign ownership, zero tax and the lack of restrictions on capital movement, and - strong protection of intellectual property.
Thus, Masdar aims to become ekozvezdoy region, which will develop advanced technologies and demonstrate them in the best.
Desalination of water using solar energy and water reuse technology, processing of waste in raw materials, advanced climate control system maintenance, 100 percent alternative energy - the city will give a good example of the followers. But Masdar will also export green technology.
Surprisingly, the major oil exporters - UAE - so care to questions of energy security, climate change, water conservation and protection of nature, that he decided to create a special place, where professionals from all over the world could work to resolve these problems.
This is the "Masdar Initiative." The objective - the creation of a new economic sector of the UAE around the green and tech industries, to attract partners from abroad, including - the technological leaders.
There appeared new invention then will be realized not only in the UAE but also in other countries.
This business plan Emirates, partly to help make this a very expensive superekoproekt (it is estimated at $ 22 billion), a potential gold bottomed. Masdar will make the banner of the diversification of oil economy, a symbol of the environmental movement.
The movement is in the Masdare will also be environmentally friendly. As already stated - it will be a zone free of cars. But there will be an unusual public transport - personal velocity (PRT).
The first word means that one device will be able to move a total of six people (that is before us is not even a minibus), and the second is a high speed - not so much the maximum number of secondary, plus a small waiting time and optimal route of travel.
Capsule-Robots CyberCabs will wait for its passengers in a number of items the city. The person or group of people can sit in them, on the control panel to dial the destination and calmly watch as the unmanned taxi brought them to the right place.
Network stops should contact the special track (including - air), and stopped the capsule will go to the main highway without impeding other trailer to pass, which will provide high capacity systems and reduced travel time for each passenger.
This taxi-bots are not new. The idea of PRT's in the air for almost 50 years, but examples of the practical realization of the full (yes with real passengers, rather than a test) - one-two and ...
In fact their two examples and there. The first such system in the world - ULTra, developed in Bristol - will soon start at London Heathrow. We talked about it in the second part of this news.
A second practical system - it just has a shuttle Masdare.
As a general principle of operation and even the appearance CyberCabs, created for the UAE, like capsules ULTra, but self apparatus for eco-city designed and built another company - the Dutch 2getthere.
However, there are subtle differences. A British electronic brains capsules rely on signals of laser range finders, the Dutch - in the testimony of sensors feel the magnets embedded in the asphalt every five meters. In ULTra batteries - lead-acid in the capsules of 2getthere - more expensive but more capacious lithium.
Generally, advanced energy technologies - Masdara horse. Solar panels and windmills - it goes without. It will test the other options for energy production. No wonder the second title of Masdar - Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company.
In particular, there is a chance that the site Masdara inventors test a system for Beam-Down, developed at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Institute of Technology).
At its core - a field of mirrors to guide the beams to the heat sink, through which coolant is pumped, eventually driving the turbine power plant. The principle is not new - remember the enchanting solar tower in Spain and her relatives?
However, the Japanese set like upside.
Heat sink is located on the ground, and in the air, in the center of the mirror field, "suspended" another great mirror that collects light from the army the lower mirror and transport it down.
According to developers, such a solar thermal station will be cheaper and more effective than the classic version with a high tower in the center. 100-kilowatt model of Beam-Down, who "woo" Masdaru can show in practice - it is not so.
Perhaps over time we learn more about any unusual technologies that will be involved in the Masdar - a huge laboratory for "not very open."
For the inhabitants of the same city, probably much more important to design all this tumult innovations. Foster + Partners has tried to in the city was a pleasure to live, work and play.
Perhaps Masdar is conceived not as fussy as the underworld of San Francisco-2108, a rotating city or town-lilies, but it is already built.
And that - despite the crisis, which has challenged many prelyubopytnye facilities in the Gulf. But in Baghdad ... that is, in Masdare all in stride.
By the autumn of this year to open its doors to one of the first buildings miracle city - Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, created with the participation of the MIT (MIT).
The choice of the first object to be put into operation, is symbolic. Indeed Masdar intends to lead in "green" future of all humanity. But without science and technology - see yourself ... "One day, all cities will be such, - optimistic to say the company Masdar.
