Presentation to the 2008 RIBA World Cities Annual Dinner on the developing master plan for Saadiyat Island and its Cultural District

1. Saadiyat Island
/ urbanisation & globalisation
/ saadiyat island master plan
/ saadiyat cultural district
/ detailed place making

2. one
/ urbanisation & globalisation
/ saadiyat island master plan
/ saadiyat cultural district
/ detailed place making

3. The world is
50% urban
/ urbanisation & globalisation

4. distribution of the 100 fastest growing cities in the world
/ urbanisation & globalisation

5. challenges
• capital fluidity
• climate change impacts
• infrastructure delivery
• water security
• energy security
• demographic change
/ urbanisation & globalisation

6. location of Abu Dhabi in the UAE
/ urbanisation & globalisation

7. Text and Image Layout
• Bullets
• Bullets
• Bullets
• Bullets context
planning
/ urbanisation & globalisation

8. saadiyat island in relation to abu dhabi
/ urbanisation & globalisation

9. two
/ urbanisation & globalisation
/ saadiyat island master plan
/ saadiyat cultural district
/ detailed place making

10. 27 square kilometres (2700 hectares)
master plan statistics: site scale
/ Saadiyat Island master plan

11. 7 districts
master plan statistics: district definitions
/ Saadiyat Island master plan

12. up to 16 million m2 development
master plan statistics: development scale
/ Saadiyat Island master plan

13. 150,000 people (& 200,000 jobs)
master plan statistics: density distribution
/ Saadiyat Island master plan

14. island master plan
illustrative master plan of Saadiyat
Island with higher density urban form
to the west (closer to downtown Abu
Dhabi) and lower density development
along beaches and waterways in the
east
/ Saadiyat Island master plan

15. land use
/ master plan strategies

16. movement
/ master plan strategies

17. public transport
/ master plan strategies

18. community
/ master plan strategies

19. utilities
/ master plan strategies

20. open space
/ master plan strategies

21. relative densities
DISTRICTS & BENCHMARKS dph
Saadiyat Lagoons 23
Staten Island 28
Sydney- Burwood 40 Sydney - Burwood
Saadiyat Promenade 48
Los Angeles - Wilshire 81
Inner London 88
Downtown Toronto 100
London - Kensington & Chelsea 116
Brooklyn 135
Saadiyat Cultural District 135
Paris - VII Arondissement 136
Paris - VII
Chicago- Near North Side 187
Inner Barcelona 200
Saadiyat Marina 213
Paris - XII Arondissement 215
Vancouver - West End 234
Inner Paris 250
Manhattan 269
Cairo 320
Hong Kong 36
Manhattan
/ master plan strategies

22. three
/ urbanisation & globalisation
/ saadiyat island master plan
/ saadiyat cultural district
/ detailed place making

23. a cultural district …
illustrative district master
plan
/ Saadiyat Cultural District

24. … out of sand & water
aerial view of existing land mass
/ Saadiyat Cultural District

25. principles for place making
• organising grid
• network of narrow streets
• distribution of public space
• low to medium building heights
• strategic view corridors
• multi-modal transport
• integrated climatic modulation
• supporting cultural facilities
/ Saadiyat Cultural District

26. land mass
master plan organising layers
/ Saadiyat Cultural District

27. expressway
master plan organising layers: defining the district
/ Saadiyat Cultural District

28. museums and canal
master plan organising layers: defining the vision
/ Saadiyat Cultural District

29. organising grid
master plan organising layers: primary movement
/ Saadiyat Cultural District

30. network of streets and lanes
master plan organising layers: urban grain
/ Saadiyat Cultural District

31. built form & open space
master plan organising layers: streets, blocks and spaces
/ Saadiyat Cultural District

32. multi modal transport
master plan organising layers: light rail, cycle & pedestrian routes
/ Saadiyat Cultural District

33. landmarks and views
master plan organising layers: land use, landmarks and views
/ Saadiyat Cultural District

34. structure plan
master plan organising layers:structure
/ Saadiyat Cultural District

35. cultural land use
master plan organising layers: cultural overlay
/ Saadiyat Cultural District

36. four
/ urbanisation & globalisation
/ saadiyat island master plan
/ saadiyat cultural district
/ detailed place making

37. defining character areas
/ detailed place making

38. developing principles
orientation and massing
/ detailed place making

39. developing principles
channelling wind
/ detailed place making

40. developing principles
framing space
/ detailed place making

41. developing principles
principles define blocks
/ detailed place making

42. defining typologies
permeable grids
/ detailed place making

43. defining typologies
permeable blocks
/ detailed place making

44. defining typologies
impermeable blocks
/ detailed place making

45. defining regulations
building heights
/ detailed place making

46. defining regulations
building frontage
/ detailed place making

47. defining regulations
parking strategy
/ detailed place making

48. characterising streets
30 metre corridor
/ detailed place making

49. characterising streets
30 metre corridor with light rapid transit
/ detailed place making

50. modelling form
/ detailed place making

51. modelling form
/ detailed place making

52. modelling form
/ detailed place making

53. modelling form
/ detailed place making

54. modelling form
/ detailed place making

55. saadiyat
/ Saadiyat Island master plan

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