Vision Magazine Online Issue 1
Vision Magazine Online Issue 1
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time” after 2015 to match population growth. Just as<br />
importantly, strategic areas of the Capital District will<br />
have infrastructure completed much earlier to allow<br />
development to begin sooner.<br />
For instance, the construction of the infrastructure<br />
within the Emirati Neighbourhood is expected to<br />
begin in 2010 and the first homes as early as 2011.<br />
Meanwhile, significant progress has already been<br />
made with the Zayed University and the New Stadium<br />
for Abu Dhabi by Mubadala Real Estate & Hospitality<br />
(MREH).<br />
MREH is making significant progress with the<br />
construction of the new university campus site,<br />
which covers an area of 80 hectares. It will include<br />
academic buildings, recreation facilities and residential<br />
accommodation for 6,000 students, as well as related<br />
faculty and support staff and is expected to complete<br />
in 2012, the same year the 65,000-seat New Stadium<br />
will also open.<br />
City Centre Precinct<br />
At the heart of the City Centre Precinct will be a retailled<br />
Souk District, which will include a traditionalstyle<br />
Souk Market. The precinct’s largest area will be<br />
devoted to a high density Central Business District,<br />
which will total 1.5 million square metres and create<br />
over 100,000 jobs in a dynamic, mixed-use urban<br />
core.<br />
The North Spine District, which runs parallel to Airport<br />
Road, will comprise high-density housing as well as a<br />
hospital and medical campus with biomedical research<br />
facilities and two universities – Zayed University,<br />
already under construction, and a new Khalifa<br />
University for Science and Advanced Research.<br />
A Federal Mosque District will be home to a national<br />
mosque as well as housing.<br />
Emirati Neighbourhoods<br />
The Emirati Neighbourhoods are an integral part of the<br />
Capital District. The large area of housing will cover<br />
1,865 hectares – over 40% of the total land area of<br />
the Capital District.<br />
The Emirati Neighbourhoods will have a more relaxed<br />
ambience compared to the rest of the Capital District.<br />
The aim is to create residential communities for Emirati<br />
nationals living in villa and fareej-style homes that<br />
reflect the aspirations of the Emirati people. There are<br />
approximately 3,000 individual family plots that will<br />
eventually be home to 50,000 people.<br />
Federal Precinct<br />
The Federal Precinct will serve as the national seat<br />
of government for the UAE. It will be centred on a<br />
new ceremonial public space called National Square<br />
and include other public realm elements such as the<br />
International Park and Monumental Park.<br />
The precinct will be home to other significant<br />
public institutions, such as libraries and museums,<br />
as well as local, regional and national government<br />
departments and ministries within the Ministries Zone<br />
and Institutions Zone. A Diplomatic Zone will house<br />
international embassies.<br />
Sports Hub Precinct<br />
The New Stadium for Abu Dhabi is currently under<br />
construction and the foundations being established.<br />
The remainder of the Sports Hub Precinct is being<br />
designed around the New Stadium.<br />
South Spine Precinct<br />
The South Spine Precinct is currently undergoing<br />
masterplanning refinement and will be comprised of<br />
business and high density residential properties.<br />
Palace Precinct<br />
The Palace Precinct is currently under design<br />
development.<br />
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