Madinat al-Hareer
Madinat al-Hareer ( Arabic مدينة الحرير, DMG Madīnat al-Ḥarīr , roughly: "City of Silk") is a new city currently being planned for 700,000 people in Kuwait . It is to be built on an area of 250 km² on a peninsula on the northern bank of the Bay of Kuwait about 30 km north of Kuwait City .
The huge project was considered not least because in Kuwait, stimulated by building efforts on the eastern Persian Gulf in the United Arab Emirates , Bahrain , Qatar and Saudi Arabia, they want to join the technical and urban renewal that has already been initiated.
The plans for Madinat al-Hareer include residential, industrial and commercial areas, a free trade zone and a new airport as well as spacious tourist areas, Olympic-sized sports facilities, leisure and natural desert areas, all embedded in artificial canals and lake landscapes.
The focal point and eye-catcher is the spectacular 1001 m high skyscraper Burj Mubarak al-Kabir . In its 2008 planned completion by 2016 [date] he was after the 1050 m with projected Nakheel Tower in Dubai has been returned, the tallest building in the world. Structurally, it is a connection of three intertwining towers, which are supposed to withstand the enormous wind loads by supporting each other. This structure is estimated at 7.37 billion US dollars; the start of construction was not yet in sight at the beginning of 2010 due to the global economic situation.
The planned city is being developed by the British project developer Kuhne & Associates and is to be connected to Kuwait City directly via a 24-kilometer bridge across the bay. The total cost of the project is estimated at USD 86 billion and the construction time is estimated at around 25 years, the earliest completion could be in 2035 .
In connection with the development of Madinat al-Hareer, the construction of a new seaport on the offshore island of Bubiyan is also planned.
Coordinates: 29 ° 37 ' N , 48 ° 4' E