“ The city of fortress “

By Fatima AlNuaimi _________________________________________________________________________

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION

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DOHA VS. KUWAIT

Doha: 132.1 Km²                                Kuwait: 200 Km²

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1. % OF WATERUSED AS PERCENTAGE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
2. AVERAGE SHARE OF GDP
3. PERCENTAGE OF CARBON EMISSIONS

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• Longitude: 29°22’N
• Latitude: 47°58’E
• Altitude: 20m above sea level
• Population: 3.25 million  (2012)
• Geography: sea and desert
• Climate: Hot and arid Climate
• City Type: Capital of Kuwait

_________________________________________________________________________ HISTORICAL EVOLUTION

The three walls of Old Kuwait Town

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• TRANSPORTATION

• LAND USE

• PROJECTS

SILK CITY

This mixed-use residential and cultural center project included a brief to design and celebrate the importance of the manufacture of silk synonymous with this area of China.
The landscape concept for this competition proposal was based on the cultural and trade history of the Silk Road. An ‘Ethnobotanical’ (study of culture through plants) trail along a circular path which passes through ancient China, India, Persia, Syria and Rome was proposed to highlight the importance of the silk industry to China.
The countries on the Ethnobotanical trail would be represented by screens showing botanical drawings of local planting, planting, poems and cultural references.

KUWAIT AL-RAI MASTERPLAN, KUWAIT CITY

LOCATION: KUWAIT CITY

PROGRAM: BOUTIQUE MALL, HEALTH AND THERAPY CENTER. THEATER, MIXED USE OFFICES, HOTELS, CONVENTION CENTER, SOUKS, MOSQUE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzm5l9GShS8

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REFERENCES

KUWAIT AL-RAI MASTERPLAN, KUWAIT, KUWAIT CITY. Retrieved June 16, 2014, from http://www.oma.eu/projects/2006/kuwait-al-rai-masterplan/

SILK CITY Retrieved June 16, 2014, from http://www.di-landscape.com/competitions/silk_city.html GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT KUWAIT . Retrieved June 15, 2014, from http://kuwaitconskhi.wordpress.com/general-information-about-kuwait/

THE FUTURE CITY – CITY OF SILK. Retrieved June 16, 2014, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A0u2Y10G1w