{"id":158,"date":"2014-06-05T10:04:52","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T10:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/?page_id=158"},"modified":"2014-06-19T12:02:16","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T12:02:16","slug":"kuwait","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/gulf-cities\/kuwait\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>\u201c The city of <\/em><em>fortress<\/em><em> &#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">By\u00a0Fatima AlNuaimi _________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Kuwait.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-159 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Kuwait-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kuwait\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Kuwait-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Kuwait-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Kuwait.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> _________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>DOHA VS. KUWAIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-698\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V2.jpg\" alt=\"V2\" width=\"126\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-699\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V3.jpg\" alt=\"V3\" width=\"222\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Doha: 132.1 Km\u00b2 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Kuwait: 200 Km\u00b2<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">_________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>% OF WATERUSED AS PERCENTAGE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>AVERAGE SHARE OF GDP<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>PERCENTAGE OF CARBON EMISSIONS<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V4-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-702 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V4--300x128.jpg\" alt=\"V4\" width=\"300\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V4--300x128.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V4-.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">_________________________________________________________________________<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-707\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V5-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"V5\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V5-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V5.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Longitude: 29\u00b022\u2019N<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Latitude: 47\u00b058\u2019E<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Altitude: 20m above sea level<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Population:\u00a03.25 million\u00a0 (2012)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Geography:\u00a0sea and desert<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Climate: Hot and arid Climate<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">City Type: Capital of Kuwait<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">_________________________________________________________________________ <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/baghdad.jpg\"><strong>HISTORICAL EVOLUTION<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-711 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V6-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"V6\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V6-300x241.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V6-373x300.jpg 373w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V6.jpg 418w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The three walls of Old Kuwait Town<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0 ________________________________________________________________________ <strong>MASTER PLANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/other-stuff\/manamah-transportation-master-plan\/\">TRANSPORTATION<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V-101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-748 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V-101-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"V 10\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V-101-300x154.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V-101.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/other-stuff\/manamah-green-master-plan\/\">LAND USE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-753 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V11-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"V11\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V11-300x234.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V11-383x300.jpg 383w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V11.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/other-stuff\/manama-master-plan-of-new-projects\/\">PROJECTS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">SILK CITY<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V12-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-754\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V12--300x195.jpg\" alt=\"V12\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V12--300x195.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V12-.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V13-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-757\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V13--300x195.jpg\" alt=\"V13\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V13--300x195.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V13-.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">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.<br \/>\nThe landscape concept for this competition proposal was based on the cultural and trade history of the Silk Road. An &#8216;Ethnobotanical&#8217; (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.<br \/>\nThe countries on the Ethnobotanical trail would be represented by screens showing botanical drawings of local planting, planting, poems and cultural references.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">KUWAIT AL-RAI MASTERPLAN, KUWAIT CITY<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-759\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V15-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"V15\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V15-300x192.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V15.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V-16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-760\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V-16-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"V 16\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V-16-300x195.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V-16.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V-17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-761\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V-17-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"V 17\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V-17-300x195.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V-17.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-762\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V18-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"V18\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V18-300x204.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/V18.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">LOCATION: KUWAIT CITY<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">PROGRAM: BOUTIQUE MALL, HEALTH AND THERAPY CENTER. THEATER, MIXED USE OFFICES, HOTELS, CONVENTION CENTER, SOUKS, MOSQUE.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nzm5l9GShS8<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">_________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>REFERENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">KUWAIT AL-RAI MASTERPLAN, KUWAIT, KUWAIT CITY. Retrieved June 16, 2014, from http:\/\/www.oma.eu\/projects\/2006\/kuwait-al-rai-masterplan\/<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">SILK CITY Retrieved June 16, 2014, from http:\/\/www.di-landscape.com\/competitions\/silk_city.html GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT KUWAIT .\u00a0Retrieved June 15, 2014, from http:\/\/kuwaitconskhi.wordpress.com\/general-information-about-kuwait\/<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">THE FUTURE CITY &#8211; CITY OF SILK.\u00a0Retrieved June 16, 2014, from http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1A0u2Y10G1w<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c The city of fortress &#8220; By\u00a0Fatima AlNuaimi _________________________________________________________________________ GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION \u00a0 _________________________________________________________________________ DOHA VS. KUWAIT Doha: 132.1 Km\u00b2 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Kuwait: 200 Km\u00b2 _________________________________________________________________________ % OF WATERUSED AS PERCENTAGE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AVERAGE &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/gulf-cities\/kuwait\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":0,"parent":137,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1239,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions\/1239"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}