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
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