Masdar City

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Under Construction · Mixed Use · Zero-Carbon Urban District · Arid

A planned low-carbon city built on a raised platform with a shaded street network designed to exploit prevailing winds, targeting net-zero energy and zero-waste. The city pioneered personal rapid transit (PRT) pods as car-free internal mobility and integrates one of the largest urban photovoltaic arrays in the region.

Innovation highlights

• personal rapid transit (PRT) autonomous pod network
• raised pedestrian deck separating service from movement
• passive wind-tower cooling derived from traditional Arab barjeel
• 6 MW on-site solar PV array powering the district
• urban-scale waste-to-energy and water recycling loops

Client / Developer

Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar)

Architect

Foster + Partners

Engineer

Arup

Type

Zero-Carbon Urban District

#net-zero #passive cooling #autonomous mobility #solar energy #urban planning #wind tower

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