NEOM — The Line

Tabuk Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East

Under Construction · Mixed Use · Linear Zero-Car City · Arid

A 170 km linear city built as two parallel mirrored facades 200 m apart and 500 m tall, designed to house up to 9 million people in a car-free environment powered entirely by renewable energy. The project proposes AI-managed resource distribution and a high-speed rail spine running the full length at sub-20-minute end-to-end transit.

Innovation highlights

• continuous 170 km linear urban form — no precedent at this scale
• fully car-free internal environment across a mega-city population
• 100% renewable energy target with no fossil fuel infrastructure
• AI-managed utility and mobility orchestration across the spine
• mirrored exterior facade designed to minimise solar gain at extreme scale

Client / Developer

NEOM Company (Saudi Vision 2030)

Architect

Morphosis / NEOM Design Authority (multiple firms)

Engineer

Atkins / multiple

Type

Linear Zero-Car City

#car-free city #renewable energy #AI infrastructure #linear urbanism #Vision 2030

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