The group of Big -Bjarke Ingels was commissioned by ARM Holding to design the conversion of Dubais Jebel Ali RaceCourse into a new urban district with 5 square kilometers. The design corresponds to the Urban Master Plan from Dubai 2040, which focuses on improving pedestrian mobility as a pillar for promoting sustainable urban development. The master plan is anchored by a central park and connects the location of the race track back into the city.
Big's New Dubai master plan comprises eight accessible districts, a public park, riding facilities, mixed developments, living space apartments and cultural facilities. The initial design images correspond to the goal of the Urban Master Plan of Dubai 2040 to double the size of green and leisure rooms in order to serve a growing number of inhabitants and visitors to the United Arab Emirates by enables pedestrian and bicycle mobility all over the city.
In the recently unveiled pictures, a central park functions as a green spine that connects all districts, with each urban district exuding outside. The layout preserves the existing race track and integrates new riding, citizen and cultural assets. The neighborhoods are equipped with shaded community opportunities and new roads. Openings in the built material offer insights into the park, while the streets are designed at low speed so that walking and cycling promotes, with automated shuttles offer easy access to public transport.
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This project is an archipelago of the urban islands in a green sea and does not again re -establish the site as a collection of objects, but as a living landscape of interconnected communities as a collection of objects, but as a living landscape of communities associated with interconnected communities in which the site of the historical Jebel Ali racing extension takes up. Each island connects with its surrounding neighborhood and increases the density because it is assembled around a lush central park, a social oasis in the heart of the city. But the park does not stop in the center, it bleeds between the islands, weaves nature through the urban substance and extends its reach of the wider community. – Bjarke Ingels, founder and creative director, Big
According to Big-Bjarke Ingels Group, the development of 17 measurable KPIs is directed, which focus on holistic well-being, sustainability, culture and identity and innovation. Construction begins in early 2026 with a gradual development in terms of living space, education, hospitality and public infrastructure.
Other most recent projects in the Big-Bjarke Ingels Group are one of the world's largest solar roofs in the Citywave Project in Milan, a 23,000 m² wood structure design for the new Hungarian natural history museum in Debrecen and a constant pavilion on the water in Suzhou, China. The office also took part in the 19th International Exhibition Venice Architecture Biennale with an immersive exhibition entitled Aker Future: Bridging Bhutan's tradition and innovation.