According to the Riyadh-based Arab News newspaper, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has announced plans to build a huge center called New Murabba in the country’s capital, as if there weren’t enough huge construction projects in Saudi Arabia already. The center will be approximately one-third the size of Manhattan, with an area of 11.2 square kilometers.
The biggest feature of this construction, which is said to be the world’s largest modern city center, is that there will be a hollow, cube-designed skyscraper called Mukaab in the middle. The height of the skyscraper will be 400 meters. The gigantic structure, which will also have a tower in the middle, will compete with the world’s largest skyscrapers.
Mukaab is planned to provide 35.2 square kilometers of business on its own, which outshines all buildings on Earth. Everything from touristic places to hotels, from residential areas to commercial areas is planned to be gathered inside the building.
The designers say that a digital world will also be built inside the skyscraper, thus providing users with a full metaverse experience of the building. As seen in the promotional video, employees will be able to work at the bottom of the sea or in the mountains of Avatar. In other words, this building looks like a giant virtual reality planetarium.
It is also stated that the building will be in a sustainable structure and will not harm the environment. It has been announced that the skyscraper will be completed in 2030, but this construction time seems extremely short for a structure of this size. Let’s see if he can go from plan to reality.
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