Neom ‘The Line’ faces a living dilemma

It seems that the Neom project in Saudi Arabia is becoming more and more expensive, but that is not the only problem worrying planners.

wall street journal It is claimed that due to the possibility of natural light entering the lower floors of the parallel towers, some potential residents may find The Line’s vertical city concept unappealing.

They will rise to a height of about 1,640 feet, not far from New York City’s 1,776-foot World Trade Center. According to Neom’s website, the city will run entirely on renewable energy and will have neither roads nor automobiles.

Concerns over the design of The Line have already been raised by many people.

After attending Neom’s roadshow in China last month, Leonard Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Innovative Technology Development Association, questioned the city’s feasibility.

“I’ll go for fun, but I won’t live there. It’s like something out of SimCity,” he said. AFP,

Plato Yip, president of Friends of the Earth in Hong Kong, was among the attendees. He told the source he was worried about the city feeling isolated. He further stated that although the idea of ​​a mirrored city would be extremely relaxing, it “feels like being locked in a cage.”

The feasibility of the project has also been questioned by architects working on The Line.

Participating in the concept, British architect Peter Cook said in comments published by the Architect’s Journal last year that the projected height was “a bit silly and unreasonable”, and called the city a “wonderful absurdity”.