New Murabba: Saudi's New Skyscraper Unveiled, to Feature Digital Tech for Gigantic Mukaab

Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 20 February 2023, 08:02 pm

There is a new housing development in downtown Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and it will be called the New Murabba project which will focus on a gigantic cube that will rise at the center of the city. It will feature digital technology, focusing on an "immersive design" that will feature holographic tech to integrate into this residential building.

Mukaab's plans were sent forth by Saudi's ruler, centering on an ambitious development of the city's downtown area that will be the future home of hundreds of thousands of residents.

The New Murabba: Saudi's latest House Development Project

(Photo : New Murabba Development Company )

According to the latest press release from the country, there is a new project in Riyadh that will focus on another housing development for its residents, with the capability to provide its citizens with a new home. The New Murabba will center on a massive housing project that may house as many as hundreds of thousands of residents in the 400-meter-tall skyscraper in the city.

The project was developed and led by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Prime Minister and Chairman of the New Murabba Development Company (NMDC).

One of the most peculiar things behind this project is its design, especially as it takes inspiration from a cube or square, featuring four equal parts side, but a massive one right in Riyadh's heart.

The New Murabba will feature the tall skyscraper inside the cube, and it spans over 19 square kilometers or as much as 7.34 square miles.

"The project will offer more than 25 million sqm of floor area, featuring more than 104,000 residential units, 9,000 hotel rooms, and more than 980,000 sqm of retail space, as well as 1.4 million sqm of office space, 620,000 sqm of leisure assets, and 1.8 million sqm of space dedicated to community facilities," the release said.

Mukaab's Virtual and Digital Integrations in the Design

(Photo : New Murabba Development Company )

The new iconic and cultural landmark of the city will be a 400-meter tall, 400-meter wide, and 400-meter long structure.

According to Interesting Engineering, it will also integrate virtual and cutting-edge digital technology, with the latest holographic technology into its structure.

Futuristic Developments in the World

Architects, city planners, and developers all band together in delivering new structures for the world to see, and these are not for aesthetic purposes of their areas only, as it aims to provide houses for the public.

One of the most famous projects presents now is also in Saudi Arabia, and made by its crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, who dubbed this project "The Line." This also centers on solving a key problem in the city which is overpopulation, with this miles-long vertical building providing a new housing project for its residents to use.

Moreover, there is a new plan from MASK Architects which centers on a luxury Safari resort in Africa, focusing on tree-designed structures which will be self-sustaining buildings via Solar and Wind power in one.

The world is thriving with projects to make housing accessible for the masses, and Saudi Arabia is one of the leading countries in its developments here. This is another project for the de facto ruler of the country, alongside The Line, under the so-called NEOM venture which is now underway.

The New Murabba, a.k.a. Mukaab, will feature a yet again phenomenal-looking building, but this time, will feature the size of a cube that can fit as many as 20 Empire State buildings in it.