Bjarke Ingels proposes Mars simulation city for Dubai in race for space colonisation
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has revealed designs for the Mars Science City, which will operate as a space simulation campus near Dubai where scientists will work on "humanity's march into space".
Ingels' plans show four geodesic domes enveloping the Mars Science City, which will cover 17.5 hectares of desert outside Dubai ? making it the largest space simulation city ever built.
A team will live inside the experimental city for a year, which will recreate the conditions of the Red Planet. Scientists will work in laboratories dedicated to investigating self-sufficiency in energy, food and water for life on Mars.
Ingels, the founder of Danish firm BIG, will work on the AED 500 million (£101 million) project with a team of Emirati scientists, engineers and designers led by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre and the Dubai Municipality. "The UAE seeks to establish international efforts to develop technologies that benefit humankind, and that establish the foundation of a better future for more generations to come," said Dubai's prime minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid.
"We also want to consolidate the passion for leadership in science in the UAE, contributing to improving life on earth and to developing innovative solutions to many of our global challenges."
He announced the project earlier this week at the annual meetings for the United Arab Emirate government in Abu Dhabi.
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