1. Congress for the New Urbanism
Denver - June, 2009
Efforts Toward the New Urbanism in the Middle
East: Recent Planning for Abu Dhabi
in the United Arab Emirates
Larry Beasley, C.M.

2. Abu Dhabi in the
United Arab Emirates

3. The
Falcon

4. HIS EXCELLANCY MOHAMMED AL BOWARDI
GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF ABU DHABI

5. HIS HIGHNESS SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN
CROWN PRINCE OF ABU DHABI

10. Dubai

13. Vancouver

80. Dubai

81. Dubai

82. Dubai

83. Dubai

84. Dubai

94. THE ABU DHABI URBAN PLANNING COUNCIL

96. HIS EXCELLENCY FALAH AL AHBABI

103. “Abu Dhabi Plan 2030”

106. “Al Ain Plan 2030”

108. “Al Gharbia Plan 2030”

109. “Eastern Region Plan 2030”

116. The “Charrette” Process

119. “BASE TEAM” FOR DESIGN AND PRODUCTION

120. Beasley and Associates, Planning
-Larry Beasley, C.M. – Principal
Busby Perkins and Will, Architects
-Peter Busby, C.M. – Principal
Civitas Urban Design and Planning
-Joseph Hruda - Principal

121. SOME OF THE WORLD’S BEST THINKERS

123. Dr. Mark Jaccard – Infrastructure Engineer
-Canada
Dr. Elizabeth MacDonald – Urban Designer
-United States
Christopher Stapleton – Transit Planner
-Australia
Karl Fornier - Architect
-France and Morocco
Dr. Peter Hellyer – Archeologist/Ecologist
-Great Britain and U. A. E.

124. Dr. Alan Jacobs – Urban Designer/Planner
-Unites States
Herbert Dreiseitl – Landscape Architect
-Switzerland
Dr. Robert France - Ecologist
-Canada
Jeffrey Tumlin – Transportation Planner
-United States
Norman Hotson - Architect
-Canada

125. Dr. Jala Makhzoumi - Agriculturalist
-Lebanon
John Buck - Developer
-United States
Jaakko van’t Spijker - Architect
-The Netherlands
Dr. Aziza Chaoni – Heritage Architect
-Morocco
David Camp – Economist
-Great Britain

132. Regulatory Development and Detailing
of Abu Dhabi Downtown Urban Design
OTAK, ARCHITECTS AND PLANNERS
-David Siegel – Principal
-Joe Dills – Principal

135. “Estidama” = Sustainability

139. Abu Dhabi: Masdar

159. Abu Dhabi Capital District Detailed Planning
SOLOMON CORDWELL BUENZ, ARCHITECTS
-Ted Strand – Principal in Charge
-Christine Carlyle – Project Manager

172. Marrakesh

173. Beirut

185. BEFORE

186. AFTER

187. BEFORE

188. AFTER

191. ABU DHABI – PLAN 2030
OVER-ARCHING PRINCIPLES
1. Abu Dhabi will be a contemporary expression of an Arab city,
which has people living, doing, and thriving in healthy supportive
proximity to one another.
2. Abu Dhabi will continue its practice of measured growth reflecting
a sustainable economy, rather than uncontrolled growth.
3. Abu Dhabi will respect, be scaled to, and shaped by the natural
environment of sensitive coastal and desert ecologies.
4. Abu Dhabi will manifest its role and stature as a capital city.
5. Abu Dhabi’s urban fabric and community infrastructure will enable
the values, social arrangements, culture and mores of this Arab
community.

192. ABU DHABI – PLAN 2030
OVER-ARCHING PRINCIPLES
1. Abu Dhabi will be a contemporary expression of an Arab city,
which has people living, doing, and thriving in healthy supportive
proximity to one another.
2. Abu Dhabi will continue its practice of measured growth reflecting
a sustainable economy, rather than uncontrolled growth.
3. Abu Dhabi will respect, be scaled to, and shaped by the natural
environment of sensitive coastal and desert ecologies.
4. Abu Dhabi will manifest its role and stature as a capital city.
5. Abu Dhabi’s urban fabric and community infrastructure will enable
the values, social arrangements, culture and mores of this Arab
community.

193. ABU DHABI – PLAN 2030
OVER-ARCHING PRINCIPLES
1. Abu Dhabi will be a contemporary expression of an Arab city,
which has people living, doing, and thriving in healthy supportive
proximity to one another.
2. Abu Dhabi will continue its practice of measured growth reflecting
a sustainable economy, rather than uncontrolled growth.
3. Abu Dhabi will respect, be scaled to, and shaped by the natural
environment of sensitive coastal and desert ecologies.
4. Abu Dhabi will manifest its role and stature as a capital city.
5. Abu Dhabi’s urban fabric and community infrastructure will enable
the values, social arrangements, culture and mores of this Arab
community.

194. ABU DHABI – PLAN 2030
OVER-ARCHING PRINCIPLES
1. Abu Dhabi will be a contemporary expression of an Arab city,
which has people living, doing, and thriving in healthy supportive
proximity to one another.
2. Abu Dhabi will continue its practice of measured growth reflecting
a sustainable economy, rather than uncontrolled growth.
3. Abu Dhabi will respect, be scaled to, and shaped by the natural
environment of sensitive coastal and desert ecologies.
4. Abu Dhabi will manifest its role and stature as a capital city.
5. Abu Dhabi’s urban fabric and community infrastructure will enable
the values, social arrangements, culture and mores of this Arab
community.

195. ABU DHABI – PLAN 2030
OVER-ARCHING PRINCIPLES
1. Abu Dhabi will be a contemporary expression of an Arab city,
which has people living, doing, and thriving in healthy supportive
proximity to one another.
2. Abu Dhabi will continue its practice of measured growth reflecting
a sustainable economy, rather than uncontrolled growth.
3. Abu Dhabi will respect, be scaled to, and shaped by the natural
environment of sensitive coastal and desert ecologies.
4. Abu Dhabi will manifest its role and stature as a capital city.
5. Abu Dhabi’s urban fabric and community infrastructure will enable
the values, social arrangements, culture and mores of this Arab
community.

196. ABU DHABI – PLAN 2030
OVER-ARCHING PRINCIPLES
1. Abu Dhabi will be a contemporary expression of an Arab city,
which has people living, doing, and thriving in healthy supportive
proximity to one another.
2. Abu Dhabi will continue its practice of measured growth reflecting
a sustainable economy, rather than uncontrolled growth.
3. Abu Dhabi will respect, be scaled to, and shaped by the natural
environment of sensitive coastal and desert ecologies.
4. Abu Dhabi will manifest its role and stature as a capital city.
5. Abu Dhabi’s urban fabric and community infrastructure will enable
the values, social arrangements, culture and mores of this Arab
community.

198. THEMES FROM
THE NEW URBANISM
DIVERSITY
DENSITY
USE MIX
SOCIAL MIX
WALKABILITY
SUSTAINABILITY
OPEN SPACE
BEAUTY
VITALITY
CULTURE
CHARACTER
HUMAN SCALE