Sheikh Tarek is truly a visionary in development, a pioneer in Smart Cities concept and design. He created Al Noor City more than 20 years ago which was the inspiration behind most of the actual Smart Cities development worldwide.
Sheikh Tarek is from a great Family who has contributed a great deal in the developments in Saudi Arabia, and various places including Dubai.
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Today, Sheikh Tarek beleives in the future of Africa, he consider that continent as a fantastic land of opportunities.
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Al Noor City is his vision for modern way of life, close to human and respecting nature's laws. Al Noor City will bring Africa in the 21th century with the right direction.
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Vortex Tower is the starting point of Al Noor City program.
Facts & Figures
The Owner : H.E. Sheikh Tarek M. Binladen
The Developer : MED LLC Dubai
The Architect : Pininfarina Extra
The Designer : Amédée Santalo & Pininfarina Extra
Project Manager : Amédée Santalo
Beguinning of the project : 2016
Where ? Africa
The height ? 650 m
Foot print ? 16 foot ball fields (200 m Radius)
Living space : 141'000 m2
We did not want to beat any records with Vortex Tower except when it comes to simplicity and elegance.
One line that we multiplied by 7 around a vertical axis.
We used the Golden Ration to proportion the tower to insure its natural beauty.
The position of the tower
2015 - The Idea
The Concept & Design
by Amédée Santalo
2016 - The work
Design & Architecture
by Pininfarina Extra
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2017 - The surrounding
Concept & Design of the master plan by Amédée Santalo
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2018 - Investigations
Land investigation in East Africa
Incresing our team
Roadshow, introduction of the concept to governments
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2019 - Expecting to start the project
The year of project start