8. Read and discuss
New city in Saudi desert to be contained in two megastructures, 170km long
Just 200 metres wide in total and 500m tall, the planned city, called ‘The Line’, is projected to house 9 million residents when completed. It is intended to be powered by renewable energy and will rely heavily on artificial intelligence. The announcement was made by… (cont’d)
(From the imaginary magazine “Worldin3d”, 2022)
- What do you already know about this plan?
- What are you curious to know about it? What questions would you want to ask the city planners?