두바이는 미쳤다. (Dubai is nuts.)

firefox의 plug-in 중 stumble이라는 기능이 있는데요.
자신이 관심있는 분야를 선택하면 스텀블 사이트에 연결된 여러사이트 중 랜덤으로 브라우징되는 플러그인입니다.. 그래서 계속 누르다보면 전혀 생각지 못한 유용한 사이트를 발견할 수 있게 되죠.. 그러다가 오늘 발견한 두바이에 관련된 포스팅입니다. ㅋ 정말 오일달라파워를 실감하네요... 하지만 앞으로 기름값도 점점 떨어지고 수요도 줄어들테고... 근본적으로 오일의 시대는 곧 끝나가는데... 여기 사람들은 이 거대한 인공 도시를 어떻게 유지할런지가 걱정이네요. ㅋ 즐감하세요.

Dubai in 1990 prior to the craziness

The same street in 2003

Last year(포스팅 날짜가 안나와 있어서 언제인지가 정확하지 않네요.)

The madness.  Dubai is said to currently have 15-25% of all the world's cranes.

The Dubai Waterfront.  When completed it will become the largest waterfront development in the world.

All of this was built in the last 5 years, including that island that looks like a palm tree.

The Palm Islands in Dubai.  New Dutch dredging technology was used to create these massive man made islands.  They are the largest artificial islands in the world and can be seen from space.  Three of these Palms will be made with the last one being the largest of them all.

Upon completion, the resort will have 2,000 villas, 40 luxury hotels, shopping centers, movie theaters, and many other facilities. It is expected to support a population of approximately 500,000 people.  It is advertised as being visible from the moon.

The World Islands.  300 artificially created islands in the shape of the world.  Each island will have an estimated cost of $25-30 million. 
흠... 일본이 쓸데없이 크게 표현되어 있군요.... ㅋ

The Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai.  The worlds tallest hotel.  Considered the only '7 star' hotel and the most luxurious hotel in the world.  It stands on an artificial island in the sea.

Hydropolis, the world's first underwater hotel.  Entirely built in Germany and then assembled in Dubai, it is scheduled to be completed by 2009 after many delays.

The Burj Dubai.  Construction began in 2005 and is expected to be complete by 2008.  At an estimated height of over 800 meters, it will easily be world's tallest building when finished.  It will be almost 40% taller than the the current tallest building, the Taipei 101.

This is what downtown Dubai will look like around 2008-2009.  More than 140 stories of the Burj Dubai have already been completed.  It is already the worlds tallest man made structure and it is still not scheduled to be completed for at least another year.

The Al Burj. This will be the centerpiece of the Dubai Waterfront.  Once completed it will take over the title of the tallest structure in the world from the Burj Dubai. 

Recently it was announced that the final height of this tower will be 1200 meters.  That would make it more than 30% taller than the Burj Dubai and three times as tall as the Empire State Building. 

This is a city on crack.

The Burj al Alam, or The World Tower.  Upon completion it will rank as the world's highest hotel.  It is expected to be finished by 2009.  At 480 meters it will only be 28 meters shorter than the Taipei 101.

The Trump International Hotel & Tower, which will be the centerpiece of one of the palm islands, The Palm Jumeirah.

Dubailand.  Currently, the largest amusement park collection in the world is  Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, which is also the largest single-site employer in the United states with 58,000 employees.  Dubailand will be twice the size.
두... 두바이 랜드....??

Dubailand will be built on 3 billion square feet (107 miles^2) at an estimated $20 billion price tag.  The site will include a purported 45 mega projects and 200 hundred other smaller projects.

Dubai Sports City.  A huge collection of sports arenas located in Dubailand.

Currently, the Walt Disney World Resort is the #1 tourist destination in the world.  Once fully completed, Dubailand will easily take over that title since it is expected to attract 200,000 visitors daily.
헐... 하루 20만 입장객이라.........

The Dubai Marina is an entirely man made development that will contain over 200 highrise buildings when finished.  It will be home to some of the tallest residential structures in the world.  The completed first phase of the project is shown. Most of the other high rise buildings will be finished by 2009-2010.

The Dubai Mall will be the largest shopping mall in the world with over 9 million square feet of shopping and around 1000 stores.  It will be completed in 2008.

Ski Dubai, which is already open, is the largest indoor skiing facility in the world.  This is a rendered image of another future indoor skiing facility that is being planned.

Some of the tallest buildings in the world, such as Ocean Heights and The Princess Tower, which will be the largest residential building in the world at over a 100 stories, will line the Dubai Marina.

The UAE Spaceport would be the first spaceport in the world if construction ever gets under way.  I'm not joking...  

Some other other crazy shit...

• The Dubai Metro system, once completed, will become the largest fully automated rail system in the world. 
• The Dubai World Central International Airport will become the largest airport in size when it is completed.  It will also eventually become the busiest airport in the world, based on passenger volume.
• There are more construction workers in Dubai than there are actual citizens.

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON OVER THERE?

출처 : http://www.dubai-architecture.info/