Who said living in the mountains isn't a luxury?
A Saudi Arabian developer on Wednesday announced plans for an “ultra-luxury upside-down skyscraper” that would look straight out of a science fiction movie and would be built into a mountainside on the Gulf of Aqaba coastline.
The project, Aquelum, will “offer guests a taste of future living through a variety of pioneering experiences,” according to NEOM, the same developer who proposed building the city within the 75-mile building. It is advertised as an underground city and tourist destination. .
Digital renderings of this avant-garde project show a 330-foot-tall outdoor ecosystem teeming with upscale shops, performance shows, and galleries, and an abundance of It shows green plants and natural light. – foot high mountain ranges.
This special destination is so cleverly disguised that guests must be transported from the floating marina to Aquelum via underground canals.
Once inside, visitors will encounter a “digitalized community” with lounge areas and innovative hubs. Neom said.
One such area is a space made up of various laboratories built to accommodate scientists and researchers, prematurely dubbed “The Generator.”
Virtual reality is a key component of Aquellum. In the mock-up, a guest wears his VR glasses and watches his cube of digitized lights dance within an outdoor ecosystem.
“Aquellum represents a futuristic ecosystem harmoniously integrated into the natural environment,” NEOM said.
Although broadly innovative, this cube-shaped city is not the most exotic development that NEOM has unveiled in recent years.
In 2022, the company unveiled The Line, a 75-mile-long mirror city that will tower higher than New York's Empire State Building.
The $1 trillion mega-development will include an artificial ski resort, as well as robots and AI for the project's residents.
NEOM is spearheaded by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
