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If we then consider the current and proposed design, the petal like resi-
dential arrangement will aim to maximise to the arrangement as possi-
ble.

In defining the shape, network and overall design of the desert AeroMedi-
na, we not only have to consider the economic and environmental con-
straints, but to understand the most efficient and appropriate design lay-
out of the city. A key consideration is the location of the airport itself, but

also the other necessary land uses including Logistics & distribution cen-
tres, business parks, residential population, and transport network link-
ages.

The model design chosen for this thesis design is a hybrid of a circular
garden city concept sketch created by Ebenezer Howard, that comprised a
cluster of towns around a central city area, and other real-life develop-
ments recently constructed in the G.C.C. region. As part of this thesis, I

have explored differing town and city layouts, including the traditional
gridiron road network, and the early 20th century interest in the hexago-
nal townscape design. Within the scope of this thesis is the rejection
largely in part a wide spread design based on the traditional model, on

the basis to achieve clear and distinct neighbourhoods, and also a desire
to encourage greater visual and physical dominance of vehicular
transport as combined in the townscape.

The other major inspiration is a real life major resort: “Durrat Al Bah-

rain” designed and developed by W.S. Atkins, located in the Persian Gulf,
and the South-Eastern region of the Kingdom of Bahrain. This major re-
sort development covers an approximate area of approximately 20 square

kilometres, and comprises a series of islands, referred to as “petals” and
“atolls” that are connected by a circular road course-way. (Atkins, 2004)
The proposed population for the resort was expected to be approximately