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To the southern side of the circular shape road way and of the airport it-
self, are a series of self-contained residential ‘petal’-shaped residential ar-
ea. Each area is a predominately self-contained community with most
community facilities located within walking distance to a resident.

The areas are defined as two essential layers. The bottom or “basement”
level is the transport and PALV parking level. The upper level is the pe-
destrian or townscape level. To service transport within each community

area, an electric “People mover” car system moves residents within the
designated residential petal area underground.

Those residents who wish to travel outside their residential area have

the choice of utilising their personal PALV, or take the “People mover”
rail system which moves along the circular road system. Access to the
“basement” transport level is along a series of evenly spaced station
points throughout each residential community.

The residential land use comprises eighteen U-shaped ground + four story
apartment buildings arranged in groups of two offset from each other. At
the centre of each pair is a wind-tower which aims utilizes both the wind

and a recycling movement of water which sprays and cools the two court-
yards. Close to each of the apartments and clustered predominately to UPC, 2010
the northern tip of the petal are two story villas, mostly occupied by
Emirati’s. The apartments are expected to house the expatriate popula-

tion. Each petal will have a population of around 33,400 people.

Each residential petal is a self-contained community which includes are
the necessary community facilities such as shops, post office, schools, kin-

UPC, 2010