The Universe islands in Dubai by Nakheel
Three Palm Islands, and The World was not enough as far as Nakheel was concerned. On 19 January 2008 they announced a project to top the previous ones - The Universe, which will partially surround The World (currently under construction off the Jumeirah coast), and annoy those investors in the Southern Hemisphere who thought they were getting great views of the Dubai coastline.
The Universe will stretch from Palm Jumeirah, part way to Palm Deira, between The World and the Jumeirah coast. Land area is expected to be about 3000 hectares (30 sq km), which is probably 3 times the amount of land in The World (depending on which one of Nakheel's press releases you were reading).
Completion date of The Universe is sometime between 2023 and 2028. Give or take a decade or so for construction delays, which are endemic in Dubai at present.
The initial design has the Sun represented on the left (near Jumeirah Palm), with the planets of the solar system represented as you head towards the right (near Port Rashid). You can clearly see the shape of Saturn as the 4th planet, assuming the Earth is not part of the trail (since "The World" has already been developed), but the relative sizes of Saturn and Mercury are a bit off. No we don't know what the cinnamon bun shape at the other end is either, but we think it represents either a galaxy (perhaps the Milky Way), or a cinnamon bun. Nakheel says the islands are "coral-shaped", so if you didn't know what the shape of coral was, now you now it's the same as planet and cinnamon bun shapes.
In case you're wondering, the order of the planets from the Sun is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Asteroid Belt (not a planet), Jupiter, Saturn (with rings), Uranus (insert schoolboy comment here), Neptune, Pluto.
In terms of celestial objects which Nakheel could base future developments on, we'd like to suggest they consider a small moon somewhere along a quieter part of the coastline, where we could sit and have a picnic lunch occasionally.
This information last updated Tuesday 05-Feb-2008
Related pages - Internal Links
- Dubai - FAQ home and index
- Palm Island Jumeirah
- Palm Islands - the Nakheel Trilogy of Palms
- The World
- The Universe - forum topic, add your comments. What do you think? Madness or brilliance?
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Related websites - External Links (open in new window)
- No website for The Universe found yet, perhaps www.theuniverse.ae or www.universe.ae eventually. Other possibilities www.universedubai.com and www.theuniverse.com are spam websites, and www.dubaiuniverse.com is under construction but might be spam also.
- www.nakheel.ae - Nakheel website, should have more information about The Universe eventually.
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