The invisible from Visible from Abu Dhabi,UAE - Opportunity for development
FC-01x Future Cities (1st Run) - Exercise 1 : "Making the Invisible - Visible"
Uploaded on 2014-10-14 by radileep
![enter image description here][1] [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1413264295351819.jpg **The Visible Information** The above picture is taken in Madinat Zayed Area of Abu Dhabi City, the capital city of United Arab Emirates (UAE). The visible information are 1. Residential apartment building on the left side and two of them are hotel apartments 2. There are few small building (right side) which are quite old and are candidates for future development. 3. The back drop displays four tall building (80+ floors) which are part of several high rise developments in the city. 4. Also can be seen a Masjid (Mosque) where Muslims performs their prayers. 5. The foreground features a large space paved with interlock tiles. Also see an underground parking facility (right side), lightings and a fountain which are lit during nights. 6. One of the mall entrance also seen with a traditional Arabic design. **The Invisible Information** 1. The invisible information from the visible are, there are a good crowd comes to the mall usually shoppers. Also in the morning hours there will morning walkers and joggers around the mall. The place is quite and calm for jogging in the early hours of the day. By afternoon to evening the area become very crowded with day and leisure shopper’s. 2. Another Invisible information is the Masjid goers during five times of the day ie. Early morning, Noon, afternoon, evening and night. There will be 100s of people will be gathering in this area for prayers and particularly during Friday the number goes above 1000s where people will be lining up even beyond the inside space of the masjid. **Vital Planning Information from the invisible.** Considering the number of joggers and morning/evening walkers, the space around the mall and the empty space (visible) can be utilized for jogging/cycling path and promote a healthy community in this area. When sustainability is considered, human health is a important part of urban planning, lots of open space to promote physical activities among youngsters as well as elders are highly important for the growth of the community.