Building cities that remain resilient, livable, and economically competitive decades from now demands a fundamentally different approach to urban planning. As governments across the Gulf invest heavily in future-ready infrastructure, Masdar City offers a glimpse into how urban development could evolve in a region shaped by both environmental constraints and economic opportunity. @MasdarCity was “never purely an experiment,” says Dr. Mohamed Al Breiki, Executive Director of Masdar City, but rather a city built to standards that the wider industry had not yet embraced. Nearly two decades on, it has grown into a fully operational urban community, home to more than 15,000 people and over 2,000 organizations from more than 90 countries. It has functioned as a complete live, work, and play environment, with its performance continuously measured and refined over time. He describes Masdar City’s current role as a “green-print,” a model that can be replicated and adapted by cities looking to advance both climate resilience and human wellbeing. For Al Breiki, the measure of success a decade from now has nothing to do with occupancy rates or investment figures. “The measure of influence is not what Masdar City has built. It is what others build differently because of it,” he says. That influence, he explains, would be visible in updated building codes, certification frameworks becoming mandatory rather than aspirational, and master plans in other cities being reoriented around walkability, thermal comfort, and preventive health infrastructure, driven by evidence from Masdar City. Read more: fastcompanyme.com/green-goal…

Building cities that remain resilient, livable, and economically competitive decades from now demands a fundamentally different approach to urban planning. As governments across the Gulf invest heavily in future-ready infrastructure, Masdar City offers a glimpse into how urban development could evolve in a region shaped by both environmental constraints and economic opportunity. @MasdarCity was “never purely an experiment,” says Dr. Mohamed Al Breiki, Executive Director of Masdar City, but rather a city built to standards that the wider industry had not yet embraced. Nearly two decades on, it has grown into a fully operational urban community, home to more than 15,000 people and over 2,000 organizations from more than 90 countries. It has functioned as a complete live, work, and play environment, with its performance continuously measured and refined over time. He describes Masdar City’s current role as a “green-print,” a model that can be replicated and adapted by cities looking to advance both climate resilience and human wellbeing. For Al Breiki, the measure of success a decade from now has nothing to do with occupancy rates or investment figures. “The measure of influence is not what Masdar City has built. It is what others build differently because of it,” he says. That influence, he explains, would be visible in updated building codes, certification frameworks becoming mandatory rather than aspirational, and master plans in other cities being reoriented around walkability, thermal comfort, and preventive health infrastructure, driven by evidence from Masdar City. Read more: fastcompanyme.com/green-goal…

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