Timelinks to launch futuristic pyramid city

Dubai-based Timelinks, an environmental design company, is to unveil a city of the future at the upcoming Cityscape Dubai.

The event will take place at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre from October 6 to 9.

The city, called the Ziggurat project, will be in the shape of a futuristic pyramid which, according to Time-links, and could support an entire community of up to one million people by harnessing the power of nature.

Ridas Matonis, managing director of Timelinks, said: "Ziggurat communities can be almost totally self-sufficient energy-wise. Apart from using steam power in the building we will also employ wind turbine technology to harness natural energy resources."

Besides reducing the carbon footprint, the 2.3 square kilometre pyramid has many other benefits.

"Whole cities can be accommodated in complexes that take up less than 10 per cent of the original land surface. Landscaping will be used for leisure or irrigated as agricultural land. If such projects were realised today the world would see communities that are sustainable, environmentally friendly and in tune with their natural surroundings," said Matonis.

Transport would be connected by an integrated 360 degree network (horizontally and vertically) so cars would be redundant. And biometrics would provide security with facial recognition technology.

Timelinks has already patented the design and technology incorporated into the project and has applied to the European Union for a grant for technical projects.