2024-05-12T03:17:47-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150360984/som-reveals-plans-for-100-000-person-sultan-haitham-smart-city-in-oman Josh Niland 2023-08-23T14:53:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/01/01a3c1c9e65b67b61492e70d76d676a1.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A new plan for a proposed smart city in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1068502/oman" target="_blank">Oman</a> has been released by <a href="https://archinect.com/skidmoreowingsmerrill" target="_blank">Skidmore, Owings &amp; Merrill (SOM)</a> in advance of the project&rsquo;s anticipated construction start next year.</p> <p>The 14.8 million-square-meter Sultan Haitham City is located west of the country&rsquo;s capital, Muscat, and will accommodate 100,000 people with a total of 20,000 units of housing and climate-resilient naturalistic elements developed around twelve core aims of creating an experience that is "affordable, safe, compact, accessible, comfortable, robust, efficient, circular, healthy, smart, and lovable."</p> <p>The project is part of the larger Vision 2040 initiative, which has, to date, seen the construction of the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150294438/the-world-s-largest-3d-printed-building-made-with-real-concrete-is-completed-in-oman" target="_blank">world&rsquo;s largest</a>&nbsp;3D printed building made with real concrete. The development will begin with the construction of six neighborhoods around a 1.9-square-mile central core and later spread out along a 4.6-mile stretch until completion in 2045. SOM&rsquo;s Managing Director Thomas Behr says it "provides a new model for sustainabl...</p>