Why Kuwait Is Building This Strange City
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- Опубліковано 8 тра 2022
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In this city almost every resident has their own beach access on a lagoon that leads directly into the sea. But constructing such a city meant overcoming tremendous engineering problems.
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I’m Canadian and lived in Kuwait for 6 years. I stayed at a chalet in this city for a weekend, much of the land is still undeveloped, but it is certainly cool to admire the engineering behind it all
Shame the beaches are full of trash.
interesting they still have undeveloped land considering how very tiny they are.
How did a Canadian survive the desert ?
@@TheGeorgeous lol looking back I am not quite sure.
@@TheGeorgeous there are many Canadians and Americans working here, mostly on temporary jobs and such, a lot of them live nearby my place
Kuwaiti here. Amazing video, and it's true that's not a city like you would expect it to be, but I believe it was designed from the start to become like this (have private villas, or as we call them in Kuwait as shalet's). Because if you see the rest of the country, it is all the same way, private residences connected with roads that are strictly car dependent. You might think it looks bad compared to European standards, but it works good to some degree. And the country is car dependent because no one wants to walk anywhere in the sun, you literally will get a heat stroke if you walk mid day in the summer. Hope that gives you just a little bit of context.
if Kuwait is so rich, why can't they just make all footpaths shaded with fans powered by solar panels?
@@BluePieNinjaTV they do. the issue isn’t just shade. it’s 55-60 degrees C in peak summer. people die.
@@sanaalsalem3859 I can't even imagine this heat man, damn :(
@@BluePieNinjaTV i think what they're doing is called surviving, they don't wanna die. To each their own.
@@BluePieNinjaTV we live like goblins in Kuwait. The majority of the population rarely ever gets out of air conditioned closed spaces during the day. And if some do, it is more than likely to get into or outside of the car and into another air conditioned closed space. We live in such harsh conditions that we can never adapt to.
I was fortunate to be the project director on this project from 2005 to 2015 and have to say it’s very accurate and well done. Some of the environmental aspect couldn’t have been more prominent, especially the number one new scientific species discovered and the natural recolonisation of corals. However, all in all very good.
Hi sir, how are you, im still working here at La Ala project in khiran
I glad to see u here sir
I hope ur doing well 💓
"Creative is art of civil engineering"
I like your creative ideas regarding environment and sustainable buildings.
Regards
ABDUL BASITH M F
I like the Tidal 'Check Valve' Design, & Natural water regulation,
awesome, also seems better & simpler than Dubai reclamation project.
I’m curious, were there ever plans to create bridges or public transport connections to make the sea city a more self-sustaining community?
I'm Kuwaiti and lived most of my life in Kuwait, and as a person who's family had a chalet in Al Khiran on the tidal creeks before the project started showing results and more people started populating the area, I always wondered why this project was started and this video not only illuminated why they chose to do this project, but also how it's harmonious with the environment and how long this was planned. Thank you for making such a nice video!
What’s your net worth as a Kuwaiti
spineless bootlicker of Yahud
جقاير
@@user-qn8bb1vv8u خيييي وين الجقاير
@@moneymaker2024 I'm in college just graduated from highschool a couple of years ago, so my net worth isn't that much compared to well established families in kuwait.
They need to plant coconuts, fig trees, date palms, and pomegranites near the coast. They are salt hardy. Coconut can be irrigated with salt water, and will eventually provide enough ground cover to create good soil.
You gotta cover sand and add carbon to make greenery grow. Water can be from any source.
hey im a kuwaiti. most people who own lands there are planting! in my land we have fig, grapes,palms and a lot of other trees too. its pretty cool in that city so planting is really great. however, the sun is super super hot during noons and after noons so we still have to cover the plants during summer.
Ohhhh you dream big, you’d be SURPRISED from how polluted the area and the sea is 💀💀💀💀 it’s literally a swamppppoo
@@Kwsd97 the project area is not polluted according to the index which makes sense since it's practically untouched land.
@@GOODdeels unfortunately, it’s polluted in front of all the beach houses! People don’t really care, trust I’m there every weekend!
the weather is extremely hot goes above 130+ f you can't plant coconut
This video phenomenally displays the difference between careful, elaborate & impeccable planning in Kuwait compared to the unsustainable failures built from impulse in Dubai
Great video Neo.
I don't think Dubai is based on impulse, I think Dubai is based on ambition.
Dubai is the project of a very ambitious man who think he can create an opulant and technological empire on a desert...by attracting the richest people to his territory and deporting the unemployed people who can't find a job (unemployement during more than 2 moths, if I remember correctly what I saw on UA-cam). Dubai is humans doing whatever It wants with Earth. Dubai is humans believing that the human specie is above Mother Nature.
@Complex CR Kuwait is far away from being smart man lol
@@zaynbassam1238 tru
This looks like they're basically copying Dubai..🙄🤦♂️
@@enibeni2071 ... "humans believing that the human specie is above Mother Nature..." the root cause of secular mindset. Such arrogance, such ignorance. Nature is beyond comprehension of people who want to learn science merely to become gods.
I absolutely love how this city is designed to work harmoniously with nature and even create new habitats. That is the mindset all new development should have, because asides from being harmful to the surrounding environment in the short term, any development that goes against the laws of nature is bound to fail one way or another, for we can never win against something we are a part of.
Yeah that’s what I thought looking at it from Google maps. Embassy resident here- Kuwait’s second largest oil refinery/main power grid station that generates most of the country’s power sits at the peninsula right above Sea City shown at 4:32 and the wind blows all the exhaust from the plant into Khiran. So the water quality is carefully monitored but everyone living there have some of the worst air pollution in the country which is already one of the worst in the world.
After having watched all 40 videos prior to this, the intro still gives me chills. Every. Single. Time.
Honestly, you provide so high quality standards on damn interesting topics. This is outstanding - once again!
It reminds me of the opening of The Expanse.
@@jayayebee I was thinking the same thing. There’s no way it wasn’t *heavily inspired* Even the way the title appears.
You know that the intro is an copyright free sound disponible in UA-cam... right? and the animation is "The Expanse"
I wonder if you have watched Jake tran?
The best on youtube so far.
And the answer to why Kuwait built a city facing so much of the ocean…DUH
Proud to say my father "Miodrag Lukic" know to everyone here in Kuwait as Mr. Miki :) was one of the main surveyors for this project from day one until it was finished . He was also one of the people caught on camera at the beginning of the video when Iraq invaded. He was held hostage for a day until they realized where he was from and let him go.
Cool
was he the one who dig the sands using his hands in this sea city??
@@Badranltd lol and why u mad ? Wasn’t ur father too
I am an Indian born here and living here for 24 years and I have been to khiran in the beginning. Its developed a lot since then, Kiran is really a master piece!
thank uuuu♥♥♥♥
Good job 🇰🇼 .. love from KSA 🇸🇦
Im living in Kuwait since 2019 and even i appreciate the effort, because is far better than Dubai Palms, they need more to fix other problems more than create new spaces for shalets/villas. Great video
Best way to start the week is seeing a new video from Neo - it's great learning about things happening around the world I otherwise never would have known about. Thanks for another great video!!
Yes.
as someone who's just getting into After Effects and Illustrator, i just can't have enough appreciation for the amount of effort that goes into these videos. from choosing a topic to research to scripting to actually creating those visuals, this is just incredible!
keep it up ♥️
It's really so easy to do
@@Badranltd
lmao yea im sure it's soooo easy to do.
whatever helps u sleep at night.
@@Badranltdit is easy when you have what it takes.
Humans and building cities are never ending stories. It always amazes me.
As a Kuwaiti thank you for making this video, my country is very underrated in the media
Underrated suggests we're doing good with our development related projects which we are NOT. We're sadly tracking far behind than we should be all thanks to corruption.
Death to the America client state!
Because you are guys are arrogant. Whole world knows it lol
@@GOODdeels
Kuwait is a country of law and institutions, and there is no corruption.
@@user-sm9hh9hz8j
The Kuwaiti government and parliament LITERALLY announced and investigated various corruption cases lol.
Dubai tried something similar with the Arabian Canal development, but it seemed to have far fewer entrances to the sea. They were able to link the creek back again to the sea a few years ago and have turned the majority of Downtown into an island. Not sure how the long term development of that area has worked out though.
Downtown itself is nearly complete, though the banks of the majority of the canal that they dug out 5 years ago still lay undeveloped. There are several ghost projects that have been halted and which show no signs of resuming any time soon. The whole area is definitely something that could take a decade or two to complete.
@@Ahmed-N
Too much negative energy in your comment
As a heavy equipment mechanic I'm so happy in working in this project for 5yr, ( Laala Kuwait company Limited). And I can share with you that during the construction the machine brought up a lot of weapons.
Still the greatest intro on UA-cam, gets you so pumped for the video!
I am a Kuwaiti and see this video made me really happy
Us Kuwaitis don’t care to advertise our development to the world and attracting global attention like our brothers in UAE
We care to cater to ourselves and the Kuwaiti citizen
Note: alkairan ( خيران ) project was designed with increase want of Costal get-away from the citizens of Kuwait, thus it is , like you said, not a work type city, but a relaxed one. And while it was put on hold for a long Rhine like you mentioned, with Kuwait vision 2035 it is fast tracking with several entertainment , sport, and Public areas being built right now
Unlike UAE 🇦🇪 , Kuwait 🇰🇼 have set an example how to construct an environmentally sustained beach city . Sad part is that it doesn't get much coverage even inside kuwait.
Indian Engineer proud to be a resident of the amazing nation for past 11 years Kuwait 🇰🇼 ❤ .
You guys, along with Qatar, are the only Arab nations that still stand strongly with Palestinians against the illegal occupation and that alone earns both nations so much respect from Palestinians and Arabs watching around the world 💛
I hope one day to see all the Arab nations prosper in such way while readopting connections/values of brotherhood amongst each other and weeding out corruption and injustice in the process of doing so 🙏🏼
Hey bro . You can’t say that emaratis are advertising their development for global attention.
There is a huge cultural difference between the emaratis and Kuwaitis . Emaratis are very friendly and welcoming / if we compare to Kuwaitis .
So naturally people are attracted to uae and dubai and hence dubai becomes the capital of the Arab world .
Kuwaitis on the other hand prefer to be reserved , traditional and silent , moving on in their own way of life , rather than being ambitions like Emarati’s .
So we can’t say emaratis are advertising for attention . They are just more friendly and they welcome everyone . That’s all ❤️
Unfortunately, Kuwait still has a long way to go when compared with other Gulf states when it comes to reliance on oil to finance these ambitious projects. As an expact who was born and raised in Kuwait. I truly hope Kuwait enters a new prosperous phase which is free from relying on oil and becomes and country which encourages innovation and development in the form of tourism and banking.
@@amirabdulazeez3241 have you been to Kuwait?! You can literally go to any group of guys and if they know you aren't from there/just visiting they'll take care of you! I don't think your opinion on Kuwaitis is accurate or fair
As a Kuwait citizen I understand now how Al-Karian made, my uncle have a house there since 2010, thank you for this video.
I'm a 14-year-old Iraqi and I support Kuwait because my father told me so much about Gulf War and he still loved that country. If I go to Kuwait, I would be on vacation for just like 3 months
I watch a few hundred UA-cam channels regularly, and your intro is by far my favorite. Gives me chills every time
I lived in Shuwaikh between 1992-2006 (that's where the "q8" comes from) and I have incredibly fond memories of the old undeveloped coastline. I vividly remember the rusting shipwrecks rotting away in the shallow mud just a few minutes walk away from the University staff housing area. I left just as they started dumping sand there to eventually attach Shuwaikh island to the mainland. The shipwrecks are gone now (from what I can tell), and there is a modern wonder of engineering there - a giant bridge that spans the entire bay of Kuwait. I always wondered what they would do once they ran out of coastline to develop and I'm glad they didn't go the Dubai route.
I managed the bridge construction. Great memories of Kuwait.
Love,love,love these type of videos...Thank you neo for never disappointing
Amazing video! Learning a lot with this channel! Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷
Such an under appreciated channel. Amazing work, yet again!
happy for you too Neo on positive feedbacks on every uploads, congratulations hugely.
the engineering behind it is really awesome, but I just always enjoy NEO‘s intro as always.
I am a Kuwait-born American. Remember so little of the country, but I definitely want to visit one day!!
Just don't visit on the summer! But you will like it here, have a good day 😊
@@radium.a actually from April or may is bad time to visit since we got dust and allergies , February is best month since its national festival and good ish spring weather warm but some chance of dust too depend of rain ratio from last fall !
Very impressive. Well made, edited, etc. Thank you very much for this and the info about curiosity & nebula.
Finally! I have been waiting for someone to do a video on this project for years!
There is a similar system to this in East Harbor within Sandusky, Ohio, USA. The waterways branch off in multiple directions, and many own small homes or manufactured homes on the lots. This gives many a way to own waterfront/acces property without the million plus dollar price tags. A few of my Dad's friends have them and they're great for boating and the channels shield you from nasty storms. Also, all of the channels have concrete sidewalls and docks running along the channel to prevent erosion into the small lots.
Im Canadian living in Kuwait, but also born in Kuwait in 1987, I have been to the Chalets as they call them here in Kuwait in Khiran and it is more of a home away from home for people to relax and enjoy their time and just head back home after a 40 min drive.
I'm just here to thank you for this video. It takes a lot of work to deliver this amount of quality !
Love all of these videos. So happy to have found your channel.
For all the people commenting that this not a "city" there is something lost in translation here. It should be called a development, or a resort, a residential satellite to the only real "city" in Kuwait, and definitely not a city in the all encompassing self sufficient way an urbanist thinks a city should aspire to be. There is no economic activity planned, there is no thinking of providing jobs at all. I'd even be surprised if schools and hospitals were not an afterthought, and I bet there is no room at all for teachers, nurses, gov and admin, let alone service workers to live affordably. It's a very different society you know.
As a person who has lived in a car-dependent Dubai, the developers of sea city should really prioritise the implementation a good public transport system in the area.
@@WilliamHelstad literally anything but minibuses, theyre cramped sweaty pieces of shit that are slower than a drugged snail
your video quality is amazing 😭👏🏻
Amazingly well made video man!
proud to be part of this project
I was found In this whole project one thing is missing in all phases and that is children's parks
I hope they will build park in there next project
That intro gives me goosebumps, every time
Great video! Thanks
Wow interesting 🙂 I didn't know such a thing existed in Kuwait. Thanks for sharing.
Kuwait’s sea city brings the sea into the desert 👍🏻💡
this feature compares and contrasts the emaritivs v. kuwaiti mindset in developing the barren desert which is the case for much of the gulf countries. it shows that Kuwaitis are much more forward thinking than the emiratis by being considerate to the environment and harmonizing with it. the emiratis successfully built run of the mil skyscrapers that no one lives in and 10 lane highway dividing both sides of Dubai. such a waisted time and effort to showcase a city. Kuwaitis have certainly learned from the dutch experience in land reclamation.
True Dubai sky scrapers are empty, non residential, non commercial. Always catching fire that they struggle to put out, wasted resources
amazing!!!!!! thank you for enriching both people and the waters
Great video as always
I went to the mangrove, there are trees growing out of the beach, it's so strange to see. The tips of the roots of the trees poke out of the surface of the water next to the trees.
Also, I didn't know it's called mangrove until now 😂 very informative video
Are there normally no mangroves there?
@@nunyabiznes33 I'm pretty sure there used to be mangroves that are native to the region. I'm not sure if those are the same ones - but the ones I saw were definitely planted by humans
@@nunyabiznes33 they don't grow along the actual coast unless protected by islands etc. Usually they grow in river and creek mouths, so the calm water in the canals will be much better for them to grow. The two natural creeks probably had them.
Thanks for bringing light to my country and it's care for the environment .. it was heartbreaking for me to revisit the dark memories of the iraqi invasion but great video nonetheless
It feels good to see your ads for Nebula when I'm already subscribed there :D
Man that intro always gives us nerdgasms! Amazing video as always!
This project reminds me of the canal in Foster CIty, California. Keep in mind this is far superior but its the first thought I had when I saw this video.
Really great video. I just wanted to add that there are also projects in the UAE with subtractive approaches, though they don't seem to be getting any attention. Al Makan in Sharjah consists of a bunch of dug out canals in-land, which I heard helped to create a new habitat for marine life. Similarly, the entire Sharjah Waterfront and Lagoon area helped to create internal coastline within a much more urban setting. Before any of those canals and lagoons were dredged, it was just pure in-land desert. The Palm Jumeirah is famous for it's resorts and just flashiness, but the more eco-friendly projects never seem to get much attention (Sea City included). Hopefully we see more of this and less land reclamation.
Its so nice bro
very positive news from UAE
I am here for the summary intro and the intro music. I love this channel.
WOW... Finally an interesting and intelligent person with good content and links to other creative content by themselves on UA-cam... What are the chances... Thank you for your research, format, content and well put narrative...👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I am amazed for this level of engineering, Congratulations to the Kuwaiti people for having such a forward looking leaders.
HAHA what? if you want forward thinking look at what Norway did with their oil money.
@@L0rd0fLight1 yeah, i love norway, they are fans of environmental protection of their country while happily pollute others. I am praising the engineering in this case, norway Is just a financial Solution.
@@recarras No you weren't, you were praising their leaders. Just a financial solution? What Norway is doing is far more impressive and shows what a government priorities should be.
@@L0rd0fLight1 i Guess i should elaborate to make myself clear: the engineering Solution it's environmentally friendly AND that's More impresive that what has Been done in Dubai. Also requires a Lot of leadership to handle and to choose working that way, that kind of engineering Is by itself exportable to other countries . I keep AN eye if you are talking to me something related to norwegian engineering.
@@L0rd0fLight1 You are talking about the oil fund, i guess. That a financial approach of the solution. You are comparing Kuwait, a developing nation, with Norway, an already developed nation. I dont understand your game there, you are downgrading Norway that its only comparable with kuwait for: Being a kingdom, being a producer of oil and gas. My issue with norway is the fake morality of their leadership: despite trying to put themselves as an environmental leader, their progress is related to pollute with more oil and gas (they barely offer other companies to the world) in the other to producing norwegian (fish /salmon) they have protested to a lot of regulations related to production because they own the biggest companies of salmon in Argentina and Chile, where they pollute in a way that they can show in the north sea. So no, dont compare kuwait with norway please, dont shame yourself.
If more countries use Kuwait's style of expanding space, it would not only help the environment, but the sand dug up could be used to alleviate the sand shortage, and as such, countries that dig up the sand, which would be those that are largely made op of dessert (mostly African counties), could export the sand and boost their economy, (Not sure if the sand sand is the same sand that there's such as shortage of)
river sand which is in shortage is different from desert sand, desert sand have zero uses currently.
the difference is in texture, river sand is rough while desert sand is round and fine.
Sand isn't all the same, you cant just grab any bit of sand
Windmills could grind the sand
Saltwater intrusion is huge set back, putting an already vulnerable coastal aquifers into risky situations
Transportation cost feasible?
Ok can we agree that Neo has one of the best intro clips... the maps perfectly syncing with violin
Great content man. Just found your channel and subbed
Doesn't Lagos, Nigeria also have a similar sea suburban expansion...it'd be awesome if you can make a video about that too
But Lagos is doing more like a new city built of new land, whereas Kuwait is losing land for coastline, right?
@@bush.nawaz.t8385 You're correct. Lagos is extending it's coastline via a new city called Eko Atlantic while building channels for water to flow through.
@@Bulkn350 so they are kind of if the Palm Jumeirah and Sea City were combined?
They've been doing that in Florida for almost a century. Waterfront real estate is a huge seller and you can park your boat in back of the house.
Weird given rising sea levels should crash the market
The music used in this video are great. The quality of the work is impressive.
Awesome project, next time I visit Kuwait, I will try to visit this too!
Wow... such a beautiful creation. It's about 8 years I am in kuwait, and I wish one day I will visit khairan InsaAllah. ♥️Kuwait
Cool to see they've learned from the environmental and engineering fails of The Palm
I’m from Kuwait and this is a well made video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Great video!
@neo how does gates opening in high tides and closing allow circulation, isn't that do the opposite and close the circuit?
Amazing video! Incredibly interesting. I am moving to Kuwait in August. It’s refreshing to see how the government are aware of environmental issues. Also very said about the gulf war, which I new little about until I watched this video. Big thanks!
Welcome to Kuwait! Feel free to ask ANY questions
Might I ask why are you moving to Kw? Just curious!
@@jacobparrekar8721 to teach 😊
@@yousto1920 thank you, everyone has been so friendly. I popped out to visit in April. Had the best time 😃
@@KayyWxx Glad you enjoyed Kuwait before the heat!
My late Grandfather P.Kassim was one of the top research engineer who worked on this project while at KISER. He was also invoved in the task to nullify stagnation of water in certain area as explained in the video. God bless him!
Whenever I hear the openign track of yours, it always reminds me of The Expanse!
also, with these channels, it seems like the perfect opportunity to use tidal power if you design special channels to allow for faster currents and power the city without fossil fuels
Fossil fuels are good. They are life that has been out of cycle for to long. Don't fall for the anti carbon religion
I think this is much better and more future proof than Dubai's, tho the development would be much faster if they are more inclusive to different social statuses.
Hay, WoW! I just went through your videos and thier are awesome.
Thank you. Samo - Zürich
Beautifully and well studied choreographed video. Well described.
I wish you would have brought up Cape Coral Florida and Gold Coast Australia they have canals just like this
that is where they got the idea from in the first place. especially dubai has a lot of those canals.
While this is impressive, take a look at the city they are building north of Jahra on Mutla ridge. its amazing watching it go up over the last couple years
What city?? I live hear and didn’t hear of it much
This was a great explanation.
Thanks for bringing back the intro music.
While Kuwait has managed to compensate the nature more efficiently and effectively, Dubai did the opposite!
Both projects are engineering marvel though, I'm not really a fan of Dubai's model. It's not my personal opinion, it's objective.
Indian Engineer here in Kuwait 🇰🇼 🥰🥰 proud to be a part of this amazing nation .
Proud of having amazing people like you 🌹
We proud to have people like you ❤️
Thanks to All of You 💞
expats aren't a part of any nation. welcome though
@@Ufor332 I didn't mean like that . 😕 .
Very good presentation of an interesting project. Well done!
Good stuff. Thanks.
First time hearing about kuwait's project! We often hear about dubai's artifical islands more right? I think digging channel into the inland are more interesting than dubai's land reclamation. Sad that it both seems to be made for the rich only tho
Well we made them rich. What did you expect? Coastline for the poor? There are no poor in Kuwait except by those who choose it or who do not have Kuwait ancestry. Because even being born in Kuwait does not make one entitled to be a recognized citizen. You require a Kuwait male in your family history. Or... a lot of money from another country if you should ever consider living along a coastline.
This city idea i can get behind. But it would be better with more Transit on rail, actual small boats and making it even bigger. „Greening“ the dessert through evaporation
A shame that the Gulf War made the project more difficult financially. And Dubai robbing the publicity it deserves.
Nice work!
Great video
Take inspiration from where I live, Cape Coral, FL. All the waterways you see on GPS are man made canals.
50 years from now people on the internet will say aliens built this
Neo your intro is so tuff 🔥🔥🔥
Great content :)
Would the increased channels for water to flow through mean more surface area for evaporation and potentially creating a wetter microclimate?
Awesome benefit
probably not enough evaporation
I'm wondering that too. It'll be awesome if they pull that off!
@@TomarBoroDada there'll probably be evaporation, the question is if the moisture will stick around.
As a Kuwaiti, most of us see Khiran as a place for private chalets/summer houses more than a city, Families usually own a house next to Kuwait city and own a chalet in Khiran for summer. Tbh I’ve never thought of it as a city..
Yeah, accurate
Very cool video!
Amazing are these ambitious developments !, In the future, gulf countries may make a common air-conditioned dome to tame climate too..⭐⭐Thanks for the wonderful video
can you imagine if they had chosen to do this in Shuwaikh instead?!? Kuwait would look totally different today.
Good for them
Great video.
A small country with a lot things to do proud of my country 💙