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A blurb on the project website sums up its the vast scope:
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"_In its essence, Saadiyat is a multi-faceted island destination offering a great variety of attractions to many different people. A buzzing business hub for international commerce; a relaxed waterfront home for residents; a cultural magnet for arts aficionados; the home of dazzling architectural icons; a pristine beachfront tourism destination and a focal point for compelling sporting experiences, such as the Gulf's first tidal and ocean golf courses. It will also be the only place in the |
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_ world to house architecture designed by five individual Pritzker prize winners. Saadiyat will be an irresistible magnet attracting the world to Abu Dhabi -- and taking Abu Dhabi to the world."_ \[3\] !master-plan-district_490.jpg|border=1,width=455,height=228! !2_291447GUGGENHEIM_ABU_DHABI_IMAGE_17.jpg|border=1,width=327,height=229! |
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It seems that Abu Dhabi is trying to recreate the Guggenheim effect to the extreme. It is described as the "world's largest single arts-and-culture development project in recent memory" \[4\]. The cultural district will boast not only a new Guggenheim, but also a New Louvre. It will not only have designs by Gehry, but by other starchitects including Zaha Hadid, Jean Nouvel, and Tadao Ando \[3\]. |
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