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Urban Oasis / X-Architects

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Jul 2009
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Dubai based X-Architects recently unveiled the Urban Oasis, their latest sustainable master plan for .  The 12-hectare urban development was conceived as a “micro-specific, compact, and passive sustainable urban oasis.”  Inspired by the existing natural environment and the traditional dense urban fabric of Islamic cities, the master plan develops an “environmental synergy between landscape and urbanity.”
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