The world's first `vertical city` will be in the middle of the desert
<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArabiaWeather.com- The Sahara Desert, in its Moroccan part, will witness the construction of the first "vertical city", designed by experts from the French companies "Exo" and "Nicolas Layzen", with a height of 450 meters.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">The designers believe that they can implement the project within 10 years if the local authorities approve it and put the financial credit for it.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">The city's unique design will be in the form of a sand tower, as if cut from a rock in the middle of the Moroccan desert, in response to the climatic conditions in the region.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">This tower includes residential apartments, a hotel, shops, departments, a weather observatory, a heliport, a museum, a revolving restaurant, playgrounds and other necessary facilities.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">Surrounded by streets inspired by ancient roads, the city will be wrapped in vertical gardens of 77 hectares and will be powered by both solar and geothermal energy.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">As for the water, it will be collected in the building and distributed inside and around it according to the recycling system, according to Russia Today.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height: 1.6em;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/city1_1.jpg" style="width: 639px; height: 421px;" /></span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>See more:</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong style="line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.arabiaweather.com/content/بالصور-شاهد-أجمل-الأماكن-لممارسة-رياضة-المشي">In pictures: See the most beautiful places for walking and climbing</a></strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="http://www.arabiaweather.com/content/بالصور-جزيرة-يورا-من-اجمل-الجزر-الإستوائية-في-العالم"><strong style="line-height: 1.6em;">Pictures: Eura Island is one of the most beautiful tropical islands in the world</strong></a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="http://www.arabiaweather.com/content/بالصور-شاهد-أجمل-وأغرب-الكهوف-المائية-في-العالم" style="line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style="line-height: 1.6em;">In pictures: See the most beautiful and strange water caves in the world</strong></a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>
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