Falcon City of Wonders

The Falcon City of Wonders is a large construction project in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The approximately 7 square kilometers covering urbanization is part of the larger complex Dubailand and will be reflected as an identifying the seven ancient wonders of the world, as well as some more modern buildings such as the Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal in nearly realistic replica.

Framed are the wonders of the world copies of each relatively small replicas of the respective city landscapes that New York ( with skyscrapers in the " Central Park " ), London ( with Big Ben ), Venice ( with cable channels), Paris ( with Eiffel Tower ), Rome ( with Colosseum ), Pisa ( with leaning tower ), Beirut, Babylon ( Hanging Gardens of Semiramis ) and Alt- Dubai ( Shindagha ) quote. As a screening of the living areas to the 36.6 -acre theme park will have a length of 1700 meters, the " Great Wall " summoned in original size.

The building is viewed from high altitudes or space in the form of a flying falcon. The planned in the center of the Eiffel Tower replica will be used as a hotel by barely visible glass panels are inserted into the supporting metal structure. This building will even surpass the original Eiffel Tower ( 300 meters high) to a few meters. Some other replicas are not empty, but are used in the interior, so that often only the outer shape appears. The wonder of the world are usually placed in the tail region of the Hawk, while the body and the wings of the bird are formed from modern villa settlements. At the head of urbanization a spectacular shopping center will again be the " Falcon City Mall ", which should be easily accessible from all sides. True to style, the management of Falcon City will be set up in one of the smaller pyramids of Giza, while the modern Great Pyramid of Cheops is being touted as the world's largest pyramid.

The project is executed by the Falcon City of Wonders Company, financed by local businessman Salem al Moosa. The approximate preliminary investment of the project amounts to the equivalent of one billion euros. The original idea was developed in Berlin / Potsdam of the group of people Baschynsky, Heuke, and Farman. Involved in the planning agreement the BBZ were gGmbH / Kreuzberg district, the German civil engineering and architecture firm Farman. With planning for the Emirate of Fujairah, was begun in 2001. The Emirate of Dubai then pulled the "Falcon Project" to Dubai without the group to participate in the project. Construction began in 2008 and were reinstated the following year due to the global financial crisis. However, should the entire Falcon City of Wonders - be without this completed only in 2020 - in contrast to the usual fast project implementation in Dubai.