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BDP Wins Kuwait Masterplan
BDP has successfully bid for a transport and planning framework masterplan for the Salmiya district of
Kuwait City; the formal signing of the 14 month contract, with a value in excess of £2m, took place in
January 2011.
Salmiya district is an existing urbanised area on the Gulf Coast of approximately 20 sq km. Growing congestion, pressures for redevelopment and a recognition of the existing poor quality of place have led theKuwait Municipality to commission this work which will set in place the infrastructure, planning and design guidelines to enable the transformation of the district over the next 15 years. BDP has been challenged to create a sustainable masterplan for Salmiya district to keep it car-friendly, but also flexible for future growth. This will include more strategic siting of any new public works such as schools, universities and hospitals in relation to residential zones, plans for improved public transport provision, and better all-round pedestrian access to Salmiya’s shops and civic amenities.
Francis Glare, BDP’s head of urbanism said “We would like to acknowledge the importance of thecollaboration with our local consultants OBD and their contribution to the winning of this project. We believe this will be a growing area of work for us, as a new place-making approach starts to be applied to firstgeneration Middle Eastern cities. The BDP approach is particularly relevant to the cities and societies of the Middle East as they move on from North American driven models of city planning dominated by traffic
engineering.”
In addition the BDP-led Salmiya masterplan will work in harmony with the third Kuwait masterplan known as3KMP. The 3KMP is an umbrella development strategy for the whole of Kuwait which is designed to help cope with the intensive economic and population growth anticipated in the region over the next 20 years.BDP is exhibiting at Cityscape Abu Dhabi 2011 from 17th -20th of April at 5B01
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For further information, please contact
Anindita Chatterjee
BDP
+971 2 627 6033
www.bdp.com