Dubai summit cable car
The Dubai Summit project, developed by DEWA
(Dubai Electricity and Water Authority) together with
EDF Ingénierie and Groupe-6 architectes has just been
announced by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
Al Maktoum, as the backbone of the Hatta development
plan.
This new, programmatically mixed project integrates,
among other things, a cable transport line connecting three
stations, a hotel nestled in the mountains and a cultural
space celebrating the local natural and archaeological
heritage. The construction will underline the hydroelectric
storage plant constructed by DEWA with the assistance of
EDF France as both lakes will be overflown by the cable
car.
This plant will store solar power during the day and
release it at night, hence participating to the growing use
of renewable energy for the Emirate. As a crown on the
Al Nesoor peak, the cable-car station will host a “refuge”
hotel and a sky-bar and viewing platform suspended over
the void. The essence of this project will be to encourage
visitors to connect with the spectacular landscape, the
unique nature and deep calm found in this remote and
undiscovered part of Dubai.
Team
Directors
Project leader
Loïc Rion
Team
Blandine Rançon, Simon Leibe, Caroline Paul, Charlotte Burguière, Adrien Jacques le Seigneur, Sandrine Rey, Vincent Orthlieb, Myriam Dana, Orlando Corso, Etienne Sigros, Willy Bunod, Christine Guillas, Amandine Bey-Rozet, Sandrine Pieck, Guillaume Autret, Anaïs Durcret, Antonin Contesse, Bastien Peyrot, Rosalia Damiani.