Another reference can be found in the Italian collective
Superstudio and its 1972 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, which showed a series of images of massive structures superimposed on famous natural places such as New York City itself, as a protest against contemporary architectural trends. . The structures Superstudio created had smooth, sealed facades that resemble the mirrors in “The Line” as envisioned by the Saudis. Render Source: NEOM Less recent but more ours is the Linear City project by the prestigious Spanish urban planner, builder, geometer and journalist Arturo Soria, who already in the 19th century alluded to the fact that “all other forms of urbanization derive from the problem of locomotion.” He also bet that "the city will lean more and more towards the linear form (...) where you see tortuous lines, dead ends or narrow streets you can assure that this is the image of an aging, poor and refractory city."
It is more than likely that the presentation of “The Line” has impressed some investors, but the truth is that it also provokes rejection among researchers who have witnessed other visions of this type throughout the 20th century. Theline2 Source: NEOM For example, for his doctoral Cell Phone Number List thesis at MIT, architect and researcher Eliyahu Keller cites Oscar Newman's Underground City Lower Manhattan from 1969 or designs by the unconventional architect Lebbeus Woods. Both are examples of architects who created extreme images of the future, of society and of the role of architecture, whose plans never materialized: "these projects were not thought of in terms of construction, but of ideas." "The Saudis present a kind of science fiction mishmash: 'Black Mirror' with touches of 'Blade Runner' and with abundant references to experimental architectural projects designed throughout the 20th century," Keller says of “The Line.”
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"I don't think the Saudis understand how problematic their proposal is, and they are ignoring the significant and very serious issues at the heart of the project." According to him, behind it is a blind faith in the power of technology to solve the problems of humanity. Theline3 Source: NEOM They are images that fit the popular conception of what the future should be like: shiny, bright, full of neon. "They don't even raise the question of why they should go to that place, to the desert, what kind of community is supposed to be there... Or what kind of government there will be and who will build this crazy project," he adds. A year and a half ago, Israeli columnist Zvi Bar'el wrote that “the Saudi kingdom was struggling to find work for its many unemployed citizens” and more than 60 newly built skyscrapers in central Riyadh remained empty, as investors Foreigners “were not going to rush to finance the country's development.” Perhaps instead of building a city with features like “The Line” from scratch, more efforts and resources should be devoted to figuring out how to transform overcrowded cities around the world into cleaner, future-proof cities in the short term.
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