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Urban Renewal | re:kuwait
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Urban Analysis and Solutions. A study of urban renewal projects and potential. Exercises in understanding urban modalities that are feasible in Kuwait’s sociological framework and extreme climatic conditions. This page is currently only a placeholder and will be greatly expanded in due time. Thanks for the patience]. Wrote something about the new elevated highways they're building and how they won't fix a thing: rekuwait.wordpress.com/2015/05/21/242. Can someone please explain this thing to me?
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Architecture | re:kuwait
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Urban Analysis and Solutions. A study of the Kuwaiti vernacular and the modern interpretations of a courtyard house. Criticisms of the failed attempts at forcing an extroverted model home when it conflicts so fundamentally with our need for privacy. This page is currently only a placeholder and will be greatly expanded in due time. Thanks for the patience]. Can someone please explain this thing to me? I don’t get it. http:/ t.co/EzAe4JiNYy. Mohammad on 242.4 Million KD. Reem on 242.4 Million KD.
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242.4 Million KD | re:kuwait
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Urban Analysis and Solutions. Posted by: Barrak Al-Babtain. May 21, 2015. Cities are learning the lessons. Of the 20th century and removing urban freeways. Building more roads is not the answer, as it actually makes traffic worse. For the project claims that the main objective is to:. Segregate between bypass traffic and local traffic flow. Increase the Jamal Abdul Nasser Highway capacity thereby minimizing traffic congestion and reducing accidents. Meet future traffic demands. Traffic flow would pour in...
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Neighborhood | re:kuwait
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Urban Analysis and Solutions. A study of the social, religious and tribal factors that inform the urban realities of Kuwait. What are the reasons behind the cloistered and segregated identities of many of Kuwait’s residential neighborhoods? Are there many differences between our existing state of being and the immigrant neighborhoods of major cities such as New York and Paris? The design of neighborhoods can be defined by thirteen elements:. 3 There are a variety of dwelling types usually houses, rowhous...
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Traffic | re:kuwait
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Urban Analysis and Solutions. Kuwait, along with most developing nations, has seen its growth restricted by crippling traffic jams. As with other major problems in Kuwait, it has been worsening exponentially because of a total lack of planning and forethought. We at re:kuwait will not wait any longer and are proposing our own solutions. At the heart of it, the problem is simple. There are too many cars on the road. 1: Abolish the fuel subsidy. Kuwait sells gasoline to the gas stations at a much lower pri...
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Hidden Taxes in Kuwait | re:kuwait
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Urban Analysis and Solutions. Posted by: Barrak Al-Babtain. November 13, 2012. Hidden Taxes in Kuwait. There’s a difference between pride and patriotism. People keep asking for more handouts and assume that we don’t pay any taxes in Kuwait. Sure, our salaries and income isn’t literally taxed, but we pay for our political and social dysfunction in other ways. When regulations aren’t enforced and food is tainted, buildings overdeveloped and stocks manipulated. We pay a. To achieve their dreams. Enter your ...
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Jaber Bridge | re:kuwait
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Urban Analysis and Solutions. Posted by: Barrak Al-Babtain. November 24, 2012. If the total journey is less that it would be to take the longer detour around the city and the bay. It might seem like the bridge will save about 20 minutes or so from every journey but in order to do so there will be more traffic in the city as a result, having paid KD20 million for each kilometer. The project will be a national disaster. Laquo; Hidden Taxes in Kuwait. The lines you’ve drawn and used to measure the dis...
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Is It Hot Outside? | re:kuwait
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Urban Analysis and Solutions. Posted by: Barrak Al-Babtain. July 8, 2012. Is It Hot Outside? It feels so good inside ourselves we don’t want to move.*. Obesity has been linked. By some with the constant use of central air conditioning. I’m not sure i’d go that far, but it does help us maintain a comfortable sedentary existence which is generally the cause of a lot of our health problems as a society. Comfort is killing us. How would you stop the cold air from escaping? Laquo; A Gaze onto the City. Change...
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SAM Street | re:kuwait
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Urban Analysis and Solutions. Salem alMubarak Street has the potential to become (once again) an integral urban element of Kuwait. What would happen if we simply remove the street? How would a pedestrian promenade work? Please be sure to read through Tom’s excellent post. On the subject at Kuwait School. The western entrance to SAM street, from the 4th ring road. The image above is of one of the courtyards behind the buildings along SAM street. My HDR software went crazy and tried be an impressionist...
