The first ever comprehensive scale model of Abu Dhabi’s urban landscape, as envisioned in Plan Capital 2030, was first unveiled in 2010 within the Vision 2030 Experience Centre. The UPC’s stand, now in use for the fourth consecutive year, was strategically designed as a modular platform which evolves each year in line with the progress made across the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council’s (UPC) projects, and the implementation phases of its new initiatives.
In this respect, the Vision 2030 Experience Centre not only showcases the UPC’s role as the Emirate’s strategic planning agency, but it clearly highlights the year-on-year progress made in building on the Emirate’s foundations in line with Leadership’s long-term development vision.

Capital 2030 Model:

Measuring 23 x 17 metres, the model brings together, in one format, the various components of the Plan Capital 2030 Urban Structure Framework Plan for one of the world’s most ambitious urban development projects.

"Our stand is designed to share the grand vision of our wise leaders with the people of Abu Dhabi, and indeed with the rest of the world. It is a visible demonstration of our commitment to deliver what we foresaw when our initial framework plan (Capital 2030) was unveiled back in 2007. Our living, breathing model is constantly updated to reflect progress on the ground and serves as a communication and promotional platform for the UPC and the many stakeholders that we work with in the creation of our plans," said H.E Falah Al Ahbabi, General Manager, UPC.

"It is with this objective in mind that we have created such a model because it acts as such an effective visualisation tool for the public to really understand how the various pieces of the

Capital 2030 ’puzzle’ seamlessly interact, relate and blend with each other to provide a truly unique living experience for future residents and visitors alike," Al Ahbabi added.

"Complete Sustainable Communities" Interactive Platfoms:

This year, the Plan Capital 2030 model is surrounded by a variety of digital interactive tools which will enable visitors to have a greater insight into the framework plans that span the Emirate and understand how the UPC is planning ’Complete Sustainable Communities’ (CSC) the latest UPC initiative to show how new communities are being planned and existing communities revitalised to meet the needs of current and future generations. A series of overarching principles have been created to guide the development of Complete Sustainable Communities. To provide visitors with a clear insight into how these communities will look across the Emirate, seven dedicated ’infopods’, which are located around the Capital 2030 model, have been designed. The new devices illustrate the eight guiding principles of CSCs and the suite of regulations, policies, and manuals that the UPC has produced in order to plan CSCs. The CSC infopods encapsulate the constitutive components of best practice community planning and promote the UPC’s long-term strategy for addressing specific community requirements. To offer visitors an opportunity to immerse themselves in the CSC concept, the UPC has developed its own fly-through screen, combining cutting-edge software technology with best practice sustainable planning enable them to ’fly around’ using a control pad to see exactly what the components of Complete Sustainable Communities are and understand how the components complement and combine with each other.

Estidama Statistics Center:

At the heart of the CSC initiative lies ’Estidama, the UPC’s sustainability programme, which is based on four equal pillars: Environment, Society, Culture and Economy. This ensures a truly balanced approach to sustainability planning bringing long-term benefits without sacrificing the Emirate’s natural environment and unique culture. Two interactive kiosks are dedicated to Estidama on the mezzanine floor of the Centre, which will give visitors a clear perspective of the full range of initiatives that will transform Abu Dhabi into a world-class sustainable capital city. Visitors can learn new information about the Pearl Rating System; and more specifically, the Community, Buildings and Villa Rating Systems. The kiosk highlights a number of flagship projects around the Emirate that have received a Pearl Rating and demonstrates a range of changes that residents can make to their own villa, or consider if building a new villa, to improve its sustainability standards. On April 17th, Estidama will unveil its new Pearl Operational Rating System, presented as a guidance tool to ensure that for buildings and their systems, the operational energy, performance and efficiencies are monitored, controlled and maintained in relation to Estidama requirements. The ultimate aim is to refine the building lifecycle - from design and construction, through to operation. In addition, the Estidama team will also launch its new ’Estidama Statistics Centre’ to put the many statistics, from the number of ratings to the amount of GFA that has been rated, into context and demonstrate the positive impact of the PRS and its midterm return on investment ratios.

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