The Line
In Saudi Arabia, NEOM are building a futuristic new city: The Line. It will consist of two unbroken rows of skyscrapers, with nine million people expected to live inside.
In our time of looming ecological disaster, radical minds are needed to rethink the way we live. In Saudi Arabia, NEOM are building a futuristic new city: The Line.
The Line will consist of two gigantic, unbroken rows of skyscrapers, with living space in-between. Nicknamed 'the groundscraper', The Line is planned to be taller than any building in Europe, Africa or Latin America - and ten times denser than Manhattan, with nine million people expected to live inside.
It's the most audacious innovation in urban planning in over a century - but the project isn't without controversy.
What will it take to build utopia? Is it even possible? And if it is - are the sacrifices worth it?
We meet the architects behind The Line, and take a journey to the city of the future.
Producer: Alice McKee
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