Top 7 most famous artificial islands in the world

Palm Jumeirah in Dubai is the largest artificial archipelago in the world including 3 islands, Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali and Palm Deira. Built by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum to enhance tourism development for Dubai. Each settlement will be in the shape of a palm tree surrounded by a crescent-shaped arc and will have various recreational and residential areas on it. The islands lie off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf and will add 520km of beaches to Dubai.

The first two islands will consist of about 100 m³ of rock and sand. Palm Deira will include 1 million m³ of rock and sand. All materials are locally mined. Between the 3 islands are more than 100 luxury hotels, villas, exclusive beachfront residential apartments, piers, amusement parks, shopping malls, sports and fitness areas. Construction of Palm Jumeira started in June 6. Soon after, it was announced to build Palm Jebel Ali and start filling the sea. In 2001, the construction plan of Palm Deira was announced and expected to be completed in 2004-10 years.

In 2012, the Spanish Royal team Real Madrid announced the construction of a $1 billion resort project in the UEA. For the unique location of this resort, the club Real Madrid built an artificial archipelago to house the resort.

Here, there will be two hotels and many luxury villas, a beachfront stadium with a capacity of 10000 people, a marina and a high-tech museum to display the team’s achievements. shadow. This 430.000 square meter project was designed by Boils and built in partnership with the UEA government. In 2013, this project was suspended due to lack of funding but was resumed in 2015.

Peberholm is a Danish man-made island located in the Øresund Strait, south of Saltholm. The island is about 4 km long and has an area of ​​3 km2. Peberholm Island was built in 1995[1] as part of the overall construction of the Øresund bridge between Denmark and Sweden. Specifically, the island of Peberholm is the link between the Øresund tunnel in the west and the high bridge in the east. The island is made up of soil, sand, rocks… that were dug up when making tunnels and footbridges, including 1,6 million tons of soil – rock plus 6 million m3 of sand.

First name Peberholm (Pepper Island) was coined according to the comparison with the name Saltholm island (Salt island) given by readers in a naming contest of the daily Politiken (Denmark). There is a train station on the island with a transversal for trains to change from one track to another. The transfer of trains from Sweden to Denmark takes place at the station boundary on the western side of the island of Peberholm. The Swedish and Danish train signals are connected so that the transfer is not obstructed and the train does not have to stop. People do not plant plants on the island but let them grow on their own. In 2007, the Lund Botanical Society discovered 454 different types of plants on the island.

Global warming is a real threat to the Republic of Maldives, a tropical paradise in the Indian Ocean. This is the reason why Hulhumale . artificial island born. Located not far from the capital Male, Hulhumale is a huge project that was started in 1997 with an estimated cost of hundreds of millions of USD, divided into 3 phases and will be completed in 2020.

The Maldives government hopes this artificial island will welcome about 45.000 people to live in the next 15 years. About 1.500 people are living on the first settlement on this 188-hectare island. Area of Hulhumale equivalent to Male Island and will more than double once its second part begins construction early next decade. With an altitude of 2m above sea level, the island will be home to about 50.000 people in 2020 and 40 years after the whole construction is completed, the island will be enough for 153.000 people, or more than half. the current population of the Maldives.

However, the traffic between Hulhumale island and Male is still very difficult, must use ferry or boat to move. Although there are not many forms of entertainment here, the new residents are quite satisfied that they have escaped from the crowded traffic and noisy life in Male.

About 350m from the coast of Doha, Qatar in West Bay Lagoon, Pearl artificial island is Qatar’s first international real estate investment project. The Pearl is a high-class luxury residential area designed, built and developed on an artificial island with an area of ​​​​4 square kilometers on a 32km stretch of wasteland by the coast. The overall pearl of Qatar (Pearl – Qatar) is high-class villas, dozens of high-rise apartments and hundreds of houses. There are also many unique and luxurious hotels, expensive and luxurious shops and restaurants.

After finishing, The Pearl will create more than 32 km of new coastline, for residential use with a projected 18.831 housing and 45.000 residents in 2018. Developed by United Development Company and planned by architecture and design firm Callison, the island is located 350 meters off the coast of West Bay Lagoon. In 2004, when the project was first revealed, the initial cost to build the island was $2,5 billion. It is currently believed that the project will cost $15 billion upon completion.

No Man’s Land Fort was built between 1867 and 1880, on a man-made island off the coast of England. This fortress was built at the request of British Prime Minister Lord Palmerston to resist the invasion of the French navy. When built, the fortress cost about 620.000 USD, equivalent to 63 million USD today. In 1967, the fort ended its military mission and was abandoned.

Now the fortress has been acquired by Amazing Venues and built a luxury hotel for the rich. The hotel includes 23 bedrooms, a rooftop hot tub, a bar, restaurant, spa, 2 helipads and a lighthouse. The fort is located about 2km from the Isle of Wight, accessible by helicopter or boat.

Kansai International Airport is a work designed by architect Renzo Piano and built on an artificial island in the middle of Osaka Bay. The island’s area is 511 hectares, located on Osaka Bay 5km from the mainland, rectangular in shape and viewed from the top like an aircraft carrier. It took Japan 20 years and 1500 billion yen to complete the island creation and airport construction. In particular, the completion of the artificial island cost 550 million yen and took 6 years. After that, people started to build Kansai airport. The design project of Italian architect Renzo Piano was chosen because of the advantage that the entire airport building has almost no concrete but consists of stainless steel braces fitted with stained glass.

Initially, the new airport was planned to be built near Kobe, but the Kobe government did not accept that plan, so the new airport had to move the construction site to the south of Osaka Bay. At this location, the new airport can open 24 hours a day unlike the old airport located in the city. The current, Kansai has become an international hub, the number of flights per week to Asia and Australia is nearly 800, 59 flights to Europe and 80 flights to North America.