
Cityscape Global 2025, Riyadh – Developers Dancing, Government Happily Smiling
Cityscape Global 2025 in Riyadh felt different this year — not less ambitious, not less glittering, but certainly more grounded.
For two years, I worked in a team with great colleagues on a planned city extension for the Greater Accra Region in Ningo Prampram. When completed, it can house 1.5 million people. But what means completed? And – what is the role of a western planner in the development of an African city? I chose to avoid discussions of form and look and focus on what infrastructures a city needs to be functional and resilient.
The international new town day. organized by the International New Town Institute INTI was the first occasion to show this.

Cityscape Global 2025 in Riyadh felt different this year — not less ambitious, not less glittering, but certainly more grounded.

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This week, I had the pleasure of attending the opening

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Currently, I am preparing a lecture series which will look