#PROJECT: LYON-DUBAI CITY

helghast · January 4th, 2008, 08:05 PM

LYON, France (AFP) — After Abu Dhabi's deal for its own Louvre museum, Dubai is also going for the French touch with plans to build its version of Lyon, complete with cafes, cinemas and schools, according to Lyon officials.

Due to be completed by 2012, the project is the brainchild of a Dubai entrepreneur who fell in love with Lyon, one of the France's three biggest cities, after travelling there as part of plans for a French-language university in Dubai in partnership with Lyon-2 university.

Buti Saeed Al Gandhi, who heads investment capital firm Emivest, is expected to sign a draft accord next week between the French city and Dubai.

He wants to extend the university project into a huge district named Lyon-Dubai City that will be graced with public squares, restaurants, outdoor cafes and museums, and play host to the same gastronomic, cultural, sporting and economic institutions found in the French urban hub.

"We're not going to just copy the buildings and make a type of Lyon decor, but reinstitute the city's atmosphere with boutiques and cultural places in the heart of the city, transport, a social mix, streets and lanes," said urban specialist Jean-Paul Lebas, who is working on the project.

"The city will be organised on European lines so that in a bistrot there you will find the same atmosphere as in a bistrot in Lyon," he added.

Thierry Valentin, deputy president of Lyon-2 University, said the new city, which will be about the size of the Latin Quarter in Paris, would be "a small city with the accent on the best of French culture, and particularly Lyon culture."

Besides housing, offices and hotels, Lyon-Dubai City will house a hotel school run by famed chef Paul Bocuse's institute, a French-language university offering masters in fashion, international law and economics, subsidiaries of Lyon's main museums, a cinematheque and a football training centre run by the Olympique Lyonnais.

The 300-400 hectare (741-988 acre) scheme, estimated at 500 million euros (740 million dollars), will be located either in an urban area near the Burj Dubai tower or in the desert near the emirate's planned second international airport.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5...mNOHDOkDp02hVw

Julito-dubai · January 4th, 2008, 08:08 PM

sounds great, but i somehow have the feeling this project doesn't fit with the usual projects in Dubai....

smussuw · January 4th, 2008, 08:42 PM

shouldnt they modernize the old downtown in deira and bur Dubai instead?

DUBAI · January 5th, 2008, 03:41 AM

How tacky...

Dubai_Steve · January 5th, 2008, 03:56 AM

The project, due to be completed in 2012, is being driven by businessman Saeed Al Gandhi who fell in love with France’s third biggest city after a visit to draw up plans for a French-language university in Dubai in partnership with the Lyon-2 campus.

He is due to sign a draft deal for the 500 million euro project next week with the city of Lyon.

Lyon-Dubai City, as the new area will be known, will contain public squares, restaurants, outdoor cafes and museums.

All the original Lyon’s gastronomic, cultural, sporting and economic institutions will be painstakingly replicated.

"The city will be organised on European lines so that in a bistrot there you will find the same atmosphere as in a bistrot in Lyon,” said urban specialist Jean-Paul Lebas, who is working on the project.

It is not clear whether the French smoking ban, in force since Jan 2, will be extended to the Dubai bistrots.

Thierry Valentin, deputy president of Lyon-2 University, said the new city, which will be about the size of the Latin Quarter in Paris, would be “a small city with the accent on the best of French culture, and particularly Lyon culture.”

Lyon-Dubai City will house a hotel school run by the institute of feted Lyon chef Paul Bocuse and a football training centre run by the Olympique Lyonnais team.

The Dubai project follows a multimillion pound deal last year in another Arab emirate, Abu Dhabi, to build an outpost of the Louvre museum, called Abu Dhabi Louvre .

THE DUBAI GUYS · January 5th, 2008, 07:00 AM

http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9j8eux...e-3cd7efd.html

Dubai to get its own French city
AFP
AFP - Friday, January 4 02:57 pm

LYON, France (AFP) - After Abu Dhabi's deal for its own Louvre museum, Dubai is also going for the French touch with plans to build its version of Lyon, complete with cafes, cinemas and schools, according to Lyon officials.
(Advertisement)

Due to be completed by 2012, the project is the brainchild of a Dubai entrepreneur who fell in love with Lyon, one of the France's three biggest cities, after travelling there as part of plans for a French-language university in Dubai in partnership with Lyon-2 university.

Buti Saeed Al Gandhi, who heads investment capital firm Emivest, is expected to sign a draft accord next week between the French city and Dubai.

He wants to extend the university project into a huge district named Lyon-Dubai City that will be graced with public squares, restaurants, outdoor cafes and museums, and play host to the same gastronomic, cultural, sporting and economic institutions found in the French urban hub.

"We're not going to just copy the buildings and make a type of Lyon decor, but reinstitute the city's atmosphere with boutiques and cultural places in the heart of the city, transport, a social mix, streets and lanes," said urban specialist Jean-Paul Lebas, who is working on the project.

"The city will be organised on European lines so that in a bistrot there you will find the same atmosphere as in a bistrot in Lyon," he added.

Thierry Valentin, deputy president of Lyon-2 University, said the new city, which will be about the size of the Latin Quarter in Paris, would be "a small city with the accent on the best of French culture, and particularly Lyon culture."

Besides housing, offices and hotels, Lyon-Dubai City will house a hotel school run by famed chef Paul Bocuse's institute, a French-language university offering masters in fashion, international law and economics, subsidiaries of Lyon's main museums, a cinematheque and a football training centre run by the Olympique Lyonnais.

The 300-400 hectare (741-988 acre) scheme, estimated at 500 million euros (740 million dollars), will be located either in an urban area near the Burj Dubai tower or in the desert near the emirate's planned second international airport.

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liamC · January 5th, 2008, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by DUBAI

How tacky...

Tacky? Dubai? Same sentence? Surely not.

Krazy · January 5th, 2008, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by DUBAI

How tacky...

rather... How Dubai

BinDubai · January 5th, 2008, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Krazy

rather... How Dubai

oh plz Mr Royal

DUBAI · January 5th, 2008, 03:18 PM

what a random city to copy. hopefully this will get booted to abu dhabi with the ferrari theme park and other projects which cross the line of taste.

Naz UK · January 5th, 2008, 06:37 PM

Due to be completed by 2012.

Why don't they build "Rome" in Dubai? Then we can truly mess up the phrase "Rome wasn't built in a day".

Dubai_Steve · January 5th, 2008, 08:40 PM

The will already have the coliseum at Falcon City

all they need now is a Pope for the Vatican, any one want to offer their services ?

***AltinD*** · January 5th, 2008, 09:03 PM

What the heck is this.

Dubai_Steve · January 5th, 2008, 09:40 PM

Lyon

***AltinD*** · January 5th, 2008, 10:19 PM

Will the churches with the massive crosses on top, replicated too?

Naz UK · January 5th, 2008, 10:24 PM

Why? What's wrong with the Burj Al Arab?

***AltinD*** · January 6th, 2008, 12:04 AM

There's no minister preaching and an altar ...

***AltinD*** · January 6th, 2008, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Dubai_Steve

The will already have the coliseum at Falcon City

all they need now is a Pope for the Vatican, any one want to offer their services ?

Isn't the current Pope German ... Bavarian to be more precise, wearing white and a tall hat "at work"?

... I think I know who'd be the right candidate.

Dubai_Steve · January 6th, 2008, 12:49 AM

Yes good choice

***AltinD*** · January 6th, 2008, 01:02 AM

And the Burj Al Arab on the background to keep Naz happy.

January 4th, 2008, 08:05 PM	#1
helghast 829.84m / 2,722ft Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,424 Likes (Received): 0	Dubai to get its own French city LYON, France (AFP) — After Abu Dhabi's deal for its own Louvre museum, Dubai is also going for the French touch with plans to build its version of Lyon, complete with cafes, cinemas and schools, according to Lyon officials. Due to be completed by 2012, the project is the brainchild of a Dubai entrepreneur who fell in love with Lyon, one of the France's three biggest cities, after travelling there as part of plans for a French-language university in Dubai in partnership with Lyon-2 university. Buti Saeed Al Gandhi, who heads investment capital firm Emivest, is expected to sign a draft accord next week between the French city and Dubai. He wants to extend the university project into a huge district named Lyon-Dubai City that will be graced with public squares, restaurants, outdoor cafes and museums, and play host to the same gastronomic, cultural, sporting and economic institutions found in the French urban hub. "We're not going to just copy the buildings and make a type of Lyon decor, but reinstitute the city's atmosphere with boutiques and cultural places in the heart of the city, transport, a social mix, streets and lanes," said urban specialist Jean-Paul Lebas, who is working on the project. "The city will be organised on European lines so that in a bistrot there you will find the same atmosphere as in a bistrot in Lyon," he added. Thierry Valentin, deputy president of Lyon-2 University, said the new city, which will be about the size of the Latin Quarter in Paris, would be "a small city with the accent on the best of French culture, and particularly Lyon culture." Besides housing, offices and hotels, Lyon-Dubai City will house a hotel school run by famed chef Paul Bocuse's institute, a French-language university offering masters in fashion, international law and economics, subsidiaries of Lyon's main museums, a cinematheque and a football training centre run by the Olympique Lyonnais. The 300-400 hectare (741-988 acre) scheme, estimated at 500 million euros (740 million dollars), will be located either in an urban area near the Burj Dubai tower or in the desert near the emirate's planned second international airport. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5...mNOHDOkDp02hVw __________________ "If you put the empire state building on top of the Sears Tower then it's reasonable to say you'll be in the neighbourhood," Mr Baker says.

January 4th, 2008, 08:08 PM	#2
Julito-dubai Yes We Can ! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Nanjing (CN), Beijing (CN), Braunschweig (GER), Dubai (UAE) Posts: 2,615 Likes (Received): 25	sounds great, but i somehow have the feeling this project doesn't fit with the usual projects in Dubai.... __________________ Now working for Sheraton in Changzhou. - Your man for special investigative tasks in the Yangtse River Delta ! -

January 5th, 2008, 03:41 AM	#4
DUBAI Under the Burj Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Where the sun shines weakley Posts: 4,304 Likes (Received): 0	How tacky... __________________ "Don't criticize what you can't understand" -Bob Dylan

January 5th, 2008, 07:00 AM	#6
THE DUBAI GUYS Ruff 'n' Ready Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Dubai City, Dubai Posts: 3,592 Likes (Received): 2	#PROJECT: LYON-DUBAI CITY http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9j8eux...e-3cd7efd.html Dubai to get its own French city AFP AFP - Friday, January 4 02:57 pm LYON, France (AFP) - After Abu Dhabi's deal for its own Louvre museum, Dubai is also going for the French touch with plans to build its version of Lyon, complete with cafes, cinemas and schools, according to Lyon officials. (Advertisement) Due to be completed by 2012, the project is the brainchild of a Dubai entrepreneur who fell in love with Lyon, one of the France's three biggest cities, after travelling there as part of plans for a French-language university in Dubai in partnership with Lyon-2 university. Buti Saeed Al Gandhi, who heads investment capital firm Emivest, is expected to sign a draft accord next week between the French city and Dubai. He wants to extend the university project into a huge district named Lyon-Dubai City that will be graced with public squares, restaurants, outdoor cafes and museums, and play host to the same gastronomic, cultural, sporting and economic institutions found in the French urban hub. "We're not going to just copy the buildings and make a type of Lyon decor, but reinstitute the city's atmosphere with boutiques and cultural places in the heart of the city, transport, a social mix, streets and lanes," said urban specialist Jean-Paul Lebas, who is working on the project. "The city will be organised on European lines so that in a bistrot there you will find the same atmosphere as in a bistrot in Lyon," he added. Thierry Valentin, deputy president of Lyon-2 University, said the new city, which will be about the size of the Latin Quarter in Paris, would be "a small city with the accent on the best of French culture, and particularly Lyon culture." Besides housing, offices and hotels, Lyon-Dubai City will house a hotel school run by famed chef Paul Bocuse's institute, a French-language university offering masters in fashion, international law and economics, subsidiaries of Lyon's main museums, a cinematheque and a football training centre run by the Olympique Lyonnais. The 300-400 hectare (741-988 acre) scheme, estimated at 500 million euros (740 million dollars), will be located either in an urban area near the Burj Dubai tower or in the desert near the emirate's planned second international airport. R

January 5th, 2008, 03:18 PM	#10
DUBAI Under the Burj Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Where the sun shines weakley Posts: 4,304 Likes (Received): 0	what a random city to copy. hopefully this will get booted to abu dhabi with the ferrari theme park and other projects which cross the line of taste. __________________ "Don't criticize what you can't understand" -Bob Dylan

January 4th, 2008, 08:42 PM	#3
smussuw Patriotic Emirati Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dubai Posts: 7,335 Likes (Received): 2	shouldnt they modernize the old downtown in deira and bur Dubai instead?

January 5th, 2008, 03:56 AM	#5
Dubai_Steve Dubai State of Mind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 8,708 Likes (Received): 41	The project, due to be completed in 2012, is being driven by businessman Saeed Al Gandhi who fell in love with France’s third biggest city after a visit to draw up plans for a French-language university in Dubai in partnership with the Lyon-2 campus. He is due to sign a draft deal for the 500 million euro project next week with the city of Lyon. Lyon-Dubai City, as the new area will be known, will contain public squares, restaurants, outdoor cafes and museums. All the original Lyon’s gastronomic, cultural, sporting and economic institutions will be painstakingly replicated. "The city will be organised on European lines so that in a bistrot there you will find the same atmosphere as in a bistrot in Lyon,” said urban specialist Jean-Paul Lebas, who is working on the project. It is not clear whether the French smoking ban, in force since Jan 2, will be extended to the Dubai bistrots. Thierry Valentin, deputy president of Lyon-2 University, said the new city, which will be about the size of the Latin Quarter in Paris, would be “a small city with the accent on the best of French culture, and particularly Lyon culture.” Lyon-Dubai City will house a hotel school run by the institute of feted Lyon chef Paul Bocuse and a football training centre run by the Olympique Lyonnais team. The Dubai project follows a multimillion pound deal last year in another Arab emirate, Abu Dhabi, to build an outpost of the Louvre museum, called Abu Dhabi Louvre .

January 5th, 2008, 06:37 PM	#11
Naz UK Back in Blighty Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Roswell, Area 51, Classified, United States of Americanisms. Posts: 4,201 Likes (Received): 0	Due to be completed by 2012. Why don't they build "Rome" in Dubai? Then we can truly mess up the phrase "Rome wasn't built in a day". __________________ If you only watch one online video this year, let it be this one: http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...+century&hl=en

January 5th, 2008, 08:40 PM	#12
Dubai_Steve Dubai State of Mind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 8,708 Likes (Received): 41	The will already have the coliseum at Falcon City all they need now is a Pope for the Vatican, any one want to offer their services ?

January 5th, 2008, 09:03 PM	#13
*AltinD* The Modecator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Tiranë / DUBAI / Vienna Posts: 29,792 Likes (Received): 556	What the heck is this. __________________ I am the eye in the sky, Looking at you I can read your mind I am the maker of rules, Dealing with fools I can cheat you blind.

January 5th, 2008, 09:40 PM	#14
Dubai_Steve Dubai State of Mind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 8,708 Likes (Received): 41	Lyon

January 5th, 2008, 10:19 PM	#15
*AltinD* The Modecator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Tiranë / DUBAI / Vienna Posts: 29,792 Likes (Received): 556	Will the churches with the massive crosses on top, replicated too? __________________ I am the eye in the sky, Looking at you I can read your mind I am the maker of rules, Dealing with fools I can cheat you blind.

January 5th, 2008, 10:24 PM	#16
Naz UK Back in Blighty Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Roswell, Area 51, Classified, United States of Americanisms. Posts: 4,201 Likes (Received): 0	Why? What's wrong with the Burj Al Arab? __________________ If you only watch one online video this year, let it be this one: http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...+century&hl=en

January 6th, 2008, 12:04 AM	#17
*AltinD* The Modecator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Tiranë / DUBAI / Vienna Posts: 29,792 Likes (Received): 556	There's no minister preaching and an altar ... __________________ I am the eye in the sky, Looking at you I can read your mind I am the maker of rules, Dealing with fools I can cheat you blind.

January 6th, 2008, 12:49 AM	#19
Dubai_Steve Dubai State of Mind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 8,708 Likes (Received): 41	Yes good choice

January 6th, 2008, 01:02 AM	#20
*AltinD* The Modecator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Tiranë / DUBAI / Vienna Posts: 29,792 Likes (Received): 556	And the Burj Al Arab on the background to keep Naz happy. __________________ I am the eye in the sky, Looking at you I can read your mind I am the maker of rules, Dealing with fools I can cheat you blind.

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