1. Preliminary Study - July 2015
Follow up to Post-Tender Interview - 15 June 2015
Prepared by Alun Dolton
Gwadar Smart Port City Master Plan
2. The need for Gwadar Smart Port City
Gateway to China
• The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) comprises 3
components: Road, Rail and Pipeline.
• Constructing a highway to develop a trade route linking Pakistan’s
Industrial centres acting as stimulus for growth.
• Constructing an oil pipeline as a short to medium term strategy to feed
China’s ‘Industrial Machine’.
• China is investigating the development of a High Speed Rail from to
Islamabad, and linking with existing rail routes to Karachi in addition to
creating a new route to Gwadar.
• Planning of Smart Cities along Transit Corridor to accommodate and
provide employment and services to a growing population
3. Planning a Smart City
• Smart cities follow a hierarchical process:
• People
• Place
• Technology
• Many Smart Cities are existing cities where
elements of infrastructure have been applied to
existing situation, from safe routes for cycling, to
new metro systems.Others use technology as an
enabler, to increase efficiencies in the existing
infrastructure.
What is a Smart City?
Masdar: The world’s first planned Smart City
Images Source: Masdar
• Masdar, Abu Dhabi masterplanned by Foster and Partners
is planned as the world’s first zero carbon, zero waste city,
planned to work in harmony with the local conditions.
• The first phase of the development is the Masdar Institute
of Science and Technology, conducting research and
training the next generation in low energy and renewable
technologies that are applied throughout the world -
investing in people first.
4. What is a Smart City?
Compact, transit oriented development
Sustainable Urban Planning
• Compact mixed use developments based around
infrastructure nodes.
• Easy access to safe and comfortable public
transport.
• Living and working in the same place, with access
to leisure amenities, public facilities.
• The planning of buildings, streets and plazas
where it is possible to walk around safely,
reinforcing the sense of community.
• Reducing energy consumption as the cool
streets reduce the air temperature and cooling
load within the buildings.
5. What is a Smart City?
Closed loop industrial facilities
Sustainable Urban Planning
• Industrial areas pose a different set of challenges
at the same time as presenting significant
opportunities.
• Many industrial processes produce heat and
waste products, such as carbon dioxide and other
harmful greenhouse gases. They also consume
vast amounts of energy.
• Smart planning of industrial areas involves the
grouping of facilities so that the challenges
become opportunities, heat from industrial
processes can be recovered generate power.
• Carbon dioxide from industrial processes can be
pumped into greenhouses to drive agriculture.
Steel
Chemicals
Aluminium
Glass
Manufacturing
PowerStationDry Port
Solar farms
Greenhouses
WaterTreatment
Locomotive Works
Residentialcommunity
7. 10 year old masterplan
• The brief is to create a ‘Smart’ City based on a
masterplan prepared in 2005. The plan shows
a clear separation between Industrial and
Residential areas meaning that for some the
daily commute could be 70km.
• The red strips denote commercial areas that are
spread along the seafront and along axial routes,
displacing living from business, commercial and
public amenities.
High Density
Residential
Heavy Industry
Airport
Cantonment
Free Trade Zone
Following the old model
Riyadh is a prime example of a city
that has grown following the old model,
large grids of low rise sprawl that march
relentlessly across the landscape,
creating areas that are dispersed from
the centre where the only way to get
from A to B it to drive, encountering the
ever increasing traffic congestion.
In recent years Riyadh has implemented
projects that represent a reversal of the
trend, and is currently implementing
a Metro System to link the dispersed
areas.
Masterplan Analysis
Review of 2005 Masterplan
Low Density Residential
Light Industry Light Industry
8. Masterplan Analysis
Existing Settlements
The challenge of Gwadar Port
• Gwadar city is a dense lowrise city that occupies
the peninsula and is spreading North in what
appears to be uncontrolled growth.
• The Port is at the south of the Peninsula and the
city, with no clear way to link the port to the road
network to the north of the city. Just how is that
link intended to be made?
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Gwadar Airport
• Surbandar
9. Masterplan Analysis
Existing Roads
Car based city
• The 2005 Masterplan suggests applying the
1950s US model of the car-based city, now widely
regarded as a failed model to the landscape.
• Communities and dispersed a great distance
from commercial areas, amenities and places of
employment, aspects that are not conducive to
creating a Smart City.
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Gwadar Airport
• Surbandar
Iran
Karachi
Jiwani
Bar
10. Masterplan Analysis
Ecological reserves
Natural Features
• There are a number of ecological reserves,
identified on maps as National Parks that cannot
be developed.
• There are a number of rivers that appear to have
been dammed to create artificial lakes:
• Hydro-electricity?
• Water supply to the proposed development?
• Flood management?
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Gwadar Airport
• Surbandar
Akara National Park
• East Bay Park
Robar Escarpment
• Surbandar Escarpment
Keppar Escarpment
11. Working with Existing Conditions
Landscape Buffer
• 500m wide Buffer Zones are maintained
between natural features and the proposed
development area to ensure that the ecology
of natural environments are protected, and the
unique landscape character is not lost in the
development, an essential component in creating
a sense of place and identity.
Infrastructure Planning
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Surbandar
12. Freight Transport Corridor to Gwadar Seaport
Infrastructure Planning
Linking Gwadar Port
• Theportisnotconnectedtonationalinfrastructure
at present.
• To avoid urban devastation in the existing Gwadar
city, the plan proposes a ‘sea wall’ transit and
freight route that connects the community with a
new corniche along the sea frontage through a
number of crossings over a ‘transit channel’.
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Iran
Karachi
Jiwani
Bar
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Surbandar
• In 2010 DB Schencker opened a rail route from China to Germany
reducing the shipping time from 3 months to 11 days.
13. Creation of New Airport
Infrastructure Planning
New Airport
• As proposed on the 2005 Masterplan along with
the military base (Cantonment) to the North, the
new international airport is developed 20km to
the East of Gwadar City to form a regional hub.
• The zone to the south of the airport presents an
opportunity to create an airport city, with hotels,
conferencing and residential communities in a
seafront setting.
Iran
Karachi
Jiwani
Bar
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Surbandar
14. Transit Corridor
Infrastructure Planning
Transit Corridor
• Motorway following route of existing N10 Makran
Coastal Highway that runs from the outskirts of
Karachi to the border with Iran.
• Railway for heavy freight, high-speed inter-city
and local passenger services.
• Buffer zone between motorway and railway
developed as wind farm with the capacity for 500
wind turbines generating up to 1,800MW.
Iran
Karachi
Jiwani
Bar
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Surbandar
15. Transit Network
Infrastructure Planning
The Transit Network
• The Transit Corridor handles heavy freight
movements and high speed travel linking the
cities with the wider area.
• The Transit link to the Gwadar Sea Port forms
the vital lifeline that allows the CPEC to operate.
• The Urban rail route links both components with
the developments along West Bay.
Iran
Karachi
Jiwani
Bar
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Surbandar
16. Infrastructure Planning
Open Space Network
Open Space Network
• Buffer zones form natural boundaries between
development areas, contain sprawl and maintain
compact development.
• Parks, wildlife corridors, walking and cycle
routes, maintain the balance between the built
and the natural environment and promote health
and wellbeing of the population.
Source: Sahara Forest Project
Iran
Karachi
Jiwani
Bar
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Surbandar
17. Agriculture
Urban Farming
• 78% of Pakistan’s GNP is derived through
agriculture
• 15% of project area reserved for food production
to contribute to feeding new urban population
and for distribution further afield.
• Urban farming in built environment: Fruit trees
in parks, private and communal gardens; rooftop
gardening, vertical farms.
Infrastructure Planning
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Surbandar
18. The need for phased development
Addressing the needs of a Growing Population
• The UN estimates that roughly 70 percent of the
world’s population will live in urban centres by
2050.
• Phased, controlled development enables new
urban centres to be developed in conjuction with
robust infrastructure to grow with the demands
of a growing population.
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Surbandar
Strategy for Growth
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19. Strategy for Growth
1: Free Zone
Special Economic Zone
• The creation of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ)
as a geographical region that has economic
laws, more liberal than country’s typical situation
intended to function as zones of rapid economic
growth, using tax and business incentives.
• Establishing the Free zone as a vehicle to
stimulate foreign investment to service Gwadar
Port and promote trade.
Iran
Karachi
Jiwani
Bar
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Surbandar
20. Strategy for Growth
2: Industrial Zone
Industrial City
• Industrial zone as per 2005 masterplan.
• Situated on freight and transit route linking
Seaport and Airport. Situated on Transit corridor
• Living areas within easy reach of the workplace.
• Central hub for manufacturing, processing,
recycling, power from heat recovery.
Iran
Karachi
Jiwani
Bar
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Surbandar
21. Strategy for Growth
3: Central Business District
Economic drivers
• Economic drivers are the engines of growth that
are borne out of regional and in some cases
national need.
• With increased trade, visitors and population
as a result of the new Airport, Free Zone and
Industrial City a new Central Business District
is developed to the north of Gwadar City and
following the existing axis.
Iran
Karachi
Jiwani
Bar
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Surbandar
22. Strategy for Growth
4: West Bay Beachfront
Iran
Karachi
Jiwani
Bar
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Surbandar
Economic drivers
• The CBD develops into the central focus for the
project and establishes Gwadar as a destination
• The growing city will become the centre for
events and activities in the region stimulating the
demand for hotels and resorts.
• The West Bay Beachfront provides an ideal
location for development based on entertainment
and hospitality.
23. Strategy for Growth
5: Logistics City
Economic Drivers
• Supporting the development of and operation of
the Airport and its connection to the Sea port,
and transit links.
• The Logistics city is developed to the south of
the industrial zone, focused on handling and
distribution of a growing industrial powerhouse.
• Creating living zones and facilities that are close
to employment areas.
Iran
Karachi
Jiwani
Bar
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Surbandar
24. Strategy for Growth
6: Urban Infill
Economic Drivers
• Accommodating growing population to support
CBD and West Bay Beachfront development.
• Utilising the existing infrastructure, building out
the 2005 Masterplan.
• The roads already created become the primary
boulevards. Compact, mixed use developments
are applied within the existing grid.
Iran
Karachi
Jiwani
Bar
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Surbandar
25. Strategy for Growth
7: Education City
Economic drivers
• People come first without smart people there is
no smart city,
• Education is paramount from educating people
about consuming less energy, about how what
they are doing impacts on the global situation.
• Attracting foreign universities to develop
campuses to nurture local knowledge and
expertise.
Iran
Karachi
Jiwani
Bar
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Surbandar
26. Strategy for Growth
8: Medical City
Economic drivers
• The growing need for healthcare will generate a
need for doctors, nurses and medical specialists.
Local people who are trained to address the
needs of the local and visiting population.
• The Medical City creates centres for medical
excellence in teaching hospitals and specialist
clinics, that will attract people from around
the region and from further afield, creating a
destination in its own right.
Iran
Karachi
Jiwani
Bar
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Surbandar
27. Strategy for Growth
9: Government and Financial
Economic Drivers
• Need for government at the regional level
stimulates the need for a government city
where an administrative hub forms the focus for
diplomatic and consular activities.
• Government City is coupled with a regional
financial hub to attract foreign investors to set
up regional headquarters.Living zones develop
to accommodate the growing permanent and
transient population.
Iran
Karachi
Jiwani
Bar
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Surbandar
28. Strategy for Growth
10: Eastern Gateway - Innovation City
Economic Drivers
• Growth in industry stimulates the need for
innovation.
• Research and Development
• Transition from heavy industrial processes.
• Pakistan’s ‘Silicon Valley’, focusing on clean
technologies, light industry.
Iran
Karachi
Jiwani
Bar
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Surbandar
29. Strategy for Growth
11: Western Gateway - Trade City
Economic Drivers
• At the western end of the development area, the
traditional gateway, close to the Irani Border, a
market town forms the focus for a trade city.
• This forms the terminus for the high speed rail
link with Gwadar, the Airport, Islamabad and
Karachi. Surrounded by the existing fishing
village of Pishukan and dramatic landscape this
city forms an ideal location for a hub providing
facilities to remote resorts.
Iran
Karachi
Jiwani
Bar
• Pishukan
• Gwadar
• Gwadar Port
• Surbandar
30. Flythrough
Eastern Gateway - Innovation City Airport City Logistics City
Central Business District Education City Medical City
Government and Financial Western Gateway Overview
