Cityscape 2007

We had the Cityscape event last week, a 3-day exhibition where developers showcase their dreams for the following year. In the shadow of the huge flashy developer's stands, pushed to the wall, engineers, architects, project managers, etc also have booths. Hence, the company I work for, also exhibited. I was manning the stand a few times, standing under a huge, meter high "engineers" text, responding to questions like :
'Can I ask what your company exactly does?'
'Hmmm, let me see... I guess we do engineering!'
but my favorites were
'We are a recruitment company and we can source all kinds of engineers for you.'
'Oh yeah? We need facade engineers.'
'Khmmm... Never heard of facade engineers..'

Back to what the developers promise for Dubai to be soon, I post some photos here. The funny thing in Dubai, that developments are not buildings any more. Not even a complex of 2-5 buildings. Developments are expected to be massive districts, whole cities. Having a shopping mall is nothing. Having 5 shopping malls with high rise buildings everywhere in between, that is something.