Restoring Historic Jeddah - English version

In the modern period, there has scarcely been a single pilgrim to Mecca from overseas who has not made a stop-over at Jeddah—an important port, a place of recuperation, the best place to buy souvenirs and the essentials, both personal and religious, one will need in the course of the Hajj.

squint/operas film for the redevelopment of Jeddah Central District describes a project of six million square metres, the largest city centre project in the Arab world. The narrative explains the historical importance of the city and makes the case for a sympathetic development, aiming to revitalise the citys architectural and social inheritance whilst protecting its utterly unique character.

Archive photographs and pictorial representations of the city animated by subtly shifting two-dimensional planes give way to a long, and thoroughly impossible, tracking shot in which the viewers gaze seems to be the cause of a spectacular regeneration: dilapidated buildings are renovated, roads healed, trees and shades descend to provide comfort in public spaces.

The viewer is ushered through the project by points of focus serving the films narrative and explanatory elements. A GPS map in a taxi-boat shows an image of the future; an architects model is suddenly scaled to a size where a businessman can open the door of his paper car to be driven into a completed and entirely populated city.

squint/operas trademarks of combining the live and the computer-generated, telling and frequently amusing details and narrative coherence are all present.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Jeddah
• squint
• opera
• animation
• film
• 3d
• architecture

[abonawaf244]

متى يأتي هذا اليوم وأرى هذه الأحلام الجميلة تملأ مدينة جدة عروس البحر الأحمر .لاكن التفائل والصبر والعزم ليس له حدود . بالعزيمة والإصرار نستطيع أن نبني مدننا.

[ajfarsi]

ahhhhhhhhhh, i can't express how much i love jeddah. 5 months in NYC & miss it like crazy. i hope this development plan becomes reality. inshalla , part of me is very skeptic but inshalla we'll see it

[roxregueiro]

This could happen, the money is no problem.

Just see how they built KAUST in two years! It was impressive...

If the king wants it it could happen. I hope I can see it

[jackvuko]

this project is horible

[Xevorim]

Believe u me, this video is as far as restoring historic Jeddah goes.

If anything shown in the video comes true in my lifetime, I'll give up half my wealth.

What makes me so damn sure u say...the corruption Jeddah wreaks of. Swindled money has reached astronomical figures and is only aggravated by the cover-up policies of our papal totalitarian government!

[rochelimit55555]

presentation, visualization, and the music is so cool

[Volkerball77]

wonderful video

[FalconFreek]

آآآآآههههههههههههههههههههههههه­هاااي والله صادق

[FalconFreek]

سلملي على حمزة .... طور الناس أول بعدين البلد ... التعليم زي الخرا

[zidankay]

This is wonderful - best of luck to all involved. Bravo!

[mirshabbirali]

JEDDAH !!! WE LUV U !!!

[JBL360]

خراط فاضي