Markus Appenzeller
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Urban Planning & Development Practitioner, Advisor, Educator, Researcher
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· Sep 18
Where the City Disappears: Life Between the Giga-Projects - DAILY URBAN DOSE
Saudi Arabia is building at a pace and scale the world has rarely seen. Across its deserts and coastlines, extraordinary visions rise: NEOM’s The Line, a 170-kilometer-long city of glass; Qiddiya…
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· Sep 14
Saudi Arabia’s Housing Dilemma: Cooling Prices Without Stalling Growth - DAILY URBAN DOSE
On September 10, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman openly admitted that Saudi Arabia’s housing prices had risen to “unacceptable levels.” It was a strikingly candid statement from a leader steering one...
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· Aug 13
Too Hot to Walk? Why That’s the Wrong Question for Riyadh - DAILY URBAN DOSE
Greetings from Riyadh! It is 47°C outside, the asphalt shimmers, bus stops empty, and even a short trip on foot feels unreasonable. It’s tempting to declare the walkability debate moot the moment the…
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· Jun 19
Germany’s “Housing Turbo”: Acceleration Without Direction? - DAILY URBAN DOSE
Germany’s housing market has long stood at the intersection of economic stability and social equity. In recent years, however, a growing crisis—marked by soaring rents…
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· May 26
Arriving in the Netherlands - a Filthy Experience - DAILY URBAN DOSE
Time and time again, after returning from Hong Kong, Tokyo, Copenhagen, New York or Tallinn, I am appalled by the dirt and waste one is confronted with across the entire lowlands. While in the cities…
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· May 22
From Broken Line to Living Spine - How NEOM’s Line Can Lead Urban Innovation Differently - DAILY URBAN DOSE
In the vast desert sands of Saudi Arabia, an audacious experiment captured the imagination of urbanists, technologists, and futurists worldwide. NEOM’s “The Line” — a proposed 170-kilometer-long…
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· May 17
Future proofing Yesterday’s City - Living and Surviving in a Designed Desert - DAILY URBAN DOSE
As the world warms, few nations feel the heat as literally as Saudi Arabia. With daytime temperatures in major cities like Riyadh and Jeddah already reaching up to 63°C during summer months…
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· Apr 28
What Europe Can Learn from the Arab Peninsula & What the Peninsula Should Still Learn from Europe - DAILY URBAN DOSE
by a European Urban Planner Practicing on the Arab Peninsula I arrived in Saudi Arabia with a well-worn European planner’s toolkit—deep respect for history, a belief in incremental progress…
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