Take a tour of the 'city of the future' being built in a Middle Eastern desert by Hollis Johnson on Oct 28, 2015, 2:00 PM Advertisement
 Twenty miles outside of Abu Dhabi, what was once a barren patch of desert is now on its way to becoming the world's most sustainable eco-city. The Masdar Project is the United Arab Emirates' planned city of the future, complete with state-of-the-art technology and energy-efficient transportation systems. In a country built on oil, a car-free, solar-powered community is certainly an anomaly. French photographer Etienne Malapert was enthralled by the idea of a green city in a land of black gold. In his final year at the Art School of Lausanne in Switzerland, he documented the strange environment of Masdar City. What he found was an incomplete and alien site, an otherworldly land left sparse by the 2008 economic meltdown. Malapert has shared his stunning series, "City of Possibilities," with Business Insider. SEE ALSO: 16 photos of Moscow's beautiful Metro stations, built as propaganda during the time of Stalin The site of Masdar City is roughly 20 miles from the center of Abu Dhabi on the Persian Gulf. It's right next to the Abu Dhabi International Airport and covers two square miles. 
Construction began in 2008, with the first phase estimated to be complete by 2009. However, the global economic downturn of 2008 pushed back completion of Phase 1 until 2015, and only a handful of buildings have emerged from the sand so far. 
Masdar will be home to the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, which will teach students the latest in renewable energy methods, efficient urban planning and architecture, and environmental policy. 
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