Al Baydha Project
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A large-scale poverty alleviation and heritage reclamation pilot project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Systemic, respectful, revolutionary change.
We start from the ground up, partner with communities in need to form self-directed cooperatives that provide income, education and local entrepreneurship. Oh, and we're turning the deserts of Saudi Arabia into the Garden of Eden along the way.
An update integrating sat data on the demo site:
03/06/2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T39QHprz-x8
The Story of Al Baydha: A Regenerative Agriculture in the Saudi Desert The final update from Al Baydha Project Co-founder Neal Spackman, 9 years in. How desertification resulted from the loss of an indigenous land management sys...
We are one month away from going two years with less than one inch of rain.
14/05/2018
Abdul Razaq Al Aduani on Desertification in Al Baydha Abdul Razaq takes us to the area where he grew up in Al Baydha to talk about environmental degradation & desertification.
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A clip of when we built Project Headquarters in Al Baydha. Designed by NYC-based Goshow Architects to be built by bedou with no previous construction experience, we had two GC's who oversaw work, trained the men, translated instructions, and helped with the supply-chain. Many thanks to Mohammed Shukri and Ken Merritt who came to oversee the introduction of this Quadlock building system to Al Baydha, and to Silvio Saadé Haitham Khoja Pete Anderson and Alison Byrne for documenting and archiving the process.
26/02/2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21x_RQIvhdY
What we were working on in October, 2011: an earthbag gateway to the demo site.
Removing The Arch Form Removing a wooden form for the corbelled entryway to the Al Baydha Project's demonstration site.
12/04/2016
We finally got a shot from the same angle. Before in Nov. 2010, and After in April 2016.
http://www.wondros.com/5d/albaydha/ On using cutting-edge tech to solve basic, real-world, pervasive problems.
Al Baydha Development Corporation 5D Global Studio is a multi-platform, cross-discipline design studio that builds worlds.
Ayed's team building dams
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