مدينة أوروك · مصمّمة للحياة
Before you enter — tell the city your name
أوروك — فصلٌ جديد من الحضارة

Designed for Living
A new chapter of civilization · Sharjah, UAE
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Five thousand years ago, a city rose between two rivers.

It pressed the first words into clay — and taught the world to remember.

Its name was URUK.أوروك

Every city since has been its echo.

Now, it writes its next line.

Tablet · The Vision

The first city taught the world to write.
The next will teach it to live.

Inspired by the ancient city of Uruk — the birthplace of writing, urban civilization, and some of humanity's earliest advances — Uruk 2.0 revives an enduring legacy as a place where knowledge, creativity, and discovery converge in the post-AI era.

Guided by creativity, transformation, and human expression, it builds a bridge between ancient wisdom and the technologies, ideas, and cultures shaping our future.

Beyond sustainable — regenerative. A self-reliant city of custodians, where food, water, and energy are grown, not shipped.

3200 BCEUruk writes history
2026The story continues
∞Designed for living
The ancient city of Uruk and its ziggurat at sunset
Uruk · MesopotamiaThe first city on earth
Tablet · The Visual Language

Two ancient roots. One living identity.

01

DIŠ — The First Mark

A vertical wedge drawn from cuneiform, the world's first script. Pressed into clay to record trade, governance, and daily life, it stands for the beginning of recorded knowledge — and for a city that keeps the record going.

02

The Star of Inanna

Ancient Uruk's divine symbol of life, power, beauty, and civilization — the star of Venus, which rises at dusk and again at dawn. Reinterpreted here as the living core of the new city.

Tablet · The Masterplan

A city drawn around a green spine

South of Aljada, between the University of Sharjah and the American University of Sharjah — 9.7 million square feet arranged around water, gardens, and knowledge. Touch the stars to explore.

Masterplan of Uruk 2.0 with numbered districts
⟷  Swipe the plan · tap a district
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AI data-centre capacity powering the city
Tablet · The Districts

Eight ways to be alive here

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YY 01
Families on the shore of the Crystal Lagoon

Crystal Lagoon

A swimmable, crystal-clear lagoon at the heart of the city — morning yoga and paddle-boarding to beach cinema, concerts, and weddings after dark.

Waterfront · Recreation
YY 02
Garden courtyards between Uruk townhouses

The Residences

2,075 AI-powered villas, townhouses, and apartments designed for convenience, serenity, and comfort — homes that quietly anticipate their residents.

Villas · Townhouses · Apartments
YY 03
Jogging and cycling tracks along the green spine

The Green Spine

A continuous ribbon of parks, jogging and cycling tracks, sports courts, and productive valleys threading every neighbourhood together.

Parks · Sport · Wellness
YY 04
Aerial view of the star-shaped Immersive Events Hub

Immersive Events Hub

A star-shaped landmark of knowledge and culture — immersive digital experiences, exhibitions, performances, and civic dialogue at the city's heart.

Culture · Innovation
YY 05
Grass-roofed school within the green spine

The Schools

Set inside the Green Spine, schools blend nature, personalised learning, and intelligent technologies to redefine education for a rapidly evolving world.

Education · 77,500 sqft
YY 06
Geodesic biodome farms

Farms & Biodomes

A next-generation farming ecosystem — biodomes and vertical farms delivering year-round food security, resilience, and wellbeing for the community.

Agriculture · Food Security
YY 07
Dome suites of the Longevity Resort in gardens

Longevity Resort

Rooted in a living farm, the resort blends regenerative wellness, farm-to-body nutrition, and luxury hospitality — for longer, healthier, more connected lives.

Wellness · Hospitality
YY 08
Lantern-lit evening souk courtyard

Souk & Co-working

Retail, F&B, offices, and immersive halls where work, life, and community thrive side by side — lantern-lit courtyards by night, studios by day.

Commercial · Community
Tablet · The Community

Eight lines, carved once — kept daily.

The first cities set their laws in stone, in the open, for every eye to read. Uruk keeps the tradition: a covenant between neighbours, raised at the centre of the community it protects.

Watch the mason work — then press your seal into the stone. Every household seals the covenant when they join the city.

This record is meant to leave the page. The earliest seals are candidates for inscription at the built Gates of Uruk — a covenant that begins in light and is kept in stone.

ميثاق أوروك — عهدٌ بين الجيران
The Covenant of Uruk
ميثاق أوروك
Respect one anotherالاحترام
Honesty builds trustالصدق
Unity is strengthالاتحاد قوة
Protect our homeحماية الدار
Seek knowledgeطلب العلم
Innovate responsiblyالابتكار بمسؤولية
Help those in needعون المحتاج
Celebrate our cultureالاحتفاء بالثقافة
Every neighbour leaves a mark. Press yours into the stone.
Tablet · The Landmarks

Ancient forms, intelligent hearts

Gateway landmark of Uruk with Inanna star medallion
The Gate of UrukCivic Landmark
Inanna Reborn arched gallery entrance
Inanna RebornGallery & Retail
The Intelligent Library carved stone sign
The Intelligent LibraryKnowledge
Courtyard of the Immersive Events Hub at dusk
The Events Hub CourtyardGathering
Tablet · The Scribe

Press your name into clay

Writing was born in Uruk — reed styluses pressed wedge-marks into wet clay, and humanity started remembering. Enheduanna, history's first named author, wrote in this script.

Add your name to the record. Type it below and the city's scribe will set it in wedges — then take your tablet with you.

And this clay may outlive the screen: the founding names pressed here are candidates to be inscribed on the Gates of Uruk themselves when they rise. Write yourself into the first chapter.

Genuine cuneiform — your name is broken into syllables and matched to real signs, the way scribes wrote foreign names 4,000 years ago.
Your tablet · لوحك الطيني
Tablet · Mobility

Glide above the city on uSky

An elevated string-rail transit line links Uruk seamlessly to the American University of Sharjah and SPARK — clean, quiet pods that reduce congestion and keep the streets below for people, gardens, and shade.

DEPARTING · URUK WEST
Existing & proposed uSky line — tap a station to ride
Elevated string-railSmart, clean transit
3 stationsInside the city
Direct to AUSUniversity link
Off-grid readySelf power generation & storage
Fewer carsStreets returned to people
Tablet · The Way Forward

From first line to first light

Q3 2026
Design

Masterplan & architectural design through Q1 2027

Q1 2027
Construction · Phase I

First neighbourhoods & infrastructure, to Q4 2028

Q3 2027
Construction · Phase II

Lagoon, schools & civic heart, to Q2 2029

Q1 2028
Construction · Phase III

Completion of the city, to Q4 2029

Tablet · Register Interest

Write yourself into the next chapter.

Be first to receive the masterplan release, residence collections, and launch invitations. 100% freehold ownership for all nationalities.

Location — New Sharjah, south of Aljada, beside AUS & SPARK
Launch — Project announcement October 2026
Enquiries — hello@urukcity.ai
Thank you — your name is on the tablet. شكراً لك — سنتواصل معك قريباً
Ask me anything about Uruk اسأل أوروك