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Bringing Oman's Sultan Haitham City to Life — A 1:2000 Scale Model

Sparrow GlobalJuly 20237 min read

Sparrow was asked to build a 1:2000 scale model of Sultan Haitham City — Oman's new smart-city project — for installation at the palace of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik. The model was unveiled before His Majesty and the Minister of Housing & Urban Planning, His Excellency Dr Khalfan Al Shuaili, and stands as a working representation of an entire urban future.

Unveiling the Vision

His Majesty unveiled the Sultan Haitham City project at Al Baraka Palace. Our scale model anchored the moment: a careful, district-by-district rendering of the planned city at Al Seeb, dense enough to read every intent of the masterplan and quiet enough to let the architecture speak for itself.

The model installed in palace setting.
Sparrow's 1:2000 scale model brings Oman's visionary Sultan Haitham City project to life, harmoniously blending modernity with cultural heritage.

A City that Inspires

Sultan Haitham City reads, at scale, as a careful conversation between contemporary urban design and Omani cultural identity. The model captures residential neighbourhoods, schools, healthcare facilities and mosques set within 2.9 million square metres of green space — planned for a future population of roughly 100,000 residents.

Neighbourhood detail — residential, civic and green systems.

Elevating Quality of Life

The city has been designed against twelve global benchmarks for quality of urban life — affordability, integrated amenities, contemporary living, social cohesion. Our build keeps those decisions legible at a glance, so a visitor can read not only what is being built but the values behind it.

A Glimpse into the Future

An aerial view of the masterplan, rendered at 1:2000.

Sultan Haitham City is positioned to reshape what urban living means in Oman — its identity drawn from natural elements, its tone one of luxury, strength and cultural respect. We are grateful to have contributed to a project of this scale, and proud that the model carries some of its ambition into every room it enters.