Monaco Extends over the Sea: a €2BN Megaproject

[@Looking4En]

Sorry about the quality of this voice-over, but the person I work with was on vacation... Good video though!

[@notpurple]

seemed good to me

[@GeorgeVenturi]

whut?

[@Foxx_33]

No need, sounded fine! :)

[@DES1GN3R007]

AI syth?

[@RWBHere]

I thought that this was an AI?

[@CowboyBillUSA]

Imagine purchasing an oceanfront condo, only to have some developer build a multi-hectare project right in front of your condo on an artificial reef. I would be pissed.

[@Ub3rSk1llz]

they'll live

[@panher]

Those poor millionaires and billionaires!

[@interestings7866]

It’s literally a joke in Monaco to never fall in love with your view, because one day it will disappear

[@VENO5407]

@@panher No, but seriously though.

[@RayLabs]

Was just thinking the same thing.

[@InterRegios]

Monaco discovered the magic of the galvanized square steel and the eco friendly wood veneer.

[@Webcoreinteractive]

They have to throw aro8nd "eco friendly" that the hypocritical elites can feel at ease.

[@billB101]

They should have built it so the F1 track could be extended.

[@AmokCanuck]

Fr we need a wider section to allow overtaking

[@robertelkins5928]

You can't polish a turd. Worst circuit on the calendar.

[@billB101]

​@@robertelkins5928 It's only one of the worlds most historic and prestigious motor races. What would you prefer, more races in car parks.

[@robertelkins5928]

@@billB101 Historic? The Formula has changed. The cars have changed. Old circuits have been upgraded, re profiled or dropped entirely to move along with the sport. All except Monaco. Rouen Les Essarts, the original Monza, Zandvoort, Reims-Gueux, Watkins Glen. All far more “historic” than Monaco. But dropped or significantly altered generally due of the safety concerns associated with tight circuits with no run off zones. None of which apparently applies to Monaco. But why would it apply when there are Billionaires to cater to. And what did we see on Sunday? Yup, a first lap crash that took three cars out of the race and set the entire race back by what 45 minutes? Oh and not a single overtake until lap 51, with there only being four in total throughout the entire race and none of these happening within the top 10 positions. Monaco is simply a parade put on to appease the wealthy. Nothing prestigious about it mate.

[@billB101]

@@robertelkins5928 I absolutely disagree. I love Monaco, so do many people. For me it is F1. The quali is the best there is. Getting rid if it would be an absolute travesty. It does need some tweaks though for sure. I mean, it's not going anywhere really to be honest.

[@bobgoddard5489]

I utterly despise most architects. All we have again is a box on top of another box on top of another box. So many straight lines makes it so depressing & much of it will look old and tired a few years after construction. Nature is built on curves, we can't that happen here?

[@adriencloud2130]

Architects are usually at the whim of Beaucracy; The laws, the opinion of the people living in the surrounding zone, the budget, the state of the economy. more often than not renderings architects put forth are whittled down to just a mere box. to despise them seems misplaced.

[@Electra-xm7lu]

Indeed, there is nothing original, classical, or impressive about what is being constructed here. These architects are just exploiting a name and developers are using them as marketing. Lesser know architects could have also designed this, if not something better.

[@silvioapires]

Those were EXACTLY my thoughts! A pile of ugliness one would be HARD pressed to find ANY feature that is not seen worldwide with such constructions! Designed by a bunch of MASSIVE WANKERS who love to piss in each other pockets and call it "design!" THE only thing that MONSTROSITY will achieve is to make the traditional Monaco buildings WAY more valuable!

[@burgerbash3829]

Try being an architect mate

[@bobgoddard5489]

@@burgerbash3829 My background is heavy engineering. Whether I am an architect or not, does not bar me from passing judgement. I have no wish to see a return to the brutalist era.

[@christianwestling2019]

Awesome project; shame on the boxy modernist architecture that will look dated (like the surrounding 70s architecture) in a couple of years. I wish Monaco would return to its belle epoque archictectural roots.

[@FilipCordas]

My god Monaco is ugly now a days zero style or personality looks like an office block

[@frevebe7693]

yeah the bell epoque in this era, that would be very tacky... Stop living in the past.

[@christianwestling2019]

@@frevebe7693 Why? Building new buildings in classical architecture happens all over the world. Why should we be forced to live in soulless glass and steel just because its 2024?

[@jonathancollard3710]

I agree… but square boxes maximise floor area and thus sales prices 😵‍💫

[@kyriakos_ioannou]

​@@frevebe7693 this neobrutalist style got old pretty fast, should belong in the past imo

[@egeegee7146]

I drove up passed that the other day, went the wrong way as is the norm in Monaco due to the amount of tunnels that act like spaghetti and the loss of connection to your sat nav. But drove along that route passed the new forum and it was stunning. Thing is you would not know there was work ongoing. And I have been at anchor in the bay and didn't notice it then either. It is very discreetly done.

[@costis2024]

No

[@arbjful]

We drove into Monaco, didn’t even know we had entered Monaco…it was just rows of large buildings and concretised structures…

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Thank you for sharing a beautiful look into the new property project there in Monaco.😊

[@colinuk1984]

All for €2Billion. Seems a good deal 🤔

[@yuriyzenda5857]

The US spends $2 billion often on one tall building, meanwhile Monaco is building an entire section of a new city for the same.

[@colinuk1984]

@@yuriyzenda5857 upwards or outwards I guess

[@bigmini2870]

Leave it to the ultra rich to be counting every penny

[@d.b.cooper1]

I mean you could probably recover just 10% of the cost by selling 1 villa for $200m

[@tomekf3811]

I work in Monaco and the prices of these apartment buildings come to a wet €120,000 per square metre, and the smallest flats are 180 metres plus a garage, where in Monaco the cheapest garage can be bought for 300 thousand. Also if you have 120 flats it is already paying for itself plus villas plus centa comercial office buildings. And a lot of villas have been sold to Russians where they had to pay a deposit of at least 40% and now after sanctions they cannot complete the deal and their flats are being re-sold. Also for sure the City will make money from the investment.

[@dazandtheworld]

Good watch, very direct and straight to the point, looking forward to watching more of your content.

[@0448mickey]

Some rich people pay a fortune for their sea-view property, then some richer people reclaim the sea and destroy the view. Poor people get a warm, fuzzy feeling when this happens. 😁

[@quintenelijah6586]

Poor people not broke people. Ought yes I agree. A poor soul is a miserable soul that takes pleasure in other people downfalls

[@janoycresnova9156]

Destroy is quite a stretch. I'm sure it's considered and quite minimal.

[@rusitoexplorador]

Living from resentment is so sad

[@AlbertZonneveld]

They destroy the view of other millionaires. Do we care

[@christianwestling2019]

Don't be communist.

[@jimwoodford3984]

Wow... Amazing white featureless boxes from a 'world renound architect'. Must have taken some real hard work in the design🤮

[@queeg6473]

Designed using Dublo blocks.

[@tescoracers1104]

It looks terrible doesn’t it. Why on earth would they want the bloke that made the monstrosity that is the Pompidou centre, looks like and inside out ikea

[@niilespunkari8832]

Indeed. Sh*t architecture.

[@gregorymiron8116]

Will like Steve Jobs once said: Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication

[@Webcoreinteractive]

AI could have designed these North Korean looking apts

[@alexanderrotmensz]

This comments section is spot on. All this money spent to build ugly, worn out modernism. Bring back the style and beauty that put Monaco on the map.

[@dinho890i]

Architects just makes things look good ENGINEERS are the true heroes

[@sandratestolinilembo3915]

So architects don’t take into account the engineering works like all other systems .that is why Architects are call architects right? This is a projects an Architectural project with very important engineering systems .

[@DavidS5118]

I really enjoyed watching this content. In depth but not to a point where I failed to understand. Thanks for keeping it real..

[@teodimi3042]

I haven’t understood if the project is already reality or not, because sometimes he speaks in present.. Have you understood?

[@DavidS5118]

@@teodimi3042 The only reason I did not question is that I was looking at the construction project on Google Maps and then went hunting for a YT video on the project. But you are correct in the tense issue.

[@pjacobsen1000]

0:30 Monaco is not, and has never been, nicknamed 'The Rock'. That honor falls to Gibraltar, at the southern tip of Spain.

[@sutats]

or Alcatraz. The Rock (1996) was a great movie on which it's based.

[@LHommeMultiCulti]

So people that bought a SeaView Apartment wont have a Seaview anymore 😅😳 DAMN

[@sutats]

Pretty much so, the most unthinkable scenario has happened. Hopefully those who could would've sold early around the consultation phase.

[@ohkav]

i thought the gibraltar was nicknamed the rock....

[@StephaneCalabrese]

So is Dwayne Johnson, and Monaco. In fact "le rocher". Tve Rock in English.

[@philip9107]

The "Rock" does not refer to all of Monaco; this was an inaccuracy in the video. The Rock is a specific part of Monaco where the prince's palace and historic center are located.

[@julianashton4661]

THAT WAS A “ BRILLIANT “ PRESENTATION…….. WILL COME BACK TO YOU LATER THIS YEAR…… THANK YOU…………………………………

[@Saki630]

Good video bro. This is a perfect video for showing people why Billionaires should not exist. Imagine if these billionaires were forced to live off $999million and all the extra Billions go back to the people....... The poor cannot understand how difficult it is to spend $1billion if you cant buy Aircraft Carriers, Military Aircraft, or whole nations.

[@ArturKwaszyn]

I think it’s beautiful. It’s quite amazing that we, as humans, are able to design and build.

[@doowroh]

The text of this video sounds suspiciously like AI. Too much generic-sounding text saying something without saying anything.

[@VlerkeDamne]

Come on clearly a lot of work went into this. Some AI doesn't matter.

[@raideveloper]

true, but for an AI text and voiceover is pretty good, most are terrible and impossible to watch, this is watchable

[@jawadad73]

suspiciously? ... getting there sherlock...

[@dieselbaby]

It is, this entire thing is AI

[@seandoyle9537]

Its translated from french. This entire channel is the english language channel for an originally french one

[@NINO-mx1xh]

That's simply amazing, wow! 🤩🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍😍👋👋👋👋👋👋👋

[@eddieg6436]

I’m very happy there will be public spaces, parks, and retail in this new area…..VERY exciting!!

[@johnsinclair1386]

Nice that the types of people who are most to blame for global warming are building their new places high enough to avoid the seas rise.

[@jonathancollard3710]

Wellllll, you just said it!. Indeed the likes of the climate crisis that shout the louder like Al Gore and Ex-President Obama both have bought massive multimillion beach houses ….literally on the beach, so they ain’t really too worried about rising sea levels eh 🤬. It’s a scam

[@VERY_VARIOUS_VIDEOS]

Wonderful place! Video like 👍

[@MarioBrbovic-z9t]

Enjoyed it a great deal !😊

[@actionfigureschannel]

It's important to remember that many, but not all property owners in Monaco don't live there year round. Monaco is a wonderful city that allows Europeans to leave their country, obtain citizenship (with investment) and live nearly tax free. So to many, an obstructed view of the sea at your part time residence isn't as much of a factor when you're keeping all of the money you make.

[@truthseeking6611]

You can become a resident ,not a citizen. Citizenship is only given to very few selected by the Prince himself.

[@VisionCommunications]

I think there's enough room in the Mediterranean sea to accommodate the expansion of tiny Monaco.

[@arbjful]

I wouldn’t worry about moving only the sea. In a few years from now, the Mediterranean Sea will want to expand into the land…now everyone gets a view of the sea

[@dustingaersmith8999]

Very interesting undertaking architecturally.

[@alinesobieray2436]

Amazing ❤️

[@dasdasdatics420]

Monaco was basically a tax haven for the french. It's principality status is just another ruse to prevent french tax officers from interfering in the wealthy people.

[@badenpobjoy8274]

Incredible architecture....very impressive.

[@cruzmakaveli9891]

Well put together documentary. Thank you !

[@christopherchase4960]

it's so deeply ugly though. the landscapes are amazing but the architecture looks cheap and soulless.

[@MAdDyMatt]

Gone the days in Formula One seeing the sea before the right turn into tunnel at Portier.

[@r22gamer54]

As a student who is in MUN, i got the pleasure to talk to the UN ambassadors to Monaco. They are really serious about the issues you mentioned. One of the ambassadors I talked to is big on ecological preservation, and it was really interesting, listening to their unique solutions to these challenging problems you mentioned.

[@pierrebridet]

The size comparison at 1min01 is very misleading, you overlapped Monaco (which is around 3km in length) onto an area of Paris between l'Ile de la cité and Place du Chatelet which is around 200 meters. So Monaco on that scale would need to be 15 times larger than what is represented here. It would stretch across almost 1/3 of the size of Paris (which, granted, is still pretty small for a state, but nowhere near the 200 m you showed on the map which literally take 2 minutes to walk across the bridge over the Seine river)

[@portaltwo]

A "new paradise for the rich" (1:45)? It's already a paradise for the rich. I only wish I were one! 😎

[@TheMap1997]

At least go with classical architecture not some modern soulless bullshit

[@dinofabrizzi2116]

As they do in Dubai for example...

[@feyenoordsongs3882]

Bring back historic architecture.

[@onnorijpstra]

As a simple non rich guy, i like to travel to Menton, stay there and visite Monaco. As Menton is quite the opposite of Monaco, those are two beautiful contrasts to photograph, which is my passion.

[@Mabeko99]

Your piece was very informative and well put together, five stars.

[@Looking4En]

Thank you very much.

[@alessiosem2238]

Mareterra derive from two italian words: Mare (sea) and Terra (earth, land, soil) as side note, prince Alberto along with his entire genealogy has italian roots as Grimaldi one of the five most important families of the feudal nobility of the Republic of Genova. That explain the italian name from this project.

[@shandhaula]

Not Italian : LATIN. Never learned or spoke latin?

[@alessiosem2238]

​@@shandhaula Let me get this straight: i speak Italian, those 2 are Italian words, prince albert family is from Italian roots and you are here telling me those 2 words came from latin, which is obvious because Italian come from latin as well and is the closer language. Do you get how preposterous is your comment? Utterly useless.

[@alessiosem2238]

@@shandhaula Those are italian words, italian is the closer language to latin so therefore of course those are also latin words, nevertheless your objection is utterly pointless.

[@ErnestDuran-tx9lr]

Nicely done,,,, the engineers, architects, developers, and contractors are doing a magnificent job,,,, I would like to see how much everything shift after 5 years

[@arbjful]

How much everything shifts will depend on the Sea and how much space it takes up

[@ErnestDuran-tx9lr]

@@arbjful Clown 🤡, the sea doesn't shift, it is water it just looks to level itself, clown 🤡, what it shift is the earth plates due to over melting of mineral in the core and the pressure of heat, that raises up.... Which school did you go to? How many seats did you warmed up there as well???? 😉😉😉

[@mic2349]

Great video, well done.

[@Looking4En]

Thx!

[@josephpiskac2781]

Yes fantastic Thank You!

[@NikCan66]

Excellent video and informative 👍

[@Looking4En]

Thanks!

[@innsaeimaster]

Terrible, Still using squared elementary design instead of organic architecture design like those of Zahra Hadid or Frank Goehry.

[@thenyloncurtain]

❤I want to live in Monaco‼️😁❤️

[@castlerock58]

World's leading architects? The architecture likes like generic crap you see everywhere. Great architects build buildings that look impressive and original.

[@a.k._v10]

Truly a galvanized square steel moment

[@zachgamr99]

Criticized as being a new paradise for the rich? Isn't that just what Monaco is? Why would anyone be surprised?

[@silviaalexandrecordeiro8400]

😎🤔😎🤔😎🤔😎🤔😎🤔😎🤔😎 Felicidades.

[@AmericaFirstFLL]

Fascinating.

[@jeansentrais9866]

For the last 25 years, Monaco became a disney circus for billionaires ... on visit or hide there their fortune. But living there make you crazy and mad !

[@Dunya.travel]

"The Rock" is only a part of Monaco - Monaco Ville, as that part literally is sitting on a rock ("Le Rocher").

[@sutats]

This is some feat of engineering. Nothing to sniff at.

[@hungo7720]

Couldn't envisage such a colossal project will be slated for inauguration in the coming years.

[@stormclearer]

Great job, I built a 7.5ft skyscraper, it was so much fun

[@easyism]

I have been here last week. The smaller villa’s on the grimaldi forum was already finished. I walked by the Pastor real estate who sells them. Every unit was sold.

[@Looking4En]

Thanks for the update.

[@michaeloxlong5697]

"the concrete casons were designed to facilitate the growth of algae".... I bet it will smell wonderful.

[@1STGeneral]

A French thing?

[@BrotherAzrael]

I mean what else can you do with a city-level state surrounded by countries that squeeze your growth potential?

[@williamgay3]

What's wrong with being a new paradise for the rich? It feels like this channel is against anything they think isn't ok. However, they did a good job editing and sharing some good information too. Amazing project!

[@harrysamuppet6804]

Part of Monaco’s charm was the fact that so much opulent majestic buildings are crammed into a tiny kingdom. Gone are the Princess Grace Kelly years of style and sophistication. It’s all plastic yachts and modern concrete architecture these days. The new developments won’t age well. It is as if we can’t build beautiful buildings anymore. If Monaco keeps expanding it will loose the very thing that makes it special. Its size.

[@jsmeghead]

The Rock!! I've never heard that before.

[@Benjilaw2288]

Ugly apartment tower blocks.

[@michaelhoran407]

Please be sure that the Jacques Cousteau Institute of Monaco is consulted about the maritime protection in this mega project. Watching from U.S.A.❤

[@demcerustemov5143]

svidja mi se projekt samo pokažite završni deo kako če da izgleda po završetku ❤️👌👍🏾

[@rebelliocross519]

What about the rights of the owners of the existing buildings? Like the view on the sea?

[@sebastianmisljenovicMS]

2BN 👏👍

[@Eliaspeterkall]

Do they use Galvanized square steel for the expansion?

[@stevie750iL]

Monaco is very soulless place tbh. Never found the attraction. Nice on the other hand ❤

[@spj4188]

For the first time Monaco has a Black heir to the throne but the country won't let him inherit or take the throne because of his race.

[@arbjful]

Who is that? I don’t find that person in the family tree

[@XMG3]

its my unobtainable dream to live in monaco

[@marcperez3270]

Why don't they use galvanized square steel?

[@Malaki420]

You have a very uplifting Narrative voice in my opinion. I went ahead and subscribed to your channel. I live in the United States of America.

[@Looking4En]

Oh thank you so much!

[@Malaki420]

You're very welcome

[@pabsgabino]

What a grotesque way of showing the true meaning of the phrase "Rules for thee, not for me." While they claim that our cars and lifestyle are a threat to our planet, the more affluent class flies in almost empty private jets and do projects like this that destroy the ecosystem. But then they say that "global warming" is our fault. Please!

[@Legionnaire1992]

2 billion euro project on reclaimed land from the sea - all for some luxury villas

[@calebamore]

If the seas are rising shouldn't all of these people be moving at least slightly inland?

[@neilkasher]

Very cool 😎

[@jal1797]

But the visibility to the sea of present buildings at the coast will be restricted.How they managed to legally take permission to build exactly in front of present buildings?This must be worldwide phanomenon.

[@Tappygameplay]

Great video but monaco is the monst dense country its not one of the most 👍

[@danbooker278]

They needed to extend the F1 circuit too so that some overtaking can be made ….

[@maxwalker1159]

Cool!

[@romanvaldes1223]

I going to transformer my self in to a pigeon to get my self a good tree brand before there are all taken !

[@puirYorick]

They should have commissioned new architects with better ideas. It all looks so boxy and cemented like a 1970s American version of the future. It's mostly offset rectangles like parking garages stacked as a Jenga tower. It's good to see super rich people spending fortunes to annoy other super rich ones who arrived earlier for the seafront views. LOL.

[@PhilLewis-xg7iv]

Really ? Monaco was known as the rock. I thought Gibraltar was. Has anyone else ever referred to Monaco as " The rock" ?

[@arbjful]

There is only one The Rock…and that is Alcatraz Island…

[@Jean_Mi]

Beautiful and good report

[@Looking4En]

Thank you so much!

[@0fficialdregs]

im loving this video as i also expand my city in 7 days to die :)

[@markleon411]

Nicely presented. It looks remarkably similar to the Barangaroo project in Sydney.

[@msoldate]

2 Billion is a great deal for all that construction in addition to the reclamation for wealthy people considering they spend 2-3 times more money building sports arenas in the US

[@darylwardsnyder4406]

Will the residential towers be completed in November 2024, or just the platform they’ll be built upon?

[@joe-vl3nd]

No thx I'll stay in Joplin Missouri 👍🇺🇸

[@1STGeneral]

No tornadoes in Monaco

[@arbjful]

Salus populi suprema lex esto

[@claushansen9038]

Great video, in Denmark we let sea water eat our country, strange, but true !

[@Buffalo31]

I had only just said after another boring F1 race, that if they build into the sea/harbour that they could redesign the race track and keep it from getting cancelled after the contract ends next year.

[@Mazeboxx]

It won't be cancelled after the current contract ends

[@Buffalo31]

@@Mazeboxx it was nearly scrapped at the last contract signing and it's only got worse since then, so what do you know now that will stop it from happening after next year?

[@Mazeboxx]

@@Buffalo31 ​​⁠It wasn’t nearly scrapped. I always have to laugh when people like you pick up rumours and then try to sell them as facts. And it won’t get scrapped after this contract runs out either. This isn’t an opinion I’ve developed, I know. You’ll see it by the end of next year when the contract gets renewed again. And it’s a Port, not a Harbour 🤷 the suggestion is to extend the track to go down Bd Lavrotto, down passed the country club and then back to Bd Princesse Grace. Two problems with that currently. The flower islands on Grace would have to be modified and the part connecting both roads is technically in France. The ACM can’t exactly manage a road that is cross border. That’d give the track two additional straights.

[@Buffalo31]

@@Mazeboxx I believe that the point of a contract is to allow for it not to be renewed without any penalties, but if they follow your suggestions then it would be better than what they've got now either way.

[@ILLYRIANW0LF]

Surely for that money, Monoco could have purchased some land from France.

[@actionfigureschannel]

France has denied them on that offer many times. Likely to never happen.

[@FrançoisRacicot-u4d]

Tout est une question d’argent … La France pourrait profiter de leur céder un peu de territoire en réclamant, en plus du prix de vente du terrain, un léger pourcentage en taxes foncières. Monaco attire les gens riches de partout dans le monde, par conséquent, ces nouveaux territoires annexés à la Principauté généreraient probablement de plus grandes entrées d’argent que s’ils restaient territoires français. Si j’étais du côté français, je ne fermerais pas complètement la porte à leur vendre du territoire!

[@dinofabrizzi2116]

​@@FrançoisRacicot-u4dtu as donne' une reponse Tres intelligente. Mais les Governments sont forme' souvent par des cons...

[@arbjful]

@@actionfigureschannelwhy does France need so much land…they also own some islands I think

[@nexrace]

"The Rock" Cheaper than paying taxes.

[@P-Nor]

Residents there will need a live-in window cleaner; all that glass and salt-water sprays…

[@bernovem9385]

Maybe, they should buy some land from France? 😅

[@ΓιωργοςΚαλογερόπουλος-π8υ]

At what price tag , France isnt a puppet state ? Biliona of euro easily , so land reclamation

[@sirrobinofloxley7156]

Interesting fact, Italy gave France huge swathes of South of France in the 1860's.