Team NYUAD is a group of undergraduate students at New York University Abu Dhabi, hailing from 15 countries, focused on the mission of creating the first solar-powered agricultural tourism destination in the UAE, connecting travelers and residents to the natural beauty, local materials, and emerging designers of the Emirates through sustainable desert living. Formed in 2016, the collective has designed, modeled, and constructed a new vision for off-grid residential housing, working together with partners from government and industry to realize an experimental home whose sub-elements may help shape the future of building in the UAE.
