阿富汗喀布尔城市设计框架在总统阿什拉夫 · 加尼（President Ashraf Ghani）及城市发展和住房部的领导下进行，按照项目所定下的目标和路线图，喀布尔将朝着可持续的方向发展，成为提倡平等和具备抗灾力的城市。

项目以喀布尔整体的发展和增长为前提，定制综合的城市设计框架，并特别为达鲁拉曼大道（Dar ul-Aman Boulevard）和马苏德大道（Massoud Boulevard）两条标志性的走廊进行设计。除以基础设施、住房、交通及可持续性等能够塑造城市外貌的元素为焦点外，项目更突破常规，探讨妇女地位、高等教育和文化保护这些与当今喀布尔的物质和社会结构息息相关的主题。

This vision recognizes Afghanistan’s rich cultural heritage while looking to the future

With an expected population growth of more than 2 million by 2025, how can this growth be accommodated while protecting the region’s ecological systems?

Kabul has undergone distinct eras of sociocultural development

多样化的文化背景、丰富的生态系统和动荡的政治局面，无不构成喀布尔自成一格的城市特征，经历二十年建立公民社会的进程后，这城市已准备好迎接更宽广的未来。通过一系列设计手段，项目旨在将喀布尔发展为一个包罗万象的大都会，为达到目标，设计团队必须克服重重挑战：城中超过七成土地开发状况混乱，全市人口也在仅仅十年增加了两百多万，项目除针对性地解决这些难题，也提出富有远见、满足二十一世纪需要的城市增长策略，务求实现以下几个主要目的：在地下蓄水层以外的地方进行开发，以免对环境造成破坏；恢复农业带；以及物色理想地点成立教育机构和经济开发区。因应灵活而因地制宜的设计导则，城市将能呈现多样化的发展类型，为日后更多开发活动提供可靠有效的执行机制。项目期望综合的城市设计导则能与个别地块的构思设计相辅相成，发挥协同作用，因此在构思如何把非正式聚居地融入城市时，这一套规划方针同样适用。

Distinct features across the city come together to create a unified vision

The plan includes several strategies to reconcile urban growth, including protecting natural systems, restoring ecological functions, and preserving local habitats

Snowmelt from the western mountains and fertile agricultural lands to the east bookend Kabul’s regional ecology

Ecologically vital sites, such as the Hashmat Khan Lake, are protected from encroachment and transformed into cultural and recreational amenities

The Urban Design Framework establishes the lake as a conservation district that will support ecological regeneration and social investment for its surrounding communities

Snowmelt from the western mountains and fertile agricultural lands to the east bookend Kabul’s regional ecology