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Desert Flower Shaped Hotel Tower
| Owner/Developer |
Alfia Holding |
Estimated Value | US$ 275,000,000 |
| Sector |
Infrastructure |
Sub Sector |
Hotels |
| Country |
Qatar |
City |
Lusail |
| Capacity | 38-storey tower | Feasibility Start Date | Q2-2016 |
| Status | FEED/Design | Project End Date | Q4-2022 |
| Owner/Developer |
Alfia Holding |
| Estimated Value | US$ 275,000,000 |
| Sector |
Infrastructure |
| Sub Sector |
Hotels |
| City |
Lusail |
| Country |
Qatar |
| Capacity | 38-storey tower |
| Feasibility Start Date | Q2-2016 |
| Status | FEED/Design |
| Project End Date | Q4-2022 |
Project Overview
Background
Alfia Holding is developing a 'desert flower' shaped hotel tower in Lusail. The 38-storey tower will consist of a hyacinth and a nine-pointed base. It will also include a filigreed skin that resembles a mashrabiya screen, typically prevalent in Arabic architecture.
Scope of Work
Construction of a 38-storey hotel tower spread across 70,000 sq m, which will also include:
- 200 hotel rooms and 120 unique residences
- Public spaces and atrium
- Basement level car parking facilities
- Business centre
- Gym, steam and sauna
- Landscaping and garden areas
- Lounges
- Meeting and conference rooms
- Penthouse level entertainment suite
- Reception area
- Restaurants, cafes and coffee shops
- State-of-the-art events and meeting hall
- Swimming pool
- Wedding suites
The building's design is based on the form of the desert hyacinth, a flowering plant native to the Arabian Gulf region. This resulted in a nine-pointed shape with a bulging podium at its base and upper floors that feature "interwoven fluid geometries". The architecture of the hotel tower will have a special "weather-shielding design" to protect visitors from the extreme heat of the Gulf region.
Finance
Alfia Holding is financing the construction of this hotel.
Additional Notes
Lusail City will incorporate a 38 km light rail system to transport approximately 450,000 residents and visitors throughout the city with direct connection to the wider Doha Metro network.
Integrating its management and conservation of water within an urban landscape, the city’s energy, communications and transportation systems are also planned to automatically adapt to continually changing weather and traffic conditions, making Lusail the most sustainable city in the region.
Continuing these ecological considerations, the formal composition of Hadid’s design has been inspired by the structure of the Desert Hyacinth; a flowering plant native to the landscapes and coastlines of the Arabian Gulf. The nine-pointed form of the building’s podium surrounds a central core defined by the interwoven fluid geometries of the hyacinth. A filigreed mashrabiya façade envelops the building to reduce solar gain.
Fluidity is embedded within the region’s architectural heritage and traditions. Continuous calligraphic and geometric patterns flow from domes to ceilings, ceilings to walls, walls to floors, establishing seamless relationships and blurring distinctions between architectural elements.
Related Companies
Owner/Developer
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Alfia Holding Al Alfia Holding Building, Al Bidda Area 22077, Doha, Qatar Tel: +974 4482 3463, +974 4436 1131 Web: www.alfiaholding.com |
Feed/Design
Pre Qualified
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Zaha Hadid Architects 10 Bowling Green Ln, London EC1R 0BQ, United Kingdom Tel: +4420 7253 5147 Web: www.zaha-hadid.com |
Short Listed
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Zaha Hadid Architects |
Awarded
|
Zaha Hadid Architects |
Sub-contractor
Pre Qualified
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Arup Group 13 Fitzroy Street, W1T 4BQ Tel: +44 20 7636 1531 Email: [email protected] Web: www.arup.com |
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Atelier Ten 19 Perseverance Works, 38 Kingsland Road, E2 8DD, London Al Diwan Street, Doha, State of Qatar Tel: +44 20 7749 5950, +974 4038 2659 Email: [email protected] Web: www.atelierten.com |
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Francis Landscapes Building No. 2151, Fouad Chehab Avenue, Sin El Fil, Beirut, Lebanon Tel: +961 0150 2070/1, +961 0382 1282 Email: [email protected] Web: www.francislandscapes.com |
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GC Hotel Consultancy Doha, Qatar |
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Tricon Foodservice Consultants Limited St James’s House, 27-43 Eastern Road, Romford, Essex RM1, 3NH England, UK Office Suite 6-206, Building 6, Gold & Diamond Park, Shaikh Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE Tel: +44 20 8591 5593, +971 4323 7525 Email: [email protected], [email protected] Web: www.tricon.co.uk |
Updates
| Jul 2018 | Schematic design works are still ongoing. Tenders for the main construction contract is expected to be issued by the end of the year. |
| Sep 2017 | Schematic design works have commenced. |
| May 2017 | The architectural, structural and MEP works are expected to finish by April. |
| Jan 2017 | The following sub-contractors have been appointed:
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| Jul 2016 | Zaha Hadid Architects have been appointed as the design consultants. |
| Jun 2016 | Feasibility study is being carried out for the construction of a 38-storey hotel tower in Lusail. |