The ambitious Msheireb Downtown Doha Phase Four transforms the city’s urban core, creating a vibrant live-work-play community in the heart of the Qatar’s capital city.
The megaproject includes a large public plaza and 12 mixed-use buildings, ranging in size from 5 to 25 stories, and featuring apartments, hotels, offices, healthcare facilities, stores and restaurants and civic spaces.
HOK’s contemporary design draws from local history to create a model for sustainable regional development and community living. Qatari principles of simplicity, elegance, balance and calm proportions inform the design.
The master plan includes a series of sustainable design strategies for optimizing microclimatic effects, enhancing thermal comfort, maximizing water and energy efficiency, encouraging waste management and reducing carbon emissions.