Following mossessian & partners' success in the Heart of Doha competition, work has started on a mixed use development with the public realm of Ukaz Square at its centre.
Initially a competition winning bid, mossessian & partners received two awards at MIPIM this year for Al Barahat Square, a new civic space in Doha, Qatar and the centerpiece of the ‘Musheireb’ development.
This project aims to revive, regenerate and conserve the historical downtown of Qatar’s capital city. mossessian & partners’ nine mixed use buildings surround the main square at the heart of the Musheireb scheme, and include residential, commercial and retail buildings.
Al Barahat Square will act as an urban room for the development, an urbanised version of the majlis, fostering communication, interaction and integration between different residential communities.The floor of the square will be ‘carpeted’, clad in gold paving to recreate the richness and warmth of a traditional interior. The surrounding building facades draw heavily on the Qatari vernacular, helping define a new Qatari architectural legacy.
mossessian & partners have taken cues from indigenous building types and urbanism, which are accomplished at dealing with the challenging local climate, engaging with nature: sun, wind and mass. The streetscape is very much part of the scheme: sculpting the void - carving the space between buildings - is as important as designing the buildings themselves. The entire scheme is targeting LEED Gold certification, making it the world’s first sustainable downtown regeneration project.
Initially a competition winning bid, mossessian & partners received two awards at MIPIM this year for Al Barahat Square, a new civic space in Doha, Qatar and the centerpiece of the ‘Musheireb’ development.
This project aims to revive, regenerate and conserve the historical downtown of Qatar’s capital city. mossessian & partners’ nine mixed use buildings surround the main square at the heart of the Musheireb scheme, and include residential, commercial and retail buildings.
Al Barahat Square will act as an urban room for the development, an urbanised version of the majlis, fostering communication, interaction and integration between different residential communities.The floor of the square will be ‘carpeted’, clad in gold paving to recreate the richness and warmth of a traditional interior. The surrounding building facades draw heavily on the Qatari vernacular, helping define a new Qatari architectural legacy.
mossessian & partners have taken cues from indigenous building types and urbanism, which are accomplished at dealing with the challenging local climate, engaging with nature: sun, wind and mass. The streetscape is very much part of the scheme: sculpting the void - carving the space between buildings - is as important as designing the buildings themselves. The entire scheme is targeting LEED Gold certification, making it the world’s first sustainable downtown regeneration project.
