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 |
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.
Construction of a 38-storey hotel tower spread across 70,000 sq m, which will also include:
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.
Alfia Holding is financing the construction of this hotel.
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.