HIA Airport City, Doha Development, Qatar Building, Qatari Architecture, Masterplan Design

HIA Airport City, Qatar : Doha Development

Competition Winner Masterplan – design by OMA

13 Mar 2013

Airport City Doha

Design: OMA

Location: Doha, Qatar

OMA MASTERPLANS AIRPORT CITY FOR HIA AIRPORT IN DOHA, QATAR

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Rotterdam / Doha, 8 March 2013 – After winning an international competition, OMA has been announced as masterplanners for HIA Airport City, a new 10km2 development where 200,000 people will live and work, linking the new Hamad International Airport with the city of Doha, Qatar.

OMA’s masterplan is a series of four circular districts along a spine parallel to the HIA runways, intended to create a strong visual identity and districts with unique identities. Phase One of the 30-year masterplan, which links airside and landside developments for business, logistics, retail, hotels, and residences, will be mostly complete in time for the 2022 World Cup, hosted by Qatar.

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Rem Koolhaas commented “We are delighted and honored to participate in the exciting growth of Doha, in a project that is perhaps the first serious effort anywhere in the world to interface between an international airport and the city it serves.”

Partner-in-charge Iyad Alsaka commented “Doha’s Airport City is an important addition to the realization of OMA’s work in urbanism and will incorporate unprecedented transport planning opportunities; we look forward to collaborating with the HIA to meet the objectives of this ambitious project.”

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Each district of Airport City will be unique within the masterplan’s overall identity. The Business District will centre on a major new transport hub linking with greater Doha; the Aviation Campus will accommodate office headquarters and educational facilities for aviation authorities; the Logistics District will provide cargo and warehousing facilities; and the Residential District, adjacent to the new Doha Bay Marina, will accommodate future employees. A Green Spine connects the districts, echoing their individual identities as it runs north-south. The landscaping scheme, developed by Michel Desvigne, is a new public space for Doha that will be used by residents and tourists. A network of public spaces, gardens and plazas will stretch across the site, surrounded by a “Desert Park.”

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The competition team was led by OMA partners Iyad Alsaka, Reinier de Graaf, Rem Koolhaas and OMA Associate Katrin Betschinger in collaboration with engineering consultants, WSP. The Airport City masterplan and development of its individual elements is being led by Partner-in-charge Iyad Alsaka, Project Director Slavis Poczebutas and Associate Katrin Betschinger. Before the 2022 World Cup, Airport City infrastructure and utilities will be completed along with the Western Taxiway and Aircraft Parking System adjacent to the HIA 2nd runway, the HIA Visa Building, and the visual concept planning of the future transport hub.

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HIA Airport City is a new 10km2 development where 200,000 people will live and work, linking the new Hamad International Airport with the city of Doha, Qatar. OMA’s masterplan is a series of four circular districts along a spine parallel to the HIA runways, intended to create a strong visual identity and districts with unique identities. Phase One of the 30-year masterplan, which links airside and landside developments for business, logistics, retail, hotels, and residences, will be mostly complete in time for the 2022 World Cup, hosted by Qatar.

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Each district of Airport City will be unique within the masterplan’s overall identity. The Business District will centre on a major new transport hub linking with greater Doha; the Aviation Campus will accommodate office headquarters and educational facilities for aviation authorities; the Logistics District will provide cargo and warehousing facilities; and the Residential District, adjacent to the new Doha Bay Marina, will accommodate future employees. A Green Spine connects the districts, echoing their individual identities as it runs north-south. The landscaping scheme is a new public space for Doha that will be used by residents and tourists. A network of public spaces, gardens and plazas will stretch across the site, surrounded by a “Desert Park.”

Airport City Development Doha – Building Information

Project: HIA Airport City
Status: Masterplanning and Component Design Stages
Client: NDIA
Location: Doha, Qatar
Budget: N/A
Site: HIA Airport, Doha
Programme: Masterplan, Utilities & Infrastructure Implementation and Building Design

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Project Director: Slavis Poczebutas
Design Associate-in-charge: Katrin Betschinger
Project Manager: Helen Billson

Team:
Tolis Apostolidis, Sebastian Arenram, Marek Benada, Noemi Benoit, Sara Bilge, Dominic Black, Rick Broene, Sandra Bsat, Jing Chen, Grace Cho, Ahmad Chouman, Roberto Costa, Diana Cruz, Kaveh Dabiri, Alessandro De Santis, Aine Doyle, Alexander Giarlis, Michael Hadjistyllis, Ross Harrison, Will Hartzog, Martin Hejl, Richard Hollington, Ming Hong Khor, Pimpipat Hongdulaya, Mohammed Jabri, Jeremy Keagy, Vincent Konate, Monika Konrad, Jedidiah Lau, Brigitta Lenz, Guangrong Liu, Elena Lledo, Constantinos Louca, Selma Maaroufi, Kostya Miroshnychenko, Nina Otren, Jesung Park, Jerome Picard, Anna Pribylova, Slobodan Radoman, Zhonggi Ren, Emmanouil Rentopoulos, Mariano Sagasta, Silvia Sandor, Elina Spruza, Ida Stople, Lukasz Szlachcic, Ahmed Tawakol, Pal Trodahl, Miguel Ubarrechena, Dong Woo Kim, Shuchen Xiang, Chong Ying Pai

Consultants:
Engineering Services: WSP
Infrastructure & Utilities: WSP
Landscape: Michel Desvigne Paysagiste (MDP)
Sustainability: WSP / RWDI
Specialist Lighting: Licht Kunst Licht (LKL)
Signage & Wayfinding: Mijksenaar
Cost Consulting: De Leeuw
Aviation Consulting: WSP / NACO / Arup
Aviation Property Consulting: Districon
Food & Beverage Consulting: Tricon
Security Consulting: WSP / Olive Group (Competition Phase)
Local Codes: ECG
Images: Robota / OMA
Models: Werkplaats Vincent de Rijk / Made by Mistake / OMA