Qatar Horse City
The project lies 70 km north of Doha, near the village of Al Khor.
- Type
- Competition won
- Status
- In progress, preliminary design
- Client
- Emirate of Qatar
- Scale
- 400 ha
- Program
- New neighbourhood for 85,000 people with a 17,000-seat hippodrome, a 12,000-seat polo field, housing, offices, shopping and a harbour for 150 boats
- Architect
- AND Studio
About
The need for a new hippodrome led Emir Hamad Bin Khalifa to the idea of a whole city devoted to the Emirate’s ancestral companion, the horse. The city provides everything around horses: a hippodrome, a polo field, a horse museum and miles of bridle paths. Visitors can stay for several days between a race and a polo match, so the city also has hotels, golf courses, shopping malls, villas, a business centre and many gardens. The neighbourhoods are organised mainly by function: living, working and leisure. Each has its own urban and architectural identity, and a central park connects them.
Sustainability
Recycled materials and materials sourced within 100 km, solar protection, and sponge-city landscapes that hold rainwater in the green spaces.