Doha project

1. DOHAAndrés López García 3ºD
March 14 2015 IB.LA SENDA GETAFE
 Is the capital city of Qatar.
 It had a population of 796,947
in 2010.
 Is Qatar's largest city, with
over 60% of the nation's
population.
 It´s principal economic
activities are gas and
petroleum.
 In 2022 will host the FIFA
World Cup.

2. Geography
 Located in the Persian
Gulf coast.

3. Geography
 Its urban type is Radio-
centric plan.
 Clear defintion.
 Functional distribution
of land.
 City center of
commercial uses.
 Ring-road system.

4. Geography
SUBURBAN HOUSING AREA:
- Rather low-qualities and
catalogue architecture.
- Lack of public resources and
space.
CITY CENTRE:
- Modern architecture.
- Central Public services ,
Financial Centre .

5. How is the city laid out?
 More than 50 mondern
skyscrapers.
 177 high-rise buildings.
 More than 20 districts.

6. How is the city laid out?
 Developed shopping
centres.
 High technology
hospitals.
 Modern Football fields.

7. History and Development
 1826 founded as Al-
Bidda.
 Al-Bidda means “big
tree”.
 Doha came from the
arabic Ad- Dawha.
 Founded because of
the war.

8. Environmental issues
 PROBLEMS:
 More CO2 in the world
emitted.
 More energy conserved
in the world.
 RESOLUTIONS:
 People try to conserve
more energy.

9. The future. Mega-project
 Integration of urban qualities
more and more important.
 Urban structure and
integrating land use.
 New urban structure for
Doha toward decentralised
centralisation.
 The plan defines new main
urban centres as well as sub-
centres.

10. Sources of information
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/30/q
atar-environmental-impact-
climate_n2213298.html
 http://www.damtec.com.au/?q=project-
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