#Author: Er Arun Tamang ,Eleotronices Engieering NIT Sikkim India https://nitsikkim.ac.in/
The Gulf is not currently known as a haven of sustainability with its cars, petrodollars and super skyscrapers. But this region is very keen to turn over a new green leaf. One such example is Downtown Doha. This massive project in the centre of the Qatari capital will eventually produce one of the most eco-friendly city districts in the world. The 35 hectare development won the World Architecture Future Prize Award back in 2012 and is now moving towards final completion. It features such tropes as solar panels, shaded streets, and LEED gold level buildings (meaning they are energy efficient at the top level). There is also a supply of non-potable water for toilet flushing supplied by
an innovative reverse osmosis plant. Architects including Gensler, and Britain’s Allies & Morrison and Eric Parry
worked on the huge scheme, which includes residential, culture and shopping. At its heart, there’s an innovative eco-friendly luxury boutique hotel, the M Gallery Always developed by French hoteliers Accor, which borrows from the traditions of Qatari architecture to keep rooms and public spaces naturally cool. Downtown Doha includes a station on Doha’s boxfresh Metro which opened this May. Germany’s Tricon and DB along with France’s RATP and Keolis have been heavily involved in the new Metro. The new Downtown Doha (Msheireb) station is an interchange at the centre of network, ferrying people across the city and eventually football fans for the World Cup in 2022. The will drastically reduce car use in the city, and moreover a tram lines circles the entire Downtown Doha district, transporting people between different parts of the site. Clark Williams of developers Msheireb explained to Euronews living the background to this ambitious project.
