Katara Plaza, Qatar
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Project: Structural domes Location: Katara Plaza, Katara, Doha, Qatar
Client: Katara
Architect: KEO
Engineering Consultants: KEO
Main Contractor: Imperial Trading and Contracting Company
Handover: 2015/16
As a key component of the new Katara cultural quarter and leisure development in Doha, Katara Plaza is set to become one of the region’s premier shopping destinations. Built on a coastal site overlooking The Pearl Qatar, it offers an ‘open air mall’ feel with high-end boutiques, departmental stores, office space, serviced apartments and a unique mall for children - built over two sprawling levels of secure underground parking.
The 35,000m2 Katara Plaza development promises its visitors a distinctly cultural experience as it fuses ultra-modern facilities with classical architectural influences and traditional Middle Eastern heritage. To reflect the coming together of ancient and modern, BFG was commissioned to engineer, build and supervise the installation of a pair of structural composite domes, each 14.5 metres in diameter.
Fabricated in 16 panels each using traditional tooling and a hand lamination process, the FRP domes were both finished in a translucent gelcoat ready for cladding in distinctive copper sheeting.
The Katara domes have a Class 1 fire rating and, to offer additional protection from coastal gales, are designed to withstand a wind load of up to 160km/h.
Client: Katara
Architect: KEO
Engineering Consultants: KEO
Main Contractor: Imperial Trading and Contracting Company
Handover: 2015/16
As a key component of the new Katara cultural quarter and leisure development in Doha, Katara Plaza is set to become one of the region’s premier shopping destinations. Built on a coastal site overlooking The Pearl Qatar, it offers an ‘open air mall’ feel with high-end boutiques, departmental stores, office space, serviced apartments and a unique mall for children - built over two sprawling levels of secure underground parking.
The 35,000m2 Katara Plaza development promises its visitors a distinctly cultural experience as it fuses ultra-modern facilities with classical architectural influences and traditional Middle Eastern heritage. To reflect the coming together of ancient and modern, BFG was commissioned to engineer, build and supervise the installation of a pair of structural composite domes, each 14.5 metres in diameter.
Fabricated in 16 panels each using traditional tooling and a hand lamination process, the FRP domes were both finished in a translucent gelcoat ready for cladding in distinctive copper sheeting.
The Katara domes have a Class 1 fire rating and, to offer additional protection from coastal gales, are designed to withstand a wind load of up to 160km/h.
