Bjarke Ingels Group | 653,700 m2 | Invited Competition

Doha, Qatar| Program: Residential/Commercial| December 2013

Partners in Charge: Bjarke Ingels, Andreas Klok Pedersen
Associate in Charge: André Schmidt
Project Leader: Christin Svensson
Project Team: Lorenzo Boddi, Song He, Jan Magasanik, Joao Albuquerque, Liao Hung Kai, Anu Leinonen, Enea Michelesio, Camila Luise de Andrade Stadler, Junjie Yan, Dimitrie Grigorescu, Jakub Mateusz Wlodarczyk, Jan Pietrzak, Jonathan Qaade, Katerina Joannides, Miao Zhang, Mikolai Adamus, Nicolas Millot

 

Media at its core is about communication between people. The Media Headquarters Building is designed to maximize the interaction between staff, visitors and audience under one common roof. A single tensile canopy spans between the two towers covering a vertical village of newsrooms and broadcast studios. The Qatar Media Headquarters will form a framework for international broadcasting grounded in the specific culture and place of Doha Qatar, reflecting the core elements that characterize the Media HQ. At the intersection of the contemporary media and the heritage of Qatar’s rich culture we have explored innovative uses of traditional architectural elements. We have been inspired by the bazaars, the tiled ceramic roofs and the architectural use of textiles indigenous to the Arab world.