DAMMAM, 9 May 2004 — Zamil Steel, a global leader in the manufacture of pre-engineered steel buildings, has been awarded a 35.8 million-riyal ($9.6-million) contract to supply and construct the steel building for Qatar’s next landmark — a retail, sports and entertainment center called “Le Villaggio”.
Work on the 100,000 square meter development, which began in January 2004, is forecasted to be completed by May 2005.
Located in Doha’s Al Azizya district and within a new sports complex surrounding Khalifa Stadium, the Villaggio development will feature a total built up area of 145,000 square meters. Once completed, it will be Qatar’s largest shopping center and will offer a mix of retail outlets, services and entertainment activities. These will include bowling lanes, a fun park, a roller coaster, ice rink, a six-theater cinema, fast food outlets and restaurant areas, a hotel and a hypermarket. These will all be set within and around a coliseum-style building and be linked together by water features, such as an indoor canal and a lake.
The exterior design will reflect an Italian hill town in form, scale, materials and color.
“In practical terms, what this means is a very complicated curved architecture, which needs various building materials incorporating concrete and steel. Zamil Steel’s involvement in this project relates to the construction of the entertainment and department store areas as well as the hypermarket site and a three-dome decorative structure. These will be constructed using a pre-engineered building system, since this material will produce a finished product with large unobstructed areas as per our requirements,” said Maher Mootassem, project manager, Business Trading Company, the developer of Le Villaggio.
