00:02it's about the neighborhoods and it's about your life so people do not choose buildings
00:07or infrastructure they choose a place and a future for themselves and for their families
00:17an entire neighborhood small enough to fit on a table here at cityscape cutter in doha
00:22developers are showing what they plan to build next and what life there could look like the
00:29homes on show range from studio flats for first-time buyers to villas with five or six bedrooms we have
00:36got 70 exhibitors from more than 15 countries and 400 projects showcased this year so it's really
00:42offering a big variety a lot of investment opportunities new communities you're going
00:47to find out in the future where to live where the new schools going where the hospitals are going
00:52for buyers the question is what they can't afford qatari developer barwa says controlling building
00:58costs can help keep prices down we have a list of contractors designers and people who can
01:07study and look the price carefully before we start building any buildings so we have reached a point
01:14where with the experience that we have so we can tell you exactly how much that building will cost
01:19so in order to sell these apartments with a lower cost of construction and development
01:24that will be affordable and available for people to to buy and living in a very affordable apartments
01:33at cityscape barwa unveiled plans for barwa bay the two towers at locile marina will have more than 600 apartments
01:42we're trying to bring to the market something a little bit uh premium with an affordable price as
01:48well but premium so with a unique design a hotel design apartments but at the end of the day you
01:55will
01:55own these apartments so barwa bay is an iconic project an iconic tower is easy to spot on a scale
02:03model
02:04what's harder to picture is what the neighborhood will be like once people move in in terms of the
02:10experience from visitors coming to cityscape they are able to meet with the developers directly
02:15learn about those projects face to face and actually get the true insights about what is
02:20happening not only in the area of the projects itself but in the neighborhood itself where the
02:24infrastructure is going where the communities are happening uh you know all the amenities and
02:29utilities um that really make living there feasible the grove is a new housing development in
02:36lucille designed around a pedestrian shopping street right on the waterfront juan says his team has been
02:43working on the grove for about three years even a short walk can be a challenge in qatar summer heat
02:49juan will residents be able to walk to the shops here or will they still need a car they will
02:55be able to
02:56walk yes absolutely we have accommodated a deep balcony so the units can enjoy external living
03:02throughout the year we have a lot of shading and cooling elements to to make those areas quite
03:09pleasant for the for the use not only on a small period of time but extend that use through the
03:16year
03:17a school nearby or a shorter commute might draw someone to a neighborhood it's about good schools
03:25it's about good health care centers it's about nice parks it's about good pathways it's about
03:32a clean and safe neighborhood and it do not have to cost that much and it's often you say and
03:42you
03:43claim that it's lack of money or technology but but even more often it's it's a lack of good governance
03:50so
03:51make the neighborhood as adaptive and as resilient as as possible because the future will in any case
03:59look different than you think today but buyers and renters also want to know what it's like to live
04:06in the building itself residents are not looking only for community these days they want more they
04:12want specific amenities they want the extras that not any building can offer they want a good landlord
04:18they want a good facility company that's managing the towers abir describes an ai search tool that can
04:24suggest neighborhoods based on what buyers and renters need so you will talk with this ai tool
04:30in a human language i need the community that exists next to x type of schools it needs to be
04:36next to my
04:36work which is there like you're talking to a person and then it will list for you all the convenient
04:41places that you can rent or buy a home and where schools go how streets connect and how much shade
04:48there
04:48is will shape daily life those choices will matter long after construction ends when these neighborhoods become home
