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 qatar in doha
00:22developers are showing what they plan to build next and what life there could look like
00:28the homes on show range from studio flats for first-time buyers to villas with five or six
00:35bedrooms we have got 70 exhibitors from more than 15 countries and 400 projects showcased this year
00:41so it's really offering a big variety a lot of investment opportunities new communities you're
00:47going to find out in the future where to live uh where the new school's going where the hospitals
00:51are going for buyers the question is what they can afford qatari developer barwa says controlling
00:58building costs 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
01:19uh so in order to sell these apartments uh with a lower cost of construction and development that
01:25will 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
01:40600 apartments we're trying to bring to the market something a little bit uh premium with an affordable
01:48price as well but premium so with a unique design a hotel design apartments but at the end of the
01:55day
01:55you will own these apartments so barwa bay is an iconic project an iconic tower is easy to spot on
02:03a
02:03scale model what's harder to picture is what the neighborhood will be like once people move in
02:09in terms of the experience from visitors coming to cityscape they are able to meet with the
02:14developers directly learn about those projects face to face and actually get the true insights
02:19about what is happening not only in the area of the project itself but in the neighborhood itself
02:24where the infrastructure is going where the communities are happening uh you know all the
02:28amenities and utilities um that really make living there feasible the grove is a new housing
02:35development in lucille designed around a pedestrian shopping street right on the waterfront juan says
02:42his team has been working on the grove for about three years even a short walk can be a challenge
02:48in
02:48qatar summer heat juan will residents be able to walk to the shops here or will they still need a
02:54car
02:54they will be able to walk yes absolutely we have accommodated a deep balcony so the units
03:00can enjoy external living throughout the year we have a lot of shading and cooling elements to
03:08to make those areas quite pleasant for the for the use not only on a small period of time but
03:14extend that use through the year a school nearby or a shorter commute might draw someone to a neighborhood
03:22it's about good schools it's about good health care centers it's about nice parks it's about good
03:31pathways it's about a clean and safe neighborhood and it do not have to cost that much and it's often
03:41you say and you claim that it's lack of money or technology but but even more often it's it's a
03:49lack of
03:49of good governance so make the neighborhood as adaptive and as resilient as possible because the
03:58future will in any case look different than you think today but buyers and renters also want to know
04:05what it's like to live in the building itself residents are not looking only for community these
04:10days they want more they want specific amenities they want the extras that not any building can offer
04:16they want a good landlord they want a good facility company that's managing the towers abir describes
04:22an ai search tool that can suggest neighborhoods based on what buyers and renters need so you will
04:29talk with this ai tool in a human language i need the community that exists next to x type of
04:34schools
04:35it needs to be next to my work which is there like you're talking to a person and then it
04:40will list
04:40for you all the convenient places that you can rent or buy a home and where schools go how streets
04:46connect and how much shade there is will shape daily life those choices will matter long after
04:52construction ends when these neighborhoods become home
