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 school is going where the hospitals are going
00:53for 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 lucille marina will have more than 600
01:41apartments we're trying to bring to the market something a little bit uh premium with an affordable price as well
01:49but premium so with a unique design a hotel design apartments but at the end of the day you will
01:55own
01:55these apartments so barwa bay is an iconic project an iconic tower is easy to spot on a scale model
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 learn
02:16about those projects face to face and actually get the true insights about what is happening not
02:20only in the area of the projects itself but in the neighborhood itself where the infrastructure is
02:25going where the communities are happening you know all the amenities and utilities that really make
02:31living there feasible the grove is a new housing development in lucille designed around a pedestrian
02:38shopping street right on the waterfront juan says his team has been working on the grove for about three
02:45years even a short walk can be a challenge in qatar summer heat juan will residents be able to walk
02:52to
02:52the shops here or will they still need a car they will be able to walk yes absolutely we have
02:57accommodated
02:58a deep balcony so the units can enjoy external living throughout the year we have a lot of shading
03:05and cooling elements to to make those areas quite pleasant for the for the use not only on a small
03:13period of time but extend that use through the year a school nearby or a shorter commute might draw
03:21someone to a neighborhood it's about good schools it's about good healthcare centers it's about nice
03:29parks it's about good pathways it's about a clean and safe neighborhood and it do not have to cost that
03:39much and it's often you say and you claim that it's lack of money or technology but but even more
03:48often it's it's a lack of of good governance so make the neighborhood as adaptive and as resilient
03:56as as possible because the future will in any case look different than you think today
04:02but buyers and renters also want to know what it's like to live in the building itself
04:07residents are not looking only for community these days they want more they want specific amenities
04:13they want the extras that not any building can offer they want a good landlord they want a good
04:19facility company that's managing these towers abir describes an ai search tool that can suggest
04:25neighborhoods based on what buyers and renters need so you will talk with this ai tool in a human
04:30language i need the community that exists next to x type of schools it needs to be next to my
04:36work
04:37which 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 is will shape daily life those choices will matter long after construction ends when these neighborhoods
04:55we come home
