#NEVER BUILT:"Khabary City"

[AlOnSi]

Project Name : Khabary Al-Fahaheel
Owner : Khabary Holding (Dar First Holding)
Cost : 134 Million KD
Construction Start : 2005
Construction End : 2008

The Project will be built on a huge land of a minimum surface area of 231,803 sqaure meters, segregated into several plots, on which different real estate projects are to be developed.

the project would encompass hotel, hotel suits, 25 residential units, 20 residential buildings, 8 office towers, one shopping mall, and small entertainment & commercial units.

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UPDATE:
The information and pictures are outdated its just a preliminary design

[Gilgamesh]

Looks awesome! Huge! :eek:

[KuwaitLover]

Actually the scope has been increased considerably. Plot size is now 770,000 square metres and project value is $5.5 billion.

[Skoulikimou]

Actually the scope has been increased considerably. Plot size is now 770,000 square metres and project value is $5.5 billion.
5.5 billion :omg: you can build small town from scratch with this amount of money

[Skoulikimou]

i think they changed the name into khabary city :?

[Larogue]

As KuwaitLover mentioned, here is an early render for the new project plan :
http://www.top4arab.com/kc1.jpg

5.5 billion :omg: you can build small town from scratch with this amount of money

It is a "small town from scratch" :cheers1:

[Skoulikimou]

how they can call it khabary city , and there is no khabary ??
that does not make much sense does it ?!

[AlOnSi]

I have learned that this is a preliminary design and its not under construction now .. the real thing will not look like this.

I got those pictures and info from www.khabarycity.com :(
I apologize for this

[Larogue]

Interesting press release - 23\12\2005:
على مساحة 232 ألف متر مربع جنوب الكويت
«خباري القابضة» تعكف على تنفيذ مشروع مدينة المستقبل بتكلفة 450 مليون دينار
تعكف شركة خباري القابضة على إنجاز تنفيذ مشروع مدينة خباري الفحيحيل المعماري والمتعدد الأغراض وبنيته التحتية والذي ستبلغ كلفته الإجمالية نحو 450 مليون دينار وعلى أرض مساحتها تبلغ نحو 232.000 متر مربع جنوب مدينة الكويت.
وأوضح مساعد المدير العام لشركة خباري القابضة المهندس بدر الشطي: أن المشروع الذي أنجزت الشركة دراساته وتصاميمه ومخططاته من أكبر المشاريع العقارية في الكويت إن لم يكن أكبرها على الإطلاق حيث سيوفر 2500 وحدة سكنية ستساهم في حل المشكلة الإسكانية المزمنة وخاصة في منطقة جنوب مدينة الكويت والتي يتوقع أن تشهد مزيدا من الاحتياجات السكنية بعد أن تمت موافقة الحكومة على إنجاز عدد من المشاريع الكبرى، مما سيتطلب المزيد من المساكن وخاصة للعاملين في هذه المشاريع للحد من الضغط الذي تواجهه العاصمة والمناطق الداخلية التي تعاني أصلا من تفاقم وأزمة إسكانية مزمنة.
وأضاف الشطي: إن مشروع مدينة المستقبل «خباري الفحيحيل» يهدف إلى إنشاء مدينة عصرية متكاملة ولا يقتصر على إنشاء وحدات إسكانية بل ستقوم الشركة بإنشاء البنية التحتية للمشروع من طرق ومجمعات للمكاتب المهنية والتعليمية ومراكز تسوق وحدائق وممرات آمنة وتوفير الخدمات اللازمة التي سيحتاجها سكان المدينة من عيادات طبية متخصصة ملحقة في مستشفى حديث وحدائق وطرق، كما سيتم توفير مواقف تحت الأرض لنحو 1500 سيارة للمساهمة في حل المشكلة المرورية أو أية اختناقات قد تحدث مستقبلا في المنطقة.
كما ان ابنية المدينة بأكملها تتمتع بنظام الابنية الذكية التي من شأنها السيطرة على المناخ الداخلي للمدينة والتحكم بنظم الاتصالات والأمن.
وأكد أن مشروع مدينة خباري الفحيحيل يشتمل على أقسام رئيسية ثلاثة، الأول ويضم الأبراج السكنية والمكاتب المهنية والمستشفى، والقسم الثاني مبنى لفندق من الدرجة الأولى والذي يشتمل على مركز لرجال الأعمال وقاعات للمؤتمرات والمعارض والأنشطة الأخرى، والقسم الثالث هو مشاريع البنية التحتية من مواقف سيارات وخط قطار كهربائي وحديقة عامة أعدت لها «خباري» خططا هندسية لتأهيلها وتطويرها ولخلق بيئة صحية لسكان المدينة ومستخدمي مرافقها.
وأضاف أن الشركة أولت اهتماما خاصا بموضوع احتمالات تزايد الطلب وللحد من ارتفاع استهلاك الماء والكهرباء في المستقبل حيث تم اعتماد كسوة خارجية لمعظم مباني المدينة بطريقة مبتكرة تستخدم الألواح «الكهروضوئية» التي تتسم بأناقة الشكل وحسن المنظر لأغراض الإنارة الليلية وتسخين المياه مما سيقلل من الاعتماد على محطات توليد الطاقة الكهربائية، كما سيتم استخدام تقنيات متطورة وفق نظم خاصة بتصريف المياه للحد من هدر المياه وترشيد استهلاكها مما سيوفر نحو 30 ـ 40% من استهلاك المياه ويخفف الضغط على محطات مياه التحلية.
ونوه الشطي بتوافق المشروع مع البيئة واصفا إياه بأنه صديق للبيئة وخاصة أنه يستخدم نظام معالجة النفايات القائم على مبدأ التفريغ ذي التكنولوجيا المتقدمة لشفط النفايات من المواضع المخصصة إينما وجدت إلى موقع مركزي يتم فيه حفظها بقوالب صلبة، كما سيقي المدينة من أية تلوثات ومناظر عربات القمامة المؤذية وما تنفثه من روائح كريهة، مشيرا إلى أن هذا النظام يقوم بعزل وفرز النفايات الصلبة كالزجاج والبلاستيك ومعادن وغيرها، وأن الحديقة العامة للمشروع والمساحات الخضراء فيه تؤكد صداقة المشروع للبيئة وتوفر ساحات وممرات خاصة للمشي وممارسة الرياضة.
وفي مجال استخدام المزيد من التكنولوجيا المتطورة قال الشطي أن مدينة المستقبل ستقوم بإنشاء ممر مظلل يخترق المدنية وطوله نحو 2 كم يبدأ من شاطىء الخليج شرقا حتى حدود المدينة غربا، وسيوفر مزيدا من الأماكن الآمنة والتي تجنب السكان الظروف المناخية القاسية، كما تجري الدراسات لعمل أول قطار كهربائي في الكويت يعمل على ربط وحدات المشروع المختلفة ليسهل التنقل فيما بينها، ومن الممكن ربطه مستقبلا بأي شبكة تنشئها الدولة خارج المشروع..

[Skoulikimou]

Client : Al Dar First Holding
Consultancy Teams : Najeeb Al Humaidhi Engineering – Main consultant Make Places LTD, UK – Master planning Ove Arup, UK – Engineering Consultant Gehl Denmark – Urban Planners Lovejoy, UK – Landscape Architects .

Project Manager : PROMAN (http://www.promanpm.com/) (In association with Mace Itn’l Co.)
Location : Fahaheel – Kuwait
Project Type : Urban Development

Project Brief:
Residential Units
Retail Units
Cinemas
Restaurants
Hotel(s) (4/5 stars classification high rise)
Health Clubs
Mosques
Hospital & associated private clinic(s)
Parking (above and below ground level)
Landscaping and water features

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/1852/37mp.jpg

http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/8845/47ac.jpg

[Koweitien]

I love this project and what I love most about it is the fact that it is environmentally friendly. I mean how it uses solar panels for water heating and how it will use recycling centres is just great !

[KuwaitLover]

Skou, thanks for the info on the consultants. May I ask where you got it from?

[B-Patriot]

Wow, those last few pics look really weird and cool.... :)

[Skoulikimou]

Project Manager : PROMAN (http://www.promanpm.com/) (In association with Mace Itn’l Co.)

@KuwaitLover
you can find the consultants in PROMAN (http://www.promanpm.com/) web site :)

[Riyadhi]

wow WOW WOW
Is this under consruction already?

[chix_love]

has the construction started!

[Koweitien]

^^ Well guys it does say on the title of this project that it is under construction therefore I'm going to guess that construction has started for this project :)

[Koweitien]

Has the location of this project changed ? Because in the initial masterplan khabary city was located opposite to Mina Al Ahmadi which is not shown on the last render :)

[chix_love]

I will try to get the pictures of construction site

[AlOnSi]

they didnt start yet still waiting for the baladiya

[Kuwaiti]

Looks too congested, I wouldnt want to be living in there, unless there are some breathing gaps and a few green parks...

[chix_love]

I saw a construction site near ahmadi refinery

[Koweitien]

Looks too congested, I wouldnt want to be living in there, unless there are some breathing gaps and a few green parks...



http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/1852/37mp.jpg

http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/8845/47ac.jpg

Well there seems to be a lot of green spaces in the render :)

[Kuwaiti]

ok heres my next excuse. I like to fly helicopters so I wont live there unless you want me to crash into a building :P

[Koweitien]

http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/8845/47ac.jpg

According to the Monarch Hotels website (http://www.themonarchhotels.com/monarch_fahaheel.htm) this building will be a Monarch hotel which will be 170m high and will contain 200 suites and 300 rooms. It will also be linked to a convention centre and one of the largest malls in Kuwait. The hotel will also contain a pool and a health club at the eastern edge of the hotel.

[Halawala]

Wow, the buildings are pieces of art!

[CrazY]

from the monarch hotel's website (http://www.themonarchhotels.com/monarch_fahaheel.htm)

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e8/7amani/monarch.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e8/7amani/monarch1.jpg

[Koweitien]

Thanks for the great renders CrazY :)

[CrazY]

^^ ur welcome :)
so is this really underconsruction ?!! i think i'll go tomorrow to check it out ;)

[Kuwait4Ever]

Amazing project,I didn't even know about it

[margog]

its so wondreful to know that its U/C :)

[Mu9ai3ibun]

Words fail me. This is more than amazing. The way the buildings are designed to go along with the environment is a new technique in Kuwait, and I really hope this will not be the last project to encompass the environment in its plans. Really hope this gets constructed quickly, and can't wait to see it finished.

[Attractive]

nice project ... but WHEN !! :_(

[CrazY]

a few days ago i read in the newspaper alwatan i think, the head of Dar First Holding company stated that they changed the name of the company to khabary holding, and said that the land for the project is purchased and they are going to start construction of this city soon in fahahel near madenat al fahahel project by tamdeen co.
sorry guys i dont have a link to the article :(

[Skoulikimou]

the designer of the project is Make Architects (http://www.makearchitects.com/)

[Skoulikimou]

This proposal for a futuristic self contained city, located in Fahaheel just outside of Kuwait City, incorporates just about every bit of infrastructure you could dream of, ranging from hotels, retail, and residential units, to leisure facilities, hospitals and educational establishments. The pioneering 32-storey design, which pushes the boundaries of modernism, also features an undercover walkway designed with new technology to keep temperature cool and stretches from one side of the city to the other.

Designhive, an architectural visualisation agency based in Surrey & Central London, was brought on board to create the branding identity of the city and create a series of stills and animations to present to the government of Kuwait and potential investors. The company’s designers, all of which have architectural and interior design backgrounds, developed the visualisations inside 3ds Max using a mixture of information supplied by the original architects including 2D CAD drawings, hand drawn sketches, and 3D concept models. The VRay lighting plug-in was utilised to produce realistic lighting effects. Texture-based mapping was used to reduce the polygon count in animations and speed up render time on its 60 processor render farm.

“It was important for the client that the animations were of the same quality as the stills produced and we achieved this on the project using ‘Combustion’ to composite layers within a sequence of rendered frames,” says Janine Tijou, Director of Designhive. “We also composited the model into live aerial footage using a program called Boujou. We’ve been using this product for the last three or four years and it’s becoming a much sought after commodity in our industry having buildings shown in context.” “It is an honour to have been such an important part of an incredibly pioneering project like Khabary,” concludes Janine. “We revelled in the fact that the requirements of this project pushed us and we rose to the challenge with relish; the end result is one which presents Khabary as a future city with vibrant community and many economic reasons to justify the scheme. It’s a powerful set of dual language animations.

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/3023/galleryhive1xl6.jpg

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AEC Magazine (http://aecmag.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=34)

[q8_shaggy_17]

guys, does anyone know when the project is gonna start being constructed

[Skoulikimou]

according to go wealthy (http://www.gowealthy.com/realestate/news/1119/detail.asp) the project will cost US$ 1.7 billion

[q8_shaggy_17]

wow that's alot of money, bas leq8 testahel o testahel akthar ba3d wenshalla ahalha ekonon gadha wegdood

[Skoulikimou]

wow that's alot of money, bas leq8 testahel o testahel akthar ba3d wenshalla ahalha ekonon gadha wegdood
please post in english not everyone can understand this coded english/arabic language other than that you can post in arabic in the thread provided below

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=391945

[q8_shaggy_17]

ok my friend dont worry, my bad;)

[Skoulikimou]

nice large render of Khabary city

http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/9223/largrenderxw3.jpg

[Skoulikimou]

more more more ................

http://img417.imageshack.us/img417/8660/ayu9.jpg

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[devil_mind]

the project is beautiful
but does anyone know when will they start working on it

[Skoulikimou]

the project is beautiful
but does anyone know when will they start working on it

Name : Khabary City Development Project
Description :Development of Khabary City comprising several hundred residential and retail units, cinemas, restaurants, hotels, a health club, mosques, hospitals, private clinics and several car parks.
Posted : January 8, 2006
Status :New Tender

http://www.kuwaittenders.com/CategoryResult.asp?CategoryId=39

[differences75]

this is a fantastic project .. when will they start building???

[chix_love]

I saw this type of structure getting built just oppossite to maa but it was really smaller in size.

[CrazY]

OMG i love the greenery and the shaded walk ;)
this is totally cool

[q8_shaggy_17]

chix love, was it really smaller in size, it can't be, cuz the land size is the biggest land in q8 owned by the private sector(about 250,000m2), i think u better double check on the area of the project

[CrazY]

maybe hes looking at the buildings next to the monarch hotel ( the main building and biggest in the renders ) ;) its looks the same but alot smaller

[Skoulikimou]

$ 5.5 billion for Khabary City

Design work is under way on a new $5,500 million city development in the Fahaheel area of Kuwait City. Called Khabary City, the project is the most ambitious private sector real estate development in the state to date.
http://www.mfa.nl/kwe/commercial/commercial_news

[q8_shaggy_17]

wow, that's some good news, b4 it was $1.5 billion 4 the project and now it's $5.5 billiion but if u dont mind me asking skouli where did u get that information from, and do u know when the design is going 2 finish

[Skoulikimou]

wow, that's some good news, b4 it was $1.5 billion 4 the project and now it's $5.5 billiion but if u dont mind me asking skouli where did u get that information from, and do u know when the design is going 2 finish
for god sake just click on the link below the qoute in post #51 :colgate:

the design is finished check the link for update
http://www.makearchitects.com/

[h_arc_h]

but who will fund this project with 4.5 bil .. which company has this amount and would invest it like this

[q8_shaggy_17]

where is the update of the project in that website skouli, i didn't find it

[devil_mind]

skoulikimou
where im searching the site
there is nothing about it

[q8_shaggy_17]

.althere is no update about the project in the site u gave us skouli

[Skoulikimou]

my last call
http://aecmag.com/pdf/dl_pdf/AEC-August06.pdf#search=%22Khabary%20City%22

[Gilgamesh]

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e8/7amani/monarch1.jpg

It's an impressive project! but it would of looked even nicer if every single building wasnt designed like a ramp lol

[neio]

يعتبر هذا المشروع جميل جدا ولكن مشاريع شركة أدنك - المالكة للمشروع - وهي شركة تابعة لشركة دار الإستثمار لم ينجز منها أي مشروع حتى الآن بالكويت ويلاحظ أن شركة دار الإستثمار تركز في مشاريعها العقارية خارج دولة الكويت مثل مشروع جزر أوكيانا في نخلة الجميرا بدبي وأبراج الجميرا في نفس المنطقة

[q8_shaggy_17]

i really don't agree with u there mr neio, cuz investment dar has many projects insiede q8 not only outside, like 4example the capital tower facing the ahmad al jaber st., so dont tell me that company doesn't have many projects inside q8 cuz i think it does

[neio]

i really don't agree with u there mr neio, cuz investment dar has many projects insiede q8 not only outside, like 4example the capital tower facing the ahmad al jaber st., so dont tell me that company doesn't have many projects inside q8 cuz i think it does

برج العاصمة من سنتين وإحنا نسمع عنه وللحين ما شفناه ولا بدأ أصلا العمل بالمشروع وكل مرة تصرح الشركة إن الشهر القادم سوف يبدأ العمل ويمر شهر وشهرين وسنة وسنتين وللحين ماكو شي ... وين المشاريع الثانية ؟

[q8_shaggy_17]

yeba i know they didn't start with capital tower yet, it's cuz of some things that need 2 be done from the municipility(al baladia), and u know the beaurocracy, and that's what's making the project so slow, just like the haratige village

[Skoulikimou]

to watch "Khabary City" presentation video :

^ click on the link
^ portfolio
^ khabary
^ click on animation video on the top right hand corner

Click me (http://www.designhive.co.uk/)

[q8_shaggy_17]

cool video, thnx alot man

[devil_mind]

:banana: i want to roller skate on those buildings

[qwazy]

hahahahahahahahahahaha. rollerskate loool. i wanna skateboard on them :P
maybe they should turn it into a dual purpose skateboard ramp/building :P

[Skoulikimou]

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/308/untitledjq2.jpg

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/9238/untitledrn5.png
from www.khabary.com

[SLion]

Looks too tiny to be a city.
Maybe I just got a bit too much of Dobai ! :)

( The train is cool; never seen any train in kuwait )

[Skoulikimou]

Khabary City in Kuwait – Masterplan
October 2007

Owner: Al Dar First Holding
Budget: $5.5 billion
Scope of work: The project calls for the design and construction of several hundred residential and retail units, cinemas, restaurants, hotels, a health club, mosques, hospitals, private clinics and several car parks with a total built-up area of more than 770,000 sq m. The development is located in Fahaheel area of Kuwait city.
Update: Sources indicate that design work is in progress.

www.gulfconstructionworldwide.com

[aania]

whats the latest updates on this project .........

[Sdare]

I was reading about some projects in cityscape and there was a project in Kuwait called "Alharir City" costs $86 billion
http://www.asharqalawsat.com/details.asp?section=3&article=441936&issue=10552

[q8_shaggy_17]

ya that's true, it's the hareer city project, 4 more info:-

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=332488
http://www.civicarts.com/civicarts.php

[Skoulikimou]

Name : Khabary City Development Project
Description : Development of Khabary City comprising several hundred residential and retail units, cinemas, restaurants, hotels, a health club, mosques, hospitals, private clinics and several car parks.
Updated : May 12, 2008
Status : New Tender

www.kuwaittenders.com

[iSORROW]

so is it just cancelled??? but y is thier website and the monarch hotel website not telling anything about being cancelled?