Project Type: Public building/ entertainment and leisure
Estimated Completion: 2016
Estimated Value: $250 million
Estimated Area: 40,000 sq m built-up area, 62,000 sq m land area
Status: Construction -Bid Submission
Location: Muscat, Oman
The project which will be the first-of-its-kind in the Middle East, will spread over a 62,000 sq m land area with a 40,000 sq m built up area and will consist of a cultural centre with a 1,000-seat national theatre, national archives, a library, cultural labs, a cinema, restaurants and administration offices under a vast musharabieh canopy.
The Ministry of Heritage and Culture wants the complex to be a national centre that promotes cultural and artistic innovations. The National Library will contain 5 million volumes of books, while the National Archives will act as a four-storey exhibition, public event area and a research and administration wing. The cultural arena of the sultanate will contain different elements that serve the country’s citizens, intellectuals and researchers in scientific and practical fields.
Around the complex there will be an “Oasis Fruit Garden”. This will accommodate 1,100 palm trees, 750 fruit trees and 32,500 smaller trees and shrubs. The centre aims to be a hub that will link local and international knowledge and cultural industries to help develop Oman’s cultural scene. The main architect consultant for the project is Architecture Studio, while Gulf Engineering Consultants is the co-architect. Mace International is the project management consultant and French group Setec Batiment the engineering consultant.
SCOPE OF WORK
Construction of a cultural centre on a 62,000 sq m land including:
- A 1,000-seat national theater
- A national archive
- Cultural labs
- A cinema
- Restaurants
- Administration offices
- Oasis Fruit Garden
COMPANIES & PROJECT PERSONNEL
*Owner: Ministry of Heritage and Culture – Oman
Address: Post Box 668, Postal Code 100, Muscat, Oman.
Tel: +968 24-641300
Fax: +968 24-641331
Email: info@mhc.gov.om
Website: www.mhc.gov.om Contact Name: Imad Ziggali
Position: Contracts Manager
Tel: +968 24-641332
*Design & Supervision Consultant: Architecture Studio
Address: Architecture Studio, 10 Building, rue Lacuée Street, Paris 75012, France
Tel: + 33 1-4345-1800
Fax: + 33 1-4343-8143
Email: as@architecture-studio.fr
Website: www.architecture-studio.fr
*Engineering Consultant: Setec Batiment
Address: 42-52 quai de la Rapee, Building Central Seine 75583, Paris Cedex 12, France
Tel: +33 1-8251-6800
Email: setec@setec.fr
Website: www.setec.fr *PMC Consultant: Mace International Limited – Oman
Address: Mace International, PO Box 3427, PC111, Muscat, Oman
Tel: +968 2 439 1900
Fax: +968 2 448 3801
Email: nic.alford@macegroup.com
Website: https://www.macegroup.com/
*Architect (co-architect) Consultant: Gulf Engineering Consultancy
Address: Harley Davidson Building 3321, 1st Floor, Road 3341 Street, Al Khuwair Area, PO Box 487, Muscat 100, Oman
Tel: +968 24-475641, +968 24-475642, +968 24-475643
Fax: +968 24-475645
Email: gec@gulfenggoman.com
Website: www.gecoman.com TIMELINE
November 2014 - The bids for the construction contract were submitted. July 2014 - ITB for the construction contract was issued. Q3 2013 - PMC Contract was awarded to Mace International. January 2012 - Bids were submitted for the PMC contract. December 2011 - ITB was issued for the PMC contract. 2009 - Design was completed. Q4 2008 - Design started. Q3 2008 - Design Consultancy contract was awarded to Architecture Studio. June 2008 - Bids for the design consultancy contract were submitted. February 2008 - ITB for the design consultancy contract was issued.