Red Fan shells inspired design, combining smooth curved lines , the natural shape of the desert’s sand ripples and dunes as well as the shell’s own structure.
Rethinking The Future Awards 2025
First Award | Hospitality (Concept)
Project Name: Hotel design inspired by red fan seashell
Category: Hospitality (Concept)
Studio Name: Mohanad Barakat
Design Team: Mohanad Barakat
Area: Doha – Qatar
Year: 2021
Location: AL Dakhira – Qatar
Consultants: NA
Photography Credits: Mohanad Barakat
Render Credits: Mohanad Barakat
Other Credits: NA
The result is a contemporary architectural building that deploys aesthetic criteria consistent with Qatari architectural style and motifs, creating a tourist attraction in the city of Al Dakhira.
The seashell shape was chosen to symbolize the ancient art of fishing, as the State of Qatar was one of the first fishing nations in the past, where this profession was its lifeblood.
Bin Ghanem Island , located on the eastern coast of the State of Qatar, was famous in the past for the ancient art of pearl diving and for the production of crimson dye (extracted from seashells), where 2.9 million red to dark red dye-producing shells were discovered .
