The Islamic Mashrabiya-style structures are installed to allow air circulation from air conditioners, with a solar panel cover that serves as a cover along the corridor and generates electricity and providing a plant fence at a suitable height along the corridors, in addition to planting fast-growing climber veins that cover the pedestrian tracks from all directions.
Rubberised floors are laid with colours that help reducing absorption of temperatures. It also includes provision of vacuum seats that can be used to sit and circulate air inside the corridors. Multiple tests were conducted to determine the air-conditioning devices to automatically match the temperatures and distribute them in an appropriate manner and certain openings.
On this occasion, Director of Projects Affairs at Ashghal Eng. Yousef Abdul Rahman Al Emadi said Ashghal is working on implementing the projects of the Supervising Committee for Beautification of Roads and Public Places in Qatar including construction of parks, green spaces and planting trees in various parts of the country in line with the government strategy to achieve environmental sustainability, one of the important pillars of Qatar’s national development strategy to achieve Qatar National Vision 2030.
Al Gharafa Park is distinguished as a central park such as Rawdat Al Hamamam Park, Rawdat Al Khail Park and Umm Al Seneem Park, serving many areas, besides providing vast green spaces.
It also provides various facilities that serve all visitors, such as the first ever air-conditioned tracks for pedestrians and joggers, and another path for cyclists, children’s play areas, facilities for people with special needs, yards for economic activities, besides provision of vast green spaces.
In turn, Chairman of the Supervisory Committee of Beautification of Roads and Public Places in Qatar Eng. Muhammad Arqoub Al Khalidi, expressed his delight for opening of Al Gharrafa Park, which is a step in achieving the committees goals to build central parks distributed across Qatar, especially since the park includes the first ever air-conditioned tracks for pedestrians and joggers, and as the park serves residents of several vital areas in Qatar.
He also indicated that the committee is making every effort to achieve the goals entrusted to it in providing welfare amenities for the people of Qatar.
"The opening of the first park that includes air-conditioned tracks is a great achievement that we are proud of, and we have been keen to provide the park designed to be a tourist and recreational destination for all the people and visitors of Qatar, with separate cyclist path, areas for sports and large green spaces, to encourage visitors to follow a healthy lifestyle, and contribute in improving the quality of life.”
Project Design Manager Eng Yasmine Al Sheikh, said Al Gharrafa Park has a special design with Islamic features inspired by Al Mashrabiya, to give visitors wonderful impressions of the park. Whereas flat colours are chosen in designing the pedestrian path to give visitors a feeling of calm and serenity, and bright colours are chosen in designing cyclist path and children’s games to give feeling of freshness and vitality.
Al Gharrafa park, the first of its kind in this area is situated overlooking Umm Al-Zubair Street, and it serves people of Al-Gharrafa and surrounding areas, providing a healthy environmental outlet away from the daily routine life and containing various services and utilities for all visiting age groups.
The park is located on an area of about 50,000 square meters, and the works included planting 343 trees, making it good outlet for visitors, especially for families of Al-Gharrafa area, with air-conditioned pedestrian tracks with a length of 657 meters; another 639-meter bike path, in addition to establishing two exercise areas equipped with fitness equipment, and two childrens play areas divided according to age groups from 2-5 years and 6-12 years, considering children with special needs as well and promoting the growth and well-being of children. The Park is also provided with various service kiosks such as 4 restaurant kiosks, bicycle rental kiosk, green wall in the facades of male and female toilet building, bicycle parking, as well as garden furniture from locally manufactured fiber-concrete benches made of GRC and glass-reinforced plastics (GRP), garbage cans, shades and drinking water basins.
The locally made materials used in the works include cycling tracks, pavement Interlock, shot plastered, granite floors, and installation of 47 light poles to enable night visits to the park.
Rubberised floors are laid with colours that help reducing absorption of temperatures. It also includes provision of vacuum seats that can be used to sit and circulate air inside the corridors. Multiple tests were conducted to determine the air-conditioning devices to automatically match the temperatures and distribute them in an appropriate manner and certain openings.
On this occasion, Director of Projects Affairs at Ashghal Eng. Yousef Abdul Rahman Al Emadi said Ashghal is working on implementing the projects of the Supervising Committee for Beautification of Roads and Public Places in Qatar including construction of parks, green spaces and planting trees in various parts of the country in line with the government strategy to achieve environmental sustainability, one of the important pillars of Qatar’s national development strategy to achieve Qatar National Vision 2030.
Al Gharafa Park is distinguished as a central park such as Rawdat Al Hamamam Park, Rawdat Al Khail Park and Umm Al Seneem Park, serving many areas, besides providing vast green spaces.
It also provides various facilities that serve all visitors, such as the first ever air-conditioned tracks for pedestrians and joggers, and another path for cyclists, children’s play areas, facilities for people with special needs, yards for economic activities, besides provision of vast green spaces.
In turn, Chairman of the Supervisory Committee of Beautification of Roads and Public Places in Qatar Eng. Muhammad Arqoub Al Khalidi, expressed his delight for opening of Al Gharrafa Park, which is a step in achieving the committees goals to build central parks distributed across Qatar, especially since the park includes the first ever air-conditioned tracks for pedestrians and joggers, and as the park serves residents of several vital areas in Qatar.
He also indicated that the committee is making every effort to achieve the goals entrusted to it in providing welfare amenities for the people of Qatar.
"The opening of the first park that includes air-conditioned tracks is a great achievement that we are proud of, and we have been keen to provide the park designed to be a tourist and recreational destination for all the people and visitors of Qatar, with separate cyclist path, areas for sports and large green spaces, to encourage visitors to follow a healthy lifestyle, and contribute in improving the quality of life.”
Project Design Manager Eng Yasmine Al Sheikh, said Al Gharrafa Park has a special design with Islamic features inspired by Al Mashrabiya, to give visitors wonderful impressions of the park. Whereas flat colours are chosen in designing the pedestrian path to give visitors a feeling of calm and serenity, and bright colours are chosen in designing cyclist path and children’s games to give feeling of freshness and vitality.
Al Gharrafa park, the first of its kind in this area is situated overlooking Umm Al-Zubair Street, and it serves people of Al-Gharrafa and surrounding areas, providing a healthy environmental outlet away from the daily routine life and containing various services and utilities for all visiting age groups.
The park is located on an area of about 50,000 square meters, and the works included planting 343 trees, making it good outlet for visitors, especially for families of Al-Gharrafa area, with air-conditioned pedestrian tracks with a length of 657 meters; another 639-meter bike path, in addition to establishing two exercise areas equipped with fitness equipment, and two childrens play areas divided according to age groups from 2-5 years and 6-12 years, considering children with special needs as well and promoting the growth and well-being of children. The Park is also provided with various service kiosks such as 4 restaurant kiosks, bicycle rental kiosk, green wall in the facades of male and female toilet building, bicycle parking, as well as garden furniture from locally manufactured fiber-concrete benches made of GRC and glass-reinforced plastics (GRP), garbage cans, shades and drinking water basins.
The locally made materials used in the works include cycling tracks, pavement Interlock, shot plastered, granite floors, and installation of 47 light poles to enable night visits to the park.