Qatar plans to build three more museums in its capital of Doha, including the 559,700sq ft Lusail museum, as the Gulf nation gears up to welcome the world for the biggest sports extravaganza – Fifa Football World Cup 2022.
Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, Lusail will be dedicated to the influence of Middle Eastern and Islamic art on the wider world. The four-storey building will include exhibition space, an auditorium, library, and educational hubs.
The museum plans were announced last week by Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the chairperson of the state body that oversees the Qatar Museums, during the online Doha Forum, reported ARTnews.
Rem Koolhaas’s architectural firm, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, will be designing the Qatar Auto Museum, which will chart “the evolution of the automobile from its invention through today and how it has influenced culture in Qatar,” according to the Qatar Museums.
Plans are also afoot to renovate a disused flour mill on Doha’s waterfront promenade into the Art Mill, a creative campus that will feature more than 861,000sq ft of exhibition and performance space.
