Al-Khuwair Downtown Masterplan, Muscat

Muscat’s downtown has a long waterfront, and the new development has the opportunity to become a model solution and a case study for the entire coastal region.

Our Landscape vision is not just about development, but about finding a harmonious balance between the natural presence of wadis and the proposed canal. The site is brimming with opportunities to be seamlessly integrated into a dynamic, coherent green and blue infrastructure, with the Wadis serving as the natural frame.

The strategy further jumps to transforming the barrier of the highway into a green environmental corridor along with some urban connectivity anchors. The highway corridor branches into other green spines that find their way into the new public realm of the campus area. Furthermore, the water activation in the heart of the masterplan stands dominant with the recreational and mixed-used activities that bring life into the downtown area, and approaching the coastline, the sandy environmental corridor is evident with the beach replenishment strategies and the dunes in motion comprises the dynamic, resilient development.