Dubai - Mubasher: UAE developer Arada has awarded a contract worth $6.5 billion to UK company Zaha Hadid Architects.
The contract covers the design of the Central Hub of Aljada community project in Sharjah.
Development costs of Aljada’s Central Hub is worth $272 million (AED 1 billion), but this does not include the price of the land plot, Construction Week Online.
Arada expects to break ground in May 2018, Construction Week Online said.
It added that “the main construction contract has not been awarded.still, Phase 1 is expected to be done by the end of the year. Phase 2 will wrap up in Q4 2019. Phase 3 by the close of 2020.”
This contract aims to capture the shape a water droplet makes when it hits the ground.
“Zaha Hadid Architects is proud to partner with Arada on a project designed for Sharjah’s community and its visitors. Applying all our knowledge and experience in creating some of the world’s most popular civic spaces, we look forward to working closely with ARADA to deliver the Central Hub,” the head of Middle East at Zaha Hadid Architects, Tariq Khayyat, said.
