The Al Maha Centre for Children and Young Adults is a specialised Healthcare facility focused on providing appropriate and world class care to patients with a range of complex medical needs and developmental challenges. The service profile includes a strong focus on ambulatory services; respite care, outpatient clinics, therapy zones and hydrotherapy as well as programs covering Early Intervention and Autism. Long-term inpatient care will cater to severely disabled children.

The design dovetails both a sensitive environment with the emphasis on a home-like, non-clinical setting for the ambulatory, community and residential accommodation within. The ideas that underpin it were founded on evidence-based design, an integrated service model and a family-centered approach.

The design approach focuses on the notion of context with strong reference to the traditional social and urban patterns and architectural references of the Qatar vernacular.