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The first building we visited was the Library, the main volume overlooking the Red Sea. The service a

Transversal to these volumes, there is an open circulation that connects all the buildings. As you ca

The main area of the campus consists of 10 volumes facing the Red Sea, housing the administrative off

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Inside the research buildings, we find triple height spaces at the center. These spaces, intersected

Fountains on the ground level cool the air, which is constantly flowing trough this chimneys. In my o

The visit to the campus was very interesting… getting to see a project this big on an extreme weather

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We′d like to thank KAUST and Fleishman-Hillard for making this possible.

Right next to the campus we find the residences for the faculty and students. The idea of a compact m

This trip allowed us to understand more about the islamic culture, and how it is reflected on this pr

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Text description provided by the architects. As we told you on a previous post, last week we were in

There is no architectural department at KAUST, but during the visit to the labs we meet Prof. Dr. Hel

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As for the materiality, most of the facades are covered with Hunter Douglas’ NBK terracota panels in

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