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Project Data

Location: Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Status: Design Development

Date: 2012-2014

Budget: Undisclosed
Dimensions: approx. 2400 sqm
Client: Khobar Municipal Government

Design Team: Lulu Almana, Joshua Cummings, Hassan Karimi

Engineer: N. Almana Engineering Office, Naresh Devina

DIALECTIC

	HOT	COLD
ASSEMBLY	raise, stack, pile	lower, cut, smooth
PLANTING	Xeriscaped	None
MATERIALS	Sandstone, stucco, gravel	Limestone, steel, canvas
TEXTURES	Rough: +/- 2-5mm	Smooth: +/- 1mm
EXPOSURE	open, sun	closed, shade
LIGHTING	incandescent: 3000k	LED: 7000K
COLOUR	red, orange, brown, yellow	blue, grey, white, violet, green
MECHANICS	Passive systems	Mechanical supplementation
SPEED	Slow	Fast

PLANTING LIST (schematic)

Wooded Shrub

Calligonum comosum

Saltbush

Haloxylon salicornicum

Yellow Shrub

Rhanterium epapposum

Arid Tree

Acacia gerrardii

Salam

Acacia ehrenbergiana

Jharber

Ziziphus nummularia

Arabian Boxthorn (Nightshade)

Lycium shawii

DEVELOPMENT SKETCHES

Central Seating

Tensile Canopy

REFERENCES

exhibit A

LE CORBUSIER. Wall light, from La Maison du Brésil, Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, ca. 1957-1959

exhibit B

UNKNOWN. Roman Amphitheatre, Lecce, ca. 1st Century CE

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