Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Scope: Design

Year: 2016

Status: Complete

Team: Khalid Henaidy, Asia Khan, Ahmed Frehat, Sarah Mubarak

Briefing:

The owners of the Rubeen Plaza mall requested for the development of a concept for an installation capable of redefining the atmosphere of the mall’s central square.

Architectural Solution:

The design premisses intended to generate a solution that could functionally complement the activities of the square whilst maintaining an abstract, almost sculptural presence on the square.

A modular system was devised for three layers of elements:

• benches

• kiosks

• shading canopies

All elements will be arranged following a geometrical grid, forming clusters that can be easily re-arranged to form different configurations simultaneously re-organizing the square.