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M. Almana College of Health Sciences O Auditorio by Muhammed El Sepaey

M. Almana College of Health Sciences O Auditorio by Muhammed El Sepaey is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Prata in Deseño de Espazos Interiores e de Exposición Competition Category.


PrataInteriorismo· 2021

M. Almana College of Health Sciences O Auditorio

by Muhammed El Sepaey

Client: Mohammad Almana College of Health Sciences (Machs)

A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Interiorismo Category

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The Design

About M. Almana College of Health Sciences O Auditorio

O deseño ten como obxectivo atraer estudantes ofrecendo unha actitude tanto tradicional como moderna, para reforzar a pertenza dos estudantes ao campus e a constante aspiración de éxito. Toda a paleta de materiais elixiuse para adaptarse á contorna histórica, inspirada no patrimonio histórico do Reino, o deserto de Arabia e as dunas de area que expresan a beleza e o movemento dinámico do vento. Os visitantes de Machs son recibidos por un gran vestíbulo cunha cúpula emblemática e un muro de arte médica cheo de produtos químicos e símbolos de medicina de moitas linguas da ciencia, para crear espazos interactivos para formar parte dos estudantes' lembranzas.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Prata

M. Almana College of Health Sciences O Auditorio gañou o A' Design Award de Prata, un recoñecemento enormemente prestixioso outorgado a deseños de gama alta, fermosos e impresionantes. Os gañadores Prata son obras tremendamente brillantes e sumamente creativas que ilustran a pericia, o talento e a agudeza sobresaíntes dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que M. Almana College of Health Sciences O Auditorio sexa unha obra marabillosa, escaparate de oficio, notablemente profesional e profundamente innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Prata é unha invención moi notable e admirada que beneficia e fai avanzar os límites da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía. M. Almana College of Health Sciences O Auditorio é unha creación moi envexada que esperta desexos, achega sentimentos positivos e prende asombro e marabilla.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The project aims to attract students through offering both traditional and modern attitude, to strengthen student's belonging to the campus and constant aspiration for success.
Dimensions & Packaging
Submitted design is for the main building of MACHS and the building consists of 4 floors, includes main lobby, auditorium 1000 seats, seminar hall 100 seats, administration offices and mosque.
Tags
Medical College, Inscriptions, Auditorium, Dome, Interior Design, Stone
Production Technology
The design was based on natural light and natural materials.
High performance glazing system was chosen to get the most healthy use of daylight.
Local Saudi natural stone was chosen for both exterior and enterior walls as wel.
Unify one sandy color for most of materials (floor marble - exterior paint - interior paint - wood cladding - furniture)
Natural brass was chosen for all acssecories and handles.
Design Challenge
The creative challenge during the design phase was how to strengthen student's belonging to the campus and constant aspiration for success by creating both traditional and modern attitude, harmoniously and comfortably.
Also to find the materials to be suitable with the Kingdom historical heritage, the Arabian Desert and sand dunes.
Because I am an architect and my medical information is not very large, I had to study more to create the inscriptional stone wall which is full of chemicals and medicine symbols by many languages of science.
Research
Design research for the Kingdom historical heritage.
Medical research to design the stone wall with medical inscriptions related to college educational content.
Exterior glazing study to select the highest performance system.
Acoustic study for auditorium and seminar hall.
Inspiration
The entire palette of materials was chosen to suit the historic surroundings, inspired by the Kingdom historical heritage, the Arabian Desert and sand dunes that express the beauty and dynamic movement of the wind.

MACHS visitors are welcomed by big lobby with an iconic dome and medical art wall full of chemicals and medicine symbols by many languages of science.
Project Duration
Project Duration: 2017-2020
Location: North Rakah, Eastern Region, KSA
Operation Flow
The building connected directly with all medical schools (school of Pharmacy – school of nursing – school of Physical therapy – school of clinical laboratory), plus 5 entries, one of them is the main entry and 4 entries easy access with auditorium entries
Patents
"Copyrights belong to Muhammed El Sepaey, 2020."
Team Members
Muhammed El Sepaey
Hanan Hussein
Image Credits
Image #1 : Designer / Photographer Muhammed El Sepaey, Auditorium, 2020.
Image #2 : Designer / Photographer Muhammed El Sepaey, Auditorium, 2020.
Image #3 : Designer / Photographer Muhammed El Sepaey, Auditorium, 2020.
Image #4 : Designer / Photographer Muhammed El Sepaey, Medical inscriptions on stone wall, 2020.
Image #5 : Designer / Photographer Muhammed El Sepaey, Auditorium main entry, 2020.

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