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M. Almana College of Health Sciences Faletelefoni by Muhammed El Sepaey

M. Almana College of Health Sciences Faletelefoni by Muhammed El Sepaey is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Ario in Mamanu Totonu Competition Category.


ArioTotonu· 2021

M. Almana College of Health Sciences Faletelefoni

by Muhammed El Sepaey

Client: Mohammad Almana College of Health Sciences (Machs)

A' Design Award Ario Winner in Totonu Category

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The Design

About M. Almana College of Health Sciences Faletelefoni

Fuafuaga fa'amoemoe e faatosina mai tamaiti a'oga e ala i le ofoina atu o uiga fa'aleaganu'u ma fa'aonaponei, e fa'amalosia ai le auai o tamaiti a'oga i le lotoa ma fa'anaunauga faifai pea mo le manuia. O le palette atoa o meafaitino na filifilia e fetaui ma le tala faasolopito o siʻosiʻomaga, faʻaosofia e le tala faasolopito o le Malo, le Desert Arapi ma oneone oneone e faʻaalia ai le matagofie ma le malosi o le matagi. O tagata asiasi mai Machs e fa'afeiloa'ia e le tele lobby ma se fa'ailoga fa'ailoga ma puipui fa'afoma'i e tumu i vaila'au ma fa'ailoga vaila'au e le tele o gagana o le saienisi, e fausia ai avanoa fefa'asoaa'i e avea ma vaega o tamaiti a'oga & #039; manatuaga.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ario

O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai M. Almana College of Health Sciences Faletelefoni, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina M. Almana College of Health Sciences Faletelefoni e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. M. Almana College of Health Sciences Faletelefoni o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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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