Silver Interior Space and Exhibition Design · 2021
M. Almana College of Health Sciences Auditorium
- A' Design Award 2021 Silver Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Awarded April 15, 2021
- CLIENT: Mohammad Almana College of Health Sciences (Machs)
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 22,566
- Verification code 4F33BCB268 · Verify this award
About M. Almana College of Health Sciences Auditorium
Design aims to attract students through offering both traditional and modern attitude, to strengthen student's belonging to the campus and constant aspiration for success. 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, to create interactive spaces to be part of students' memories.
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- 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. - 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
- 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. - 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. - Patents
- "Copyrights belong to Muhammed El Sepaey, 2020."