Arabsat Headquarters | Riyadh
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The Arabsat headquarters is located within Riyadhʼs diplomatic quarter, an area regulated by strict urban design guidelines. The building reaches out to hold the siteʼs three primary corners, 3 points defined by the guidelines and then curves inwards to make gardens sheltered by the building.
At the heart of the new headquarters for Arabsat is an interior garden. This continuous interior garden is shaped by the three exterior lattice walls reflected inside to shape this interior world. Bridges between different departments cross over at multiple levels, at times widening to become informal meeting spaces. The arrays of trajectories that organize these connections extend outwards to the outer perimeters of the site shaping the different gardens.
Fact sheet
Client Arabsat, Arriyadh Development Authority
Date 2008
Status Tender Drawings complete
Location Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Collaborators
Engineering Buro Happold
QS Davis Langdon
Landscape heneghan peng architects (Concept)Mitchell + Associates (Development and Implementation)
Contact
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