International Center for Advanced Medicine-Saudi Arabia - The desert
       
     
Understanding the culture
       
     
Project meetings
       
     
Overall Concept Plan
       
     
Research campus
       
     
Education campus
       
     
Ambulatory and In-patient campus
       
     
International Center for Advanced Medicine-Saudi Arabia - The desert
       
     
International Center for Advanced Medicine-Saudi Arabia - The desert

Within this cultural framework the desert becomes a blank canvas that will challenge the designers vision. 

Understanding the culture
       
     
Understanding the culture

Finding an artifact in the middle of the desert gives perspective to the culture that your design must respect and support.

Project meetings
       
     
Project meetings

Site specific project meetings happened in the field. Wind blown sand created seating for our team in the natural environment.

Overall Concept Plan
       
     
Overall Concept Plan

The restorative powers of nature are the focus of this plan.  Water, the resource that gives life to the earth is the focal point. 

Research campus
       
     
Research campus

The flow of water leads us first to the research campus that serves as a gate way to knowledge and learning.

Education campus
       
     
Education campus

The gateway of research leads us to the education campus where future doctors and nurses and health professionals will learn their skills.

Ambulatory and In-patient campus
       
     
Ambulatory and In-patient campus

This is where the research and education are applied in practice. Healthcare services are available to all.  As is customary, the Royals have their own separate facility.