Holy Makkah Municipality Design Concept
Project Details
Client
Holy Makkah Muncipality
Location
Makkah
Year
2012
Land Area
18,000 m2
BUA
26,000 m2
Values
160 Million S.R.
The idea of the project is to create a dominating cubic central mass
surrounded by a hierarchy of masses, which represents the pilgrimage “Tawaf”
around the holy Ka’aba.
Then came the necessity of creating a skin of the facade to utilize the traditional Arabic mashrabiya pattern facing the glass panels to help avoid harmful heat and reflects the direct sunlight, in addition, to saving energy by reducing
the air-cooling load.