King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
Competition: 2002 - 3rd Prize
Design: Eckhard Gerber
Project director/Project manager: Thomas Lücking
Project team: Thomas Helms, Hannes Beinhoff, Henrike Schlinke, Nils Kummer et al.
Client: Königreich Saudi-Arabien
Gross area: WB 1.000.000 m²
Volume: WB 4.000.000 m³
The centre of the complex is dominated by the mosque. From here, the women's campus and the Mecca orientated men's campus stretch out in horizontal, linear structures. Both wings are marked by long central zones lined with colonnades. The residential area is to be found in three small mountain settlements which follow the hilly landscape.