{"id":395,"date":"2015-02-21T18:18:25","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T23:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/riyadh\/?p=395"},"modified":"2015-02-21T19:49:31","modified_gmt":"2015-02-22T00:49:31","slug":"building-design-princess-nora-university-by-perkinswill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/riyadh\/2015\/02\/21\/building-design-princess-nora-university-by-perkinswill\/","title":{"rendered":"Building design–Princess Nora University by Perkins+Will"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The design of the Academic Colleges at Princess Nora Bint Abdulrahman University uses innovation as a means of giving back to and transforming society. This translates into a vision of community, sustainability and innovative learning environments in one of the most socio-economic and politically complex regions in the world.<\/p>\n

The Academic Colleges are comprised of nine buildings at the heart of the newly created 8,000,000 SM (86,000,000 SF) University campus. Designed for a student population of 40,000, Princess Nora University is the largest university for women in the world. The University educates women in all major academic disciplines and includes Academic Colleges, Health-Sciences Colleges, a 450-bed teaching hospital, on-campus housing, K-12 school, central Mosque and library and sports facilities.<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia\u2019s culture, architectural tradition and regional climate present a rich context for the new University. The Academic Colleges respond to these criteria and also promote advances in learning environments and building technology. The design process included an in-depth analysis of site, program and regional culture in order to achieve a deep understanding of the project context. This understanding of context as \u2018place\u2019 informed an architecture that responds to the region\u2019s architectural heritage, materials and proportions; and creates innovative learning environments for a changing society.<\/p>\n

The entire University is registered with the USGBC\u2019s LEED\u00ae green building rating system with the certification goal of Gold.<\/p>\n

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