Diriyah, Saudi Arabia is home to the Turaif district, the first capital of Saudis and an UNESCO world heritage site since 2010. Appropriately, ZHA's winning design for the Urban Heritage Administration Centre in Diriyah will help maintain the area's UNESCO distinction, including an exhibition space, a library, lecture hall, educational spaces, and an institution for local archaeological research.
According to ZHA, the design is inspired by the interaction between humans and the geography, with references to Diriyah's oasis in the Wadi Hanifah valley and the rammed-earth construction of the area's preserved buildings.
ZHA's proposal is the winning entry from the 2015 competition to design the local Heritage Museum's head office.
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I for one would be very interested in seeing not just references to the "rammed-earth construction of the area's preserved buildings." but a parametric take on rammed-earth as a material.
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