Looking ahead to the new year, Dubai-based Architect, Entrepreneur and Founder of Concept ME, Nina Parvaresh outlines her key trend predictions in the world of design.
Built from the ground up as a structure and an interior ecosystem that breathes elemental life and traces veins of light, The Khayriya Building is an office space that defies commercial design.
Project name
Khayriya Office Building, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Architecture firm
Concept Me by Nina
Location
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Principal architect
Nina Parvaresh
Design team
Concept Me by Nina
Collaborators
Concept Me scope of work included architecture, interior design, project management, procurement, landscape and lighting design : Furniture by Cardex s.r.l. (ITA) and ERBA ITALIA (ITA) / Lighting by Louis Poulsen (DEN) and Flos (ITA)
Interior design
Concept Me by Nina
Landscape
Surface 360 - Modern Surfaces Contracting Company (KSA)
Civil engineer
Rafic A. Kreidieh Engineer & Contractors (KSA)
Structural engineer
Rafic A. Kreidieh Engineer & Contractors (KSA)
Environmental & MEP
Saudi Green Contracting (KSA)
Lighting
Concept Me by Nina collaboration with Flos (ITA) and Louis Poulsen (DEN)
Construction
For Civil Work : Rafic A. Kreidieh Engineer & Contractors (KSA) / For finishings : Surface 360 - Modern Surfaces Contracting Company (KSA)
Supervision
Concept Me by Nina
Visualization
Concept Me by Nina
Material
The space was designed with elements that made the modular elements from the Porcelanosa tiles to the Louis Poulsen lighting fixtures breathe. The use of Corten metal, crafted in a Beirut atelier added a sense of organic weathering to the building. Transparency, openness and contrasted touches of teal blue evoked a sense of life in the monolithic structure. The marriage of the cold and warm elements is apparent in the amalgamation of the stone-like ceramic tiles with the Corten metal panels and the touches of golden Calacatta marble
Budget
18 million Saudi Riyal
Typology
Commercial › Office Building