Video: King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) / Zaha Hadid Architects

Oct 2010

By Kelly Minner — Filed under: Educational ,Videos , King Abdullah University, LEED Platinum, MAXXI Museum, RIBA Stirling Prize, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Zaha Hadid Architects

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Here is a video about one of Zaha Hadid‘s latest project, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSRC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This project has a holistic approach unifying architecture and engineering, landscape and building artist expression and environmental responsive design. It is intended to not only be a leading research facility, but also a LEED Platinum certified building upon its completion.

We recently featured Zaha Hadid, as she won this years esteemed RIBA Stirling Prize for the design of the MAXXI National Museum in Rome. Full coverage of the RIBA Stirling Prize along with photographs of the MAXXI can be found here.

Also you can check our previous coverage of Saudi Arabai – in particular last year ArchDaily personally visited Saudi Arabia for the opening of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, an international graduate-level research institution. Photographs and a write up on KAUST here.

* Location to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.

Cite:
Minner , Kelly . "Video: King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) / Zaha Hadid Architects" 21 Oct 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 26 May 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/82954>

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sam75 says:

nice but I would like to see the microclimat created by the building used to grow more vegetation inside.

# October 21, 2010 at 18:21

Timothy says:

…and still, people in are being behaeded under the regime of King Abdullah. Interesting how Hadid is evolving her ideas in such a country. By the way: Hadid = whatyouseeiswhatyouget!

# October 21, 2010 at 20:15

up_today_arch says:

It would be very interesting to see sections and others drawings… Sistem of water removing from the roof and constraction drawings…

# October 22, 2010 at 03:03

Ohoud says:

Her architecture is un human. That is a place/SPACE I would not like to work in:)

# October 22, 2010 at 05:43

what makes it “un human” in your opinion ?

# October 22, 2010 at 07:44

Sam 88 says:

she’s got balls!

# October 22, 2010 at 09:45

she got no balls says:

is this a joke? Using so called avantgard architecture in a cynical way like this..enviromentaly friendly petroleum studies. This is greenwashing at it’s worst, it has nothing to do with sustainability.

# October 22, 2010 at 11:10

shetu says:

If we put the sustainability issue aside….it is an interesting complex with numbers of interesting spaces (as usual) and responsive to the climate also.

# October 22, 2010 at 14:33

athraa eltayep says:

very nice but i want to see laser research centre in germany >>please!

# July 12, 2011 at 14:36

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11:13 PM Oct 21st

Barry Maguire

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7:43 PM Oct 22nd

Jonathan Henry

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2:47 PM Oct 25th

g e n

しかし、ＢＩＧが映像と流す音楽はなんなんだ、毎回。インゲルス本人が選んでるのかな。そういう常識崩しなところがあるのが海外の若者が彼のプレゼンを好む理由の一つでもある訳だけども。。http://bit.ly/36KzO（因みに、ハディッドはhttp://bit.ly/9BHkdH）

3:36 PM Oct 25th

Saya M Mizuno

RT @tsubuyakigen: しかし、ＢＩＧが映像と流す音楽はなんなんだ、毎回。インゲルス本人が選んでるのかな。そういう常識崩しなところがあるのが海外の若者が彼のプレゼンを好む理由の一つでもある訳だけども。。http://bit.ly/36KzO（因みに、ハディッドはhttp://bit.ly/9BHkdH）

9:18 PM Jul 22nd

mariana

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8:41 AM Feb 3rd

Rayana Kaissi

http://t.co/4F0V7BqL Awesome Design! Look her up! #Zaha Hadid #ArabWomen

9:02 AM Mar 5th

Eng Khalaf Aldawsari

Video:مركز الملك عبدالله للدراسات البترولية/ Zaha Hadid للمعمارية
http://t.co/DXWd9iIl @archdaily
#SAUDI #SaudiDesign #Architecture #design

9:09 AM Mar 5th

Video:مركز الملك عبدالله للدراسات البترولية/Zaha Hadid #تصميم
http://t.co/DXWd9iIl @archdaily

#هندسي
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