PRINCE SALMAN SCIENCE OASIS

The project is meant to be a world class science museum.

The main purpose is to attract the attention, to stimulate the interest, and to encourage an active curiosity of visitors of all ages in science, technology and environment.

The project comprises mainly of 7 main exhibition boxes namely ENERGY, EARTH, WATER, LIFE, AIR & SPACE and TECHNOLOGY. It also consists of one sphere of ISSUES & IMPACT gallery, open exhibition spaces, administration building and 3-D Digital Dome.

All exhibition boxes will be dealing with special issues and aspects of science related to a particular area of science.

Two very interesting aspects of the projects are an 80 meter tall solar chimney and funnel element which will be used to take the rain water down from the steel roof. The whole project area is covered by a steel roof having an area of approximately 13,000 m2. Steel roof comprises of trusses at a grid spacing of 7 meters with varying spans. Ceiling of steel roof is done with special PTFE fabric in white.

BUA: 22,000 m²

COMPLETION DATE:

2009

SERVICES :

•       Architecture

•       Engineering

•       Interior Design

•       Landscaping.

Project components:

•       Seven thematic Galleries

•       3D Digital Dome

•       80m high  Solar Chimney with Tuned Mass Dampers

•       Provision of PV cells over roof 

•       Displacement Ventilation system