Al-Khabra Arts and Science Campus

A Men's Section Lecture Hall for Al-Khabra Arts and Science Campus, delivered as part of Qassim University's wider lecture hall programme. Acoustic timber wall panels are perforated in a harmonised pattern and paired with matching perforated acoustic ceiling panels, while anti-panic folding wood writing tablets equip every seat for note-taking. An olive veneer finish, coordinated with green seat fabric and carpet, gives the 220-seat hall its own distinct material identity.

Educational Environments

Planning & Design

Acoustic Design

Project

Men's Section Lecture Hall

Location

Al-Khabra / Saudi Arabia

Client

Qassim University

Capacity

220

Completed

April 1, 2022

Space

Educational Environments

Executed Materials

Acoustic Solution

Seating Solution

Project moments

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A perforated acoustic concept in olive and green tones

Part of a wider programme of lecture halls delivered for Qassim University, this Men's Section Lecture Hall in Al-Khabra called for a coordinated acoustic and architectural design, consultancy and materials scope.

The brief followed an established design concept developed across the university's programme, built around a considered relationship between wall and ceiling treatments and a seating solution suited to daily academic use.

Acoustic timber wall panels were perforated to create a harmonised pattern of points across the surface, paired with perforated acoustic gypsum board ceiling panels that continue the same visual and acoustic logic overhead. Seating throughout the hall uses anti-panic folding wood writing tablets, giving students a stable surface to take notes without compromising row circulation. For this hall specifically, an olive-veneer finish set the material tone, with seat fabric and carpet selected in coordinating green tones to complete the palette.

The result is a 220-seat lecture hall with a cohesive, perforated acoustic identity and a warm, olive-and-green material palette suited to its academic setting.

Challenge

A university lecture hall needed a coordinated acoustic wall-and-ceiling concept alongside seating suited to daily note-taking.

Solution

Perforated acoustic timber wall panels were paired with perforated acoustic gypsum ceiling panels in a harmonised pattern, with anti-panic folding wood writing-tablet seating throughout, finished in an olive veneer with coordinating green seat fabric and carpet.

Result

A 220-seat lecture hall with a cohesive perforated acoustic identity and a warm olive-and-green material palette.

Impact

Al-Khabra Arts and Science Campus gained a lecture hall consistent with Qassim University's wider design programme, tailored with its own material identity.