KAFD Plots 4.05 & 5.01,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

These two detailed landscape schemes were incorporated into two plots on the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh and were for a hotel and a mixed-use structure.

Plot 5.01 created a strikingly simple stone plaza whose contrasting granite treatment was inspired by the silk textures of local carpets and rugs. The surface was further animated with special lighting, which changed in character as the evening progressed and illuminated different parts of the floorscape, landscape and building.

The hotel plot created secret green ’jewel’ in a densely developed part of the master plan as a respite for the guests of the boutique hotel, with a small formal walled garden; a series of terraced gardens which incorporated private dining rooms in their undercrofts; and a two storey water wall which animated the garden whilst providing an everchanging screen for the conference and function room behind it.