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KAPSARC’s shared spaces across the seasons
ZHA describes KAPSARC as a five-building campus organized by a partially modular, hexagonal plan.
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A shared route shaped by the seasons
ZHA describes the central public courtyard as an entrance and meeting space between the campus buildings in temperate seasons. For the hottest part of the year, the main buildings are linked by an underground route.[1]
Windcatchers as part of the courtyard design
According to ZHA, each courtyard has a windcatcher built into the roof profile on its southern side. The architects say these draw in the prevailing north wind to cool the court.[1]
The five buildings of the campus
ZHA gives the campus area as 70,000 m². Of its five buildings, two are the Energy Computer Centre and the Energy Knowledge Centre; the others are a conference centre that combines an exhibition hall and an auditorium seating 300, a research library holding an archive of 100,000 volumes, and the Musalla, a place for prayer.[1]
Good to know
A few clear answers before you explore.
How do routes through KAPSARC vary by season?
ZHA describes the central courtyard as an entrance and meeting link in temperate seasons; an underground route connects the main buildings during the hottest part of the year.[1]
What purpose does ZHA give the courtyard windcatchers?
According to ZHA, they draw in the prevailing north wind to cool each courtyard.[1]
What environmental certification does ZHA say KAPSARC received?
ZHA says the centre earned LEED Platinum from the US Green Building Council (USGBC), and calls it the practice’s first project with that rating.[1]
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