King Saud University Engineering students visit Qasr Al-Hukm Metro Station
On April 07, 2016, a delegation from Engineering Faculty of King Saud University visited Qasr Al-Hukm Metro Station at the junction of Blue Line (Al-Olaya – Al-Batha Axis) with the Orange Line (Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah Road Axis) next to Musalla Eid (Prayer Ground) downtown Riyadh, as part of Student Visits’ Program organized by ADA to spread awareness about King Abdulaziz Public Transport Project in Riyadh (Metro & Buses).
During the visit, ADA’s team shared a video presentation on the project with the delegation shedding light on the project’s component, lines, and 85 stations.
After listening to a detailed explanation about the site’s security and safety procedures, the delegation members wore the safety gear and moved to the site of Qasr Al-Hukm Metro Station, where they had the chance to take a look at the station’s works.
The 47000 m2 Station was designed to be an iconic renaissance of Riyadh city and built upon the principles of sustainability. The station highlights a new consciousness for this generation, building a future that recognizes the value of natural resources and its important role in urban regeneration, based upon the principals of sustainable urbanism.
Featuring a green oasis, a mosque and parking lots, Qasr Al-Hukm Metro Station is designed as an urban plaza with a large canopy providing shade to the surrounding public spaces and channeling daylight down into train station below ground. The polished stainless steel canopy functions as a landmark signaling the station’s entrance. The plaza area will be treated as a homogenous limestone surface, stretching to the very edge of the site, clearly identifying the whole space as a public, pedestrian space. The plaza is given a human scale through the planting of palm trees in a linear pattern. The planting pattern of the palm trees is to be dense, providing shadow to the plaza itself. Irrigation channels delineate the plaza floor, these serve as a flood-and-drain watering system for the trees, and as a subtle water feature during periods of the day.
