The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Pavilion at World Expo 2025
An atmospheric night view of monumental faceted pavilion walls activated by vibrant projection mapping, serving as a precedent for immersive public environments.
- What we like about this project
- The irregular polygonal pattern across the towering facades doubles as a seamless projection screen.
Materials
- stone
- digital-display
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- faceted-stone-walls
- projection-mapping
- monolithic-towers
- night-lighting
Style tags
- experiential
- contemporary
- immersive
- media-architecture
Visual tags
- immersive
- public-pavilion
- projection
- monumental
- experiential
- Geometry
- Towering vertical polygonal block walls enclose a dramatic central public courtyard with narrow sky gaps above.
- Facade system
- Faceted geometric tile or stone cladding system covering towering mass concrete structures.
- Structural guess
- Massive concrete core or steel-framed tower structures clad in custom geometric panels.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale; monolithic walls rise several stories above the human figures.
- Lighting
- Dynamic projected imagery washes the golden walls in warm, luminous golden and amber tones against a dark night sky.
- Atmosphere
- Dramatic and immersive, combining ancient-feeling monolithic stonework with high-tech luminous projections.
- Environmental context
- Nighttime outdoor pavilion setting surrounded by heavy vertical architecture and a dense crowd.
- Spatial experience
- Grounded visitors experience an immersive cavernous canyon space enveloped by glowing interactive media projections.
- Composition rhythm
- A low horizon line packed with silhouetted figures emphasizes the soaring verticality of the surrounding textured stone facades.
- Style reading
- Immersive experiential pavilion design
- Program
- World Expo pavilion public gathering space
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stone, digital-display, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- faceted-stone-walls, projection-mapping, monolithic-towers, night-lighting
- Style tags
- experiential, contemporary, immersive, media-architecture
- Visual tags
- immersive, public-pavilion, projection, monumental, experiential
- Geometry
- Towering vertical polygonal block walls enclose a dramatic central public courtyard with narrow sky gaps above.
- Facade system
- Faceted geometric tile or stone cladding system covering towering mass concrete structures.
- Structural guess
- Massive concrete core or steel-framed tower structures clad in custom geometric panels.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale; monolithic walls rise several stories above the human figures.
- Lighting
- Dynamic projected imagery washes the golden walls in warm, luminous golden and amber tones against a dark night sky.
- Atmosphere
- Dramatic and immersive, combining ancient-feeling monolithic stonework with high-tech luminous projections.
- Environmental context
- Nighttime outdoor pavilion setting surrounded by heavy vertical architecture and a dense crowd.
- Spatial experience
- Grounded visitors experience an immersive cavernous canyon space enveloped by glowing interactive media projections.
- Composition rhythm
- A low horizon line packed with silhouetted figures emphasizes the soaring verticality of the surrounding textured stone facades.
- Style reading
- Immersive experiential pavilion design
- Program
- World Expo pavilion public gathering space
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture