This proposal reconfigures and expands the Dar Al-Uloum Library by superimposing a rotated structural grid aligned with the adjacent Al Rahmanyah Mosque. By moving parking underground, the intervention liberates the ground plane for a traditional Arabic garden, enveloping the expanded library in a contemporary moucharabieh double skin.
Tripartite Entry Axes: The rotated layout generates extra programmatic surfaces while establishing three distinct civic accesses: Main Public Entrance (East/Mosque side), Administration Access (South), and a dedicated Female-Only Entrance (North).
New Extension Program: Contains a double-height reception hall, double-height main reading rooms (South-West), Teen Zone and lounges (North-West), Children’s Library (North-East), an independent-access café, meeting suites, and a multi-level auditorium (North-East corner across levels 1 and 2).
Retrofitted Historic Core: The original volume is repurposed for compact services, acting as the operational anchor housing library reserves, technical centers, exhibition galleries, personal storage, and a prayer room.
Administrative & Media Hub: Media storage and administrative offices (mixed and female-only) are consolidated on the first floor at the nexus of the historic and new structures.
Tripartite Entry Axes: The rotated layout generates extra programmatic surfaces while establishing three distinct civic accesses: Main Public Entrance (East/Mosque side), Administration Access (South), and a dedicated Female-Only Entrance (North).
New Extension Program: Contains a double-height reception hall, double-height main reading rooms (South-West), Teen Zone and lounges (North-West), Children’s Library (North-East), an independent-access café, meeting suites, and a multi-level auditorium (North-East corner across levels 1 and 2).
Retrofitted Historic Core: The original volume is repurposed for compact services, acting as the operational anchor housing library reserves, technical centers, exhibition galleries, personal storage, and a prayer room.
Administrative & Media Hub: Media storage and administrative offices (mixed and female-only) are consolidated on the first floor at the nexus of the historic and new structures.
Client
Al Riyadh city
Program
Libray
Partner in charge
Toshihiro KUBOTA
Francisco MARTINEZ
Yves BACHMANN
Construction
Rinoguys
floor instalation
Floorguys
Photographie
On a hazy morning
Al Riyadh city
Program
Libray
Partner in charge
Toshihiro KUBOTA
Francisco MARTINEZ
Yves BACHMANN
Construction
Rinoguys
floor instalation
Floorguys
Photographie
On a hazy morning