King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudia Arabia

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Designed by HOK+4, a consortium of U.S. and British A&E firms, this 3-billion dollar project consisted of a new University campus near Riyadh, the capital city of Saudia Arabia. It represents one of the largest architectural commissions paid to a consortium of architects and engineers during the past 100 years. This first phase of the University was designed to serve a daytime population of 30,000 students and include its own infrastructure making it a complete and independent community. The systems designed and commissioned by ACSI had a construction value of $354,700,000 U.S.D.
ACSI’s RESPONSIBILITIES:
ACSI performed extensive program planning, system concepts, design and specifications on all of the instructional communications and audio/visual systems for the new University. More specifically related to conference facility design, ACSI was involved in the development and implementation of professional sound and video systems for two separate auditoria: a tri-level, 2,500 seat full theater, designed primarily for stage performances with automated orchestra pit (able to be modified for congress-style, multi-lingual conventions); and a 700 seat auditorium geared toward lecture and film presentations. Exemplary systems designed for these two facilities included the following:
ACSI performed extensive program planning, system concepts, design and specifications on all of the instructional communications and audio/visual systems for the new University. More specifically related to conference facility design, ACSI was involved in the development and implementation of professional sound and video systems for two separate auditoria: a tri-level, 2,500 seat full theater, designed primarily for stage performances with automated orchestra pit (able to be modified for congress-style, multi-lingual conventions); and a 700 seat auditorium geared toward lecture and film presentations. Exemplary systems designed for these two facilities included the following:
Systems Common To Both Auditoriums
Systems Specific To 2,500 Seat Auditorium
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Instructional Systems
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