King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

The university building's exterior is illuminated at night with LEDs, daylighting controls, uplighting, and grazing lighting effects.
The façade features cove and soffit lighting and uplighting effects.
The auditorium features slot fixtures and theatrical lighting effects.
The university building's exterior is illuminated at night with LEDs, daylighting controls, uplighting, and grazing lighting effects.
The atrium showcases pendants, table lamps, task lighting, and daylighting controls.

The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is an international graduate-level research university dedicated to inspiring a new age of scientific achievement in environmental stewardship and sustainability that will benefit the region and the world.

Pivotal provided comprehensive planning and architectural lighting design solutions for KAUST — the most expansive collection of LEED® Platinum buildings. Spanning over six million square feet of built space and constructed in fewer than one thousand days, Pivotal modeled and implemented human-centered and energy-efficient lighting solutions, advanced automatic lighting controls, and daylighting across the 20-building campus and iconic library.

LOCATION:
Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

SIZE:
6,500,000 square feet

PROJECT PARTNERS:
Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc.

LEED® STATUS:
LEED Platinum

AWARDS:
2010 Honor Award, Architecture Category, KAUST Library -AIA St. Louis

2010 Green Good Design Architecture Award - Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design

2010 International Sustainable Campus Award, Construction Category, KAUST Library - International Sustainable Campus Network

2010 Top Ten LEED Projects, Number 1 Ranking - Interiors & Sources

2010 International Architecture Award - Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design

2010 Top Ten Green Project - AIA COTE

2011 Laboratory of the Year Award - R&D Magazine

2011 Sustain Award Building of the Year, International Prize, KAUST Library - Sustain Magazine

2011 Library Building Award, KAUST Library - ALA

2011 Design Awards - Architecture Over 50,000 sf, KAUST Library - AIA Houston

2011 Design Awards - Devine Detail, KAUST Library - AIA Houston

2011 Sustainability Award, KAUST Library - AIA San Francisco

2011 Architecture Award, KAUST Library - AIA San Francisco

2011 Honor Awards, "Serve" Merit Award, KAUST Library - International Interior Design Society San Francisco

2013 SustainABILITY Leadership Award - Citation of Merit - AIA Chicago

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