Jabal Khandama competition and study
Location | Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Service | Pilgrimage, Private Development, Master Plan, Transportation, Infrastructure, Market Feasibility
Client | Al Faqih Group
Year | 2011
Lead Consultant | Ateliers Lion Architectes Urbanistes, Paris
Team Leader | Claire Piguet
Team Consultants | A Jabr | Dagher Hanna & Partners Architects | CITEC Traffic Consultants | Buro Happold consulting engineer
The project was a competiotion for the mountainous urban development east of the Holy Haram, Jabal Khandama. The proposal won the fist prize for Jabal Khandama Development Competion in 2006. A Jabr assisted in the design competition over two stages and provided design and management expertise to inter-disciplinary international team working on the project.
Following the competition the team proceeded to develop a detailed urban design study with market input from JLL, Paris.