› The project site of KACST is located in the north western Riyadh metropolitan area, in the vicinity of KSU.

› The KACST Knowledge Campus is a network of spaces which help in know-how exchange. The Plaza and Boulevard connect the people in their daily routine of walking from a carpark to their respective research facilities, bringing together researchers from various fields to interact and communicate with each other.

› Energy reduction forms a key part of any environmental strategy and this comes through careful consideration of massing, shading, environmental façade design and natural cooling strategy present in any environmentally responsive development.

› The presence of different institutes within the same building has been featured as one of the Master-plan principles in order to create a very flexible programmatic solutions. With the institutional needs changing into the future , the modular build up system ensures to provide an easy way to adjust, switch or move any lab/office module in order to satisfy the next generation research facility.