Al-Khabra Arts and Science Campus

A Men's Section Lecture Hall for Al-Khabra Arts and Science Campus, delivered as part of Qassim University's wider lecture hall programme. Acoustic timber wall panels are perforated in a harmonised pattern and paired with matching perforated acoustic ceiling panels, while anti-panic folding wood writing tablets equip every seat for note-taking. An olive veneer finish, coordinated with green seat fabric and carpet, gives the 220-seat hall its own distinct material identity.

Project

Men's Section Lecture Hall

Location

Al-Khabra / Saudi Arabia

Client

Qassim University

Capacity

220

Completed

April 1, 2022

Space

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A university lecture hall needed a coordinated acoustic wall-and-ceiling concept alongside seating suited to daily note-taking.

This Men's Section Lecture Hall at Al-Khabra is part of a wider programme of lecture halls delivered for Qassim University, with a coordinated acoustic and architectural design, consultancy and materials scope.

Perforated acoustic timber wall panels and matching perforated acoustic gypsum board ceiling panels follow the university's established concept, with anti-panic folding wood writing tablets at every seat.

For this hall, an olive veneer finish sets the material tone, with green seat fabric and carpet to match.

Challenge

A university lecture hall needed a coordinated acoustic wall-and-ceiling concept alongside seating suited to daily note-taking.

The brief followed a design concept developed across the university's programme, built around a considered relationship between wall and ceiling treatments and a seating solution suited to daily academic use.

The hall needed to sit within that concept while still having a material identity of its own.

Solution

Perforated acoustic timber wall panels were paired with perforated acoustic gypsum ceiling panels in a harmonised pattern, with anti-panic folding wood writing-tablet seating throughout, finished in an olive veneer with coordinating green seat fabric and carpet.

Acoustic timber wall panels were perforated to create a harmonised pattern of points across the surface, paired with perforated acoustic gypsum board ceiling panels that continue the same visual and acoustic logic overhead.

Seating throughout uses anti-panic folding wood writing tablets. An olive veneer finish was chosen for this hall, with seat fabric and carpet selected in coordinating green tones.

Outcomes

A 220-seat lecture hall with a cohesive perforated acoustic identity and a warm olive-and-green material palette.

A 220-seat lecture hall with a cohesive perforated acoustic identity and an olive-and-green material palette.

Al-Khabra Arts and Science Campus gained a hall consistent with Qassim University's wider design programme, with its own material identity.

From first survey to final finish

Seven stages, one point of contact. Book a free survey or call +44 1908 880191, and we'll come back to you with the next step.

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Acoustic Survey

An acoustician visits the site, or works from your drawings and photos when a visit isn't practical. Either way, the room, its surfaces and how it is used are recorded before any advice is given.

Acoustic Assessment

Reverberation, ambient noise and noise transfer are read against what the space is used for. The findings arrive as an AI-assisted acoustic report with recommendations, yours to keep with no obligation to proceed.

Acoustic Design

Treatment is modelled against a reverberation target, then drawn up with panel positions, fixings and finishes. Nothing moves forward until you have approved the design.

Specification & Quotation

Every quotation comes with the specification behind it, listing products by type, quantity and finish with costs set out line by line. What is quoted is what the design calls for.

Acoustic Product Supply

Panels, baffles, ceilings and screens come from the manufacturers we work with and are supplied to the approved specification. What arrives on site matches what was designed.

Acoustic Installation

Our installation team fits to the approved drawings, checking positions and fixings as they go. One team supplies and installs the treatment.

Acoustic Testing & Compliance

Optional paid add-on: after fit-out the space can be measured again and compared with the original survey, so the improvement is measured rather than assumed. Compliance testing is carried out with our testing partner, EMC Acoustics, and the written record goes into your building file.