STUDIO ARCHARRETTE

URBAN DESIGN + MASTER PLANNING

WADH AL-NAQQA

Riyadh, KSAUrban Design + Master Planning
Wadh Al-Naqqa neighbourhood proposal in Riyadh

01 · THE PREMISE

A Self-Sufficient Neighbourhood

Wadh Al-Naqqa explores how mobility, energy, water, waste and public space can operate as one integrated urban ecosystem. Climate-responsive urban form, renewable energy, circular resource systems and mixed-use development are brought together within a neighbourhood framework for Riyadh.

02 · URBAN FRAMEWORK

From Vision to Urban Form

The district is organized as a single urban system rather than a collection of independent buildings. Housing, mobility, energy, landscape and utilities are coordinated through one integrated spatial framework.

Axonometric district framework for Wadh Al-Naqqa
Urban frameworkRenewable energy edge · Climate landscape · Civic heart · Vertical density · Mixed-use urban ring · Infrastructure below grade

03 · INTEGRATED SYSTEMS

Integrated Urban Infrastructure

The masterplan organizes mobility, ecology, energy, public life and utilities as one urban framework. Each layer performs independently while reinforcing the performance of the whole neighbourhood.

Exploded integrated urban systems diagram showing landscape, mixed-use, mobility and resource infrastructure
Integrated systemsClimate + energy · Ecological landscape · Urban program · Mobility · Resource infrastructure

04 · CIVIC COMMONS

Systems into Public Space

At the centre of the district, ecological landscape, water, civic destinations and pedestrian routes come together as a shared public realm, connecting environmental systems with everyday spatial experience.

Civic commons and landscaped public realm at Wadh Al-Naqqa
Civic commonsLandscape · Water · Civic destinations · Pedestrian connections
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