PROJECT KAUST International Art Program
CLIENT KAUST | Aramco International
LOCATION Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
ARTIST Carsten Höller, Oliver van den Berg, Sopheap Pich, Iñigo Manglano, Subodh Kerkar, Nja Mahdaoui, Donna Marcus, Dennis Nona, Dalziel & Scullion
ARCHITECT HOK Planning Group
ART CONSULTANT Urban Art Projects
CURATORIAL TEAM Renai Grace, Alison Kubler, Jodie Cox
DESIGN UAP Studio, Amanda Harris, Elishia Whitchurch
ENGINEER Robert Bird Group
LIGHTING Norman Disney Young
YEAR 2009

Urban Art Projects (UAP) has developed a comprehensive Art Strategy for the new King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Once complete, KAUST will span approximately 36 square kilometres inclusive of a state of the art campus with four colleges, one large commercial centre, residential and student accommodation, large open spaces, a signature golf course and numerous mosques.

UAP has curated an art program consisting of 15 artists from across the globe, all of whom have drawn reference from the sites local ecology, islamic history and science and technology.

Nine of these are in the construction phase and are planned for completion in late 2009.