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United Arab Emirates
Sabah Al Salem University
40 000 students: one of the largest higher education infrastructure projects in the Middle East.
Sabah Al Salem University City represents one of the largest higher education infrastructure projects in the Middle East. Spanning 6 million square meters southwest of Kuwait City, this ambitious campus was designed to consolidate the country's six dispersed university colleges into a single, unified location, ultimately hosting the entirety of Kuwait University's academic community.
The scale of the undertaking is reflected in the numbers: more than 300 units of Kingspan's Firelight 3 and Kameleon 5e daylighting and ventilation systems were supplied for this landmark government building, contributing to the natural illumination and climate performance of a campus built to serve over 40,000 students. As one of the region's flagship educational developments, the project combines large-scale glazed façades with advanced daylighting technology to support a modern, sustainable learning environment on an urban scale rarely seen in institutional architecture.
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