Sustainability
Probably the biggest challenge was mitigating the hot and arid climate in a sustainable and operationally efficient manner. In order to temper the intense sunlight typical of this part of the world, the east and west façade provide sun shade screens. The atrium features several long span skylights with the use of Kalwall (instead of glass), a material that takes full advantage of the day lighting benefits of the harsh sunlight while rejecting most of the thermal heat gain.
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