Pedestrian Directional Signage at Al Khobar Entertainment, designed by LIMAH
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Al Khobar Entertainment Development

Al Khobar, KSA

Al Khobar Entertainment Development
2022
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Al Khobar Entertainment Development

Al Khobar, KSA

Al Khobar Entertainment Development forms part of SEVEN’s programme of entertainment destinations across Saudi Arabia. Developed with Atkins and SEVEN, the project centres on a waterfront entertainment zone combining multiple attractions, large-scale parking, varied building types and distinct experiential areas.

LIMAH developed the Wayfinding & Navigation strategy across the site. The challenge was to create a coherent framework for arrival, parking, attraction access and return journeys while allowing individual attractions to retain their own character. The system also needed to accommodate future phases without changing its underlying navigational logic.

EXPERIENCE STRATEGY AND DESIGN

Although the immediate scope focused on the entertainment zone, LIMAH reviewed the broader masterplan to understand how early decisions around numbering, zoning and lift core identification could affect later development.

This led to a site-wide framework designed to establish continuity between existing and future plots. Destination hierarchy, naming, numbering and information structure were treated as shared masterplan systems rather than being developed independently for each attraction.

FEATURE MOMENT

Plan analysis considered how visitors approach the site from surrounding roads and where information is required before intersections and roundabouts. Advance directional information was positioned to support decisions before drivers reached critical turning points.

Parking areas were organised around lift cores, with each core assigned a distinct name, number and colour. These identifiers continue from parking columns through lobbies and into the entertainment complex. Columns use an alphanumeric grid, providing another reference point for visitors returning to their vehicles.

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SEVEN’s brand guidelines informed logo use, typography and colour across the wider navigation system. Within that framework, individual attractions were given distinct design expressions through material, form, finish and lighting.

The Flow House uses organic forms, asymmetrical timber panels, surfboard-inspired elements and textured finishes. The wind tunnel uses a more restrained language with neon accents and minimal forms. Black Box is differentiated through colour, material and detailing, while the observation wheel uses reflective surfaces and stronger colour references associated with its waterfront setting.

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Pedestrian Directional Signage at Al Khobar Entertainment, designed by LIMAH
New Template
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Al Khobar Entertainment Development

Al Khobar, KSA

Al Khobar Entertainment Development
2022
PROJECT
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Al Khobar Entertainment Development

Al Khobar, KSA

Al Khobar Entertainment Development forms part of SEVEN’s programme of entertainment destinations across Saudi Arabia. Developed with Atkins and SEVEN, the project centres on a waterfront entertainment zone combining multiple attractions, large-scale parking, varied building types and distinct experiential areas.

LIMAH developed the Wayfinding & Navigation strategy across the site. The challenge was to create a coherent framework for arrival, parking, attraction access and return journeys while allowing individual attractions to retain their own character. The system also needed to accommodate future phases without changing its underlying navigational logic.

A site-wide strategy

Although the immediate scope focused on the entertainment zone, LIMAH reviewed the broader masterplan to understand how early decisions around numbering, zoning and lift core identification could affect later development.

This led to a site-wide framework designed to establish continuity between existing and future plots. Destination hierarchy, naming, numbering and information structure were treated as shared masterplan systems rather than being developed independently for each attraction.

Designing arrival and return journeys

Plan analysis considered how visitors approach the site from surrounding roads and where information is required before intersections and roundabouts. Advance directional information was positioned to support decisions before drivers reached critical turning points.

Parking areas were organised around lift cores, with each core assigned a distinct name, number and colour. These identifiers continue from parking columns through lobbies and into the entertainment complex. Columns use an alphanumeric grid, providing another reference point for visitors returning to their vehicles.

One system, different attraction identities

SEVEN’s brand guidelines informed logo use, typography and colour across the wider navigation system. Within that framework, individual attractions were given distinct design expressions through material, form, finish and lighting.

The Flow House uses organic forms, asymmetrical timber panels, surfboard-inspired elements and textured finishes. The wind tunnel uses a more restrained language with neon accents and minimal forms. Black Box is differentiated through colour, material and detailing, while the observation wheel uses reflective surfaces and stronger colour references associated with its waterfront setting.

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A framework designed to extend

Across roads, parking, lift cores and attraction environments, the strategy establishes a common navigational structure while allowing individual destinations to communicate their own identities. This gives future phases a framework for extension without requiring separate navigation systems to be created from first principles.

Pedestrian Directional Signage at Al Khobar Entertainment, designed by LIMAH
New Template
/

Al Khobar Entertainment Development

Al Khobar, KSA

Al Khobar Entertainment Development
2022
New Template
/

Al Khobar Entertainment Development

Al Khobar, KSA

Al Khobar Entertainment Development forms part of SEVEN’s programme of entertainment destinations across Saudi Arabia. Developed with Atkins and SEVEN, the project centres on a waterfront entertainment zone combining multiple attractions, large-scale parking, varied building types and distinct experiential areas.

LIMAH developed the Wayfinding & Navigation strategy across the site. The challenge was to create a coherent framework for arrival, parking, attraction access and return journeys while allowing individual attractions to retain their own character. The system also needed to accommodate future phases without changing its underlying navigational logic.

EXPERIENCE STRATEGY AND DESIGN

Although the immediate scope focused on the entertainment zone, LIMAH reviewed the broader masterplan to understand how early decisions around numbering, zoning and lift core identification could affect later development.

This led to a site-wide framework designed to establish continuity between existing and future plots. Destination hierarchy, naming, numbering and information structure were treated as shared masterplan systems rather than being developed independently for each attraction.

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FEATURE MOMENT

Plan analysis considered how visitors approach the site from surrounding roads and where information is required before intersections and roundabouts. Advance directional information was positioned to support decisions before drivers reached critical turning points.

Parking areas were organised around lift cores, with each core assigned a distinct name, number and colour. These identifiers continue from parking columns through lobbies and into the entertainment complex. Columns use an alphanumeric grid, providing another reference point for visitors returning to their vehicles.

No items found.

SEVEN’s brand guidelines informed logo use, typography and colour across the wider navigation system. Within that framework, individual attractions were given distinct design expressions through material, form, finish and lighting.

The Flow House uses organic forms, asymmetrical timber panels, surfboard-inspired elements and textured finishes. The wind tunnel uses a more restrained language with neon accents and minimal forms. Black Box is differentiated through colour, material and detailing, while the observation wheel uses reflective surfaces and stronger colour references associated with its waterfront setting.

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Pedestrian Directional Signage at Al Khobar Entertainment, designed by LIMAH
New Template
/

Al Khobar Entertainment Development

Al Khobar, KSA

PUBLIC ART
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LA MER
2023
New Template
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Al Khobar Entertainment Development

Al Khobar, KSA

YEAR
2022
CLIENT
SEVEN
LOCATION
Al Khobar, KSA
SERVICES
Experience Strategy
,
Wayfinding & Navigation
,
Physical-Digital Experience Systems
,
Built Environment Integration
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SECTOR
Entertainment Destinations
,
Retail
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https://limahdesign.com/work/al-khobar-entertainment-development

Al Khobar Entertainment Development forms part of SEVEN’s programme of entertainment destinations across Saudi Arabia. Developed with Atkins and SEVEN, the project centres on a waterfront entertainment zone combining multiple attractions, large-scale parking, varied building types and distinct experiential areas.

LIMAH developed the Wayfinding & Navigation strategy across the site. The challenge was to create a coherent framework for arrival, parking, attraction access and return journeys while allowing individual attractions to retain their own character. The system also needed to accommodate future phases without changing its underlying navigational logic.

No items found.

Although the immediate scope focused on the entertainment zone, LIMAH reviewed the broader masterplan to understand how early decisions around numbering, zoning and lift core identification could affect later development.

This led to a site-wide framework designed to establish continuity between existing and future plots. Destination hierarchy, naming, numbering and information structure were treated as shared masterplan systems rather than being developed independently for each attraction.

No items found.