Visitors Pavilion at King Salman Park
The story
One of the first developments in the master-plan for the vision of King Salman Park, the Visitors Pavilion sits at the heart of the site. Floating above the scheme and supported by diamond-shaped concrete columns, a monolithic in-situ concrete roof — 160 × 100 m, almost the size of two football pitches — shades the courtyard and terraces below.
Design Zone delivered the Architectural BIM modelling sufficient to produce construction drawings and documentation, supported the technical engineers during the LOD 300 → LOD 400 upgrade, and managed the BIM 360 environment for the project. The collaboration workflow was established and aligned with ISO 19650, and roles were assigned through BIM 360 Docs to bring every project stakeholder into the same coordinated environment.
Key facts
- LocationRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
- ClientKing Salman Park Foundation
- DisciplineArchitectural BIM
- LOD progressionLOD 300 → LOD 400
- StandardISO 19650-2
- SoftwareRevit 2021 · Navisworks · BIM 360
Scope of work
- 01Develop extensive Architectural BIM models, sufficiently detailed to produce construction drawings and documentation.
- 02Assist the technical engineers in upgrading the model from LOD 300 to LOD 400.
- 03Manage the BIM 360 environment and establish a collaboration workflow aligned with ISO 19650.
- 04Assign roles through BIM 360 Docs to incorporate the project stakeholders.
A success story with Freyssinet.
Design Zone took the lead on BIM implementation for two key assets at King Salman Park — the Pavilion and the Operational Building. Their team worked closely with ours on complex architectural and MEP coordination, where precision, agility, and seamless integration between trades was exactly where their BIM expertise made the difference.
