1) The document discusses an urban community commercial neighborhood project in Olaia Street precinct in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2) Riyadh is one of the fastest growing cities in the world with a population of 4.9 million people within an area of 2435 square kilometers. 3) The specific area being analyzed is located in the Olaia neighborhood in the center of Riyadh, which has a commercial strip that is the heart of business and interface for city visitors.

1. K.S.U Date : 2010
College of architecture & planning Student name : Salman Abdullah
Riyadh city Design 4 ( arch 360 ) al-tuwirki
Urban community – a commercial neighborhood place-making, Olaia street precinct
Project ( community neighborhood ) Dr. kamaralzaman bin Youssef
Mind map The shadows
Paths
Node
Landmarks
Riyadh city is one of fastest growing cities in Edges
the world .
Districts
The area of Riyadh city is 2435 Square
kilometer in the last observation in 2009
The population of Riyadh is about 4.9 million .
2- jam , noise , Pollution
The location  After a short visit to the area the visitors will
recognize it usually as in the picture.
Traffic jam in
the developing area
Site analysis main rods
Makkah.ST
Traffic jam in
Olaia.ST 1- environmental secondary Road
King Fahd.ST
The commercial zone
The residential zone
W
 the area is located in Olaia
neighborhood in the center of Riyadh city E
which has the commercial strip the hart of Traffic jam , noise & pollution are linked
business & the Interface of the city visitors increasing or decreasing with cars

2. K.S.U Date : 2010
3- views College of architecture & planning Student name : Salman Abdullah
Design 4 ( arch 360 ) al-tuwirki
Urban community – a commercial neighborhood place-making, Olaia street precinct
5- Circulation Project ( community neighborhood ) Dr. kamaralzaman bin Youssef
Two main views in the large paths
4- man made
How to reach parking Public transportation People density
There is no bus station in the area
Not all the entrances reach the The higher density near computer
but it stop any where in the blue
commercial parking , no short cut to reach shops
line
building
Residential
people walk between
building
computer shops
hotel people walk around
hotels
Liner
mosque people walk between
parking
other shops
Cemetery how people walk to 45 degree
the mosque parking
parking
in the near future there will be a the mosque
green square in the top of an
underground parking

3. K.S.U Date : 2010
College of architecture & planning Student name : Salman Abdullah
6- Accessibility Design 4 ( arch 360 ) al-tuwirki
How pedestrian cross the rods :
Urban community – a commercial neighborhood place-making, Olaia street precinct
Project ( community neighborhood ) Dr. kamaralzaman bin Youssef
1- crossing king fahd.st by bridge.
8- building condition
Exilant condition building
New , Clean
1 Good condition building
2 2- crossing olaia.st by walking in the street Mid age , semi clean
and there is no crossing bath in it .
Not good condition building
Old , not clean
Most of the
25% Exilant buildings in the
15 Good area in good
7- building heights
10
15% 60% Not good condition but a
few need
5
renewing
0
13 Floor 8 Floor 6 Floor 2 Floor
9- utilities
The utilities are Enough for now but it
13 floor building 6 floor building need to be improved
mosque ATM
parking's Green square
The side walk & roads:
8 floor building 2 floor building
Almost all the side walk & rods are near in size and fully
served with light
This area is open heights in the new law of
buildings .

4. K.S.U Date : 2010
College of architecture & planning Student name : Salman Abdullah
The chosen area Design 4 ( arch 360 ) al-tuwirki
Urban community – a commercial neighborhood place-making, Olaia street precinct
Project ( community neighborhood ) Dr. kamaralzaman bin Youssef
reasons
 this area according to the site analysis which
The current plan & existing
need to be developed because it suffering
form of : problems
1- traffic jam
2- short of car Parking
3- Accessibility ( by buss or feet )
4- lake of Taken advantage of the
views
5-high people density
 the urban design of the area does not reflect One of the main problems
the advanced technology which the area
providing there's no ramp for carts
vision
targets It’s Easy to reverse the entrances
 first solving al the current problems & :
1- make the area as landmark to the city
2- add more value to the area in all aspects Scale – 1:1300
( commercial , environmental , social ,etc) ,
3- extend the pedestrian space without
interrupting the cars movement.
4- link the business area to the
entertainment area To attract a greater
There is no place for Trucks
portion of people .
( loading , unloading ) so it
5-serving people with special needs
blocks the road
The concept Reversing because of jam in
the area
Is
to make a bridge inspired by fiber optic cable to emphasize the character of computer market. This bridge will cross olaia.ST to king fahd.ST ( east to west ) on a view axe
& another bridge will intersect with the first one in side the area to link the computer market to the green square in king Fahd public library ( south to north )

5. K.S.U Date : 2010
College of architecture & planning Student name : Salman Abdullah
Design 4 ( arch 360 ) al-tuwirki
The proposed plan
The proposed plan
Urban community – a commercial neighborhood place-making, Olaia street precinct
Project ( community neighborhood ) Dr. kamaralzaman bin Youssef
Its two way direction for cars with a ramped platform for (loading , unloading ) and another
platform in the middle of the road to prevent the zigzag movement of pedestrian . Above that 3D for all the site
there are bridges linked to the ground , a parking building , malls & green square .
South to north
Scale 1:1300 Scale 1:1300
Plan for the devolved area shows streets  Top view for the devolved area shows the
platform and parking building bridge , parking building , appliances mall ,
water fall building .
North to south

6. K.S.U Date : 2010
College of architecture & planning Student name : Salman Abdullah
Design 4 ( arch 360 ) al-tuwirki
Plan details
Urban community – a commercial neighborhood place-making, Olaia street precinct
Project ( community neighborhood ) Dr. kamaralzaman bin Youssef
Scale 1:30
This detail shows the escalators , lefts , bus station , pedestrian paths ,

7. K.S.U Date : 2010
College of architecture & planning Student name : Salman Abdullah
Design 4 ( arch 360 ) al-tuwirki
sections
Urban community – a commercial neighborhood place-making, Olaia street precinct
Project ( community neighborhood ) Dr. kamaralzaman bin Youssef
A
B
B
A
SECTION B-B _ SCALE 1: 1000
SECTION A-A _ SCALE 1: 200
SECTION A-A _ SCALE 1: 200
sizes SECTION B-B _ SCALE 1: 200

8. K.S.U Date : 2010
College of architecture & planning Student name : Salman Abdullah
The bridge & furniture Design 4 ( arch 360 ) al-tuwirki
Urban community – a commercial neighborhood place-making, Olaia street precinct
Project ( community neighborhood ) Dr. kamaralzaman bin Youssef
in 3D
the bridge & surrounding area
the form of the bridge
The bridge linked to the green area in the roof of the parking building Non roofed part of the bridge

9. K.S.U Date : 2010
College of architecture & planning Student name : Salman Abdullah
The bridge & furniture Design 4 ( arch 360 ) al-tuwirki
Urban community – a commercial neighborhood place-making, Olaia street precinct
Project ( community neighborhood ) Dr. kamaralzaman bin Youssef
in 3D
The furniture in the bridge The furniture in the streets The link to the bridge & the dancing water
A perspective from inside the bridge The streets under the bridge The cantilever to the water fall building