DGDA HQ – Turnkey Commercial Renovation by Havelock One Interiors

KSA

Location

11,000 sq. ft.

Size

Commercial

Sector

Renovation

Scope

2021

Complete

For the renovation of the DGDA head offices, our brief was to bring a mix of traditional and modern design elements together in close collaboration with the client.

Our aim was to support DGDA – Diriyah Gate ‍Development Authority in their journey to create an identity for their HQ that rooted in the rich heritage of the birthplace and capital of the first Saudi state. Starting out with the canteen and majlis, then moving to the office of HE, and finally having been awarded the DGDA Zone 4, we have fully immersed ourselves in the Najdi history, culture and hence, design.

We hosted extensive workshops with the client, developing the final sketches and CAD drawings.

We integrated our manufacturing knowledge on how to give contemporary products, like FD 60 doors, for example, a rustic appeal. Ahmed Al Fowzan, a local artisan, was tasked to apply precise burning techniques and natural pigments to our joinery, integrating allusions of “Al Sadu”, traditional weaving patterns.

Another key feature of the majlis is the ceiling, which includes so called ‘Haseera’ panels, wickerwork made in-house from round trunks of an indigenous tree species, that were securely fixed by our site team.