Challenge
The brief
Present a research portfolio spanning aerospace, mobility and energy in a hall of commercial exhibitors, and make an academic institution read with the same authority.
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Khalifa University
A 400 m² research platform at ADNEC where a university put its actual engineering on the floor — an unmanned aircraft, vehicles and prototypes — rather than posters describing it.
EventWorld Future Energy Summit
LocationAbu Dhabi, UAE
Year2020
Area400 m²
SectorEnergy & Sustainability
Design response
The concept
A dark architectural envelope let the hardware and the screens carry the colour; a ranked statistics wall stated the university's standing in figures; timber-slat thresholds and white lounges held recruitment and partnership conversations away from the aisle.
Result
The outcome
Prototypes rather than panels held the floor, with quiet rooms behind them for the meetings that follow.
Technical delivery
Fabrication and installation scope.
- 01Exhibition architecture
- 02Prototype display
- 03Data walls
- 04Lounges and meeting rooms
- 05Installation
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