ISOC
RESTAURANT
مطعم ISOC
A glass pavilion
on the campus.
A restaurant and lounge for the ISOC campus in AlUla: a single-storey glass pavilion under a deep travertine roof, set at the corner of the site and reached on foot from the shaded parking courts. Inside, a timber ceiling raft hovers over a fluted timber bar and the dining tables, while a soft lounge takes the full height by the glass — warm, calm and open to the mountains.
All studies, the concept and design development, the technical drawings and the BOQ (bills of quantities) for the restaurant, with its interiors, lighting and furniture, were prepared by Mohamed Bider for AMSY Group.
- Site survey & studies
- Concept & design development
- Interiors, lighting & furniture
- Technical drawings
- BOQ — bills of quantities
- Visualisation
Storey — a glass pavilion under one deep roof.
Spaces in one room: bar, dining and lounge.
Warm light throughout, from the ceiling slots to the pendants.
Survey, design and visualisation.
On the ISOC
campus, AlUla.
The campus lies in southern AlUla beside Prince Abdulmohsen Hospital, between the main road and the sandstone ridges. The restaurant takes the open corner of the compound, next to the parking courts and their shade canopies.
- 1ISOC Restaurant (approximate)
- 2Prince Abdulmohsen Hospital
- 3Al Aziziyah
- 400 m walking radius
- City
- AlUla, Madinah Region
- Setting
- Corner of a walled campus, beside the parking courts
- Climate
- Hot desert — deep shade and evening use
The campus
as found.
The site survey: the main building with its timber colonnade, the shaded parking courts, desert planting and stone benches — the finishes the restaurant picks up.
Studies.
The pavilion studied on its site, taken apart, cut through and lit. Select a study.
Materials
& colours.
The campus finishes carried into the pavilion — dark stone cladding, terracotta paving and gravel outside — with travertine, fluted walnut, oak, marble, sand-coloured upholstery and bronze inside.
The furniture.
The pieces specified for the restaurant: round marble tables with curved timber-framed chairs, and the lounge set — bar, sectional sofa, armchairs and pendant cluster.
At dusk.
The pavilion glows under its travertine roof as the sun drops behind the ridges.
Inside.
A timber raft with warm light slots over the bar and dining; a soft lounge by the glass.
Design and delivery: AMSY Group (2023). Sources: ISOC Restaurant design renders, 3D site model and site survey photographs.
All studies, the concept and design development, the technical drawings and the BOQ (bills of quantities) for the restaurant, with its interiors, lighting and furniture, were prepared by Mohamed Bider for AMSY Group.