Summer Training Program

Architecture students perform their summer training in architectural bureaus to obtain first hand field training. Students do their training either in local Saudi offices or abroad. In the summer of 1426 H (2006), students spent their training outside the Kingdom; in Italy, with the cooperation of the International Institution of Marble (IMMC) in Carrara. Students were exposed to the machining and forming of marble and other natural stone types and their use in various construction and ornamentation works in buildings. Further, they became familiar with the historic applications of Marble in Classic architecture in historic cities of Italy.

In the year 1427 H (2007), a group of students performed similar training in Italy, again with IMMC in Carrara. A memorandum of agreement was signed with the said institution to secure training opportunities for our students for the next five years.

In Turkey, an agreement with Bimtas Company which is affiliated with the Municipality of Greater Istanbul was made to allow our students get training privileges in the Center for Planning and Urban Design (IMP). The company is providing engineering design, construction supervision and project services for Greater Istanbul. The students worked on conservation projects in the Sulaymaniyah district (Amin Uno and Fatih areas) and Mosque. Students surveyed the neighboring area of Sulaymaniyah and worked on the redesign of building elevations according to historic manifestations.

Students worked on yet another project; the development of the Persembe Pazari district (Thursday Market) in the center of the city, parallel to the Golden Horn. The entire district was re-planned by reconsidering its land use pattern to accommodate contemporary needs while preserving the district’s historical aspects.