JEDDAH EASTERN HILL ECOLOGICAL COMPLEX

Abstract

With people moving to cities around the world, urban areas need infrastructure to function well. Realizing that green space is also an essential component of a comfortable city. Green infrastructure takes green space planning beyond preserving a few selected sites. Saudi Arabia's 2030 vision looks toward green infrastructure as new approaches to energy production, industry, and natural resource management are needed. Thus, this work proposed the development of an Eastern Hill ecological complex at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. For this work, two case studies related to ecological complex were analysed. Based on the analysed case studies, for the proposed complex, the estimated overall gross floor area is 25 000 m2 and the net floor area is 22350 m2. The ecological complex encompasses multiple areas such as public area, education, research, service, basement parking, outdoor activity space and outdoor parking. Three sites were proposed for the construction of the ecological complex and based on site evaluation analysis, site 3 achieved the highest score of 147 and was selected as the proposed site. This complex is expected to enhance the government of Saudi Arabia's ecological preservation effort and will contribute positively to the community.