Dhahran, Saudi Arabia – With over one million visitors annually, the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture in Saudi Arabia is a cultural hub that TIME magazine listed as one of the world’s greatest places to visit.
The award-winning space, designed by Snohetta, functions as multiple museums, a 900-seat theater, movie theater, as well as a children’s zone, exhibition hall and library.
To maintain the awe-inspiring beauty and effortless pedestrian movement of the open plan design while providing the necessary protection against fire emergencies, the architects at Snohetta selected the Won-Door FireGuard™ horizontal accordion-style sliding door system.
As a result, the museum’s massive archive is protected by one of the world’s largest circular fire doors. The continuous custom curved ellipse of the Won-Door FireGuard™ door spans over 200 feet and accounts for almost 3,000 square feet in surface area. Although it is such a large door, it is designed to recede into a hidden pocket to completely disappear from site when in the open position.
With widths as long as a football field and heights 5 times those of a standard swing door, it’s little wonder that Won-Door has become the fire door of choice for some of the world’s most outstanding architectural achievements.
