Heatherwick Studio has revealed images of a museum for the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah that will be the centrepiece of a new waterfront district.

The project will transform an old desalination plant into a neighbourhood for artists and makers. It will also offer production spaces including studios and ateliers, alongside a program of public exhibitions and large-scale commissions.

The Jeddah Central Museum design includes the conversion of a turbine hall into a dramatic exhibition space and the old desalination plant into a makers’ market. Heatherwick Studio said the project ”fuses human scale and comfort with the large industrial character of the site”.

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