Farah Al Amin

Masarat Sports & Cultural Center 
Al Ula, KSA
2024
DIALOG

Architectural Design Team 
Farah Al Amin (Lead Designer)
Anthony Fieldman
Juan Carlos Portuese
Mark Hentze
Juhi Puri
Tima Malikov
Sky Ece Ulusoy
Area
530,000 ft²

Client
Confidential

Awards 
Rethinking The Future Awards 2025
First Award | Sports & Recreation (Concept)

Shortlisted, 2025 Architecture Hunter Awards (AHA)
Unbuilt/Concept Category

Rendering
ATCHAIN

© Farah Al Amin, DIALOG,  ATCHAIN



Masarat (Trailways) is an architectural response to the two landscapes that dominate the experience of Al-Ula: the mountains and agricultural oases. The building stiches these environments directly, bypassing the highway that divides them, to amplify the presence and accessibility of these key natural resources. 

A network of pathways connects tiled, modular (S, M, L and XL) shell structures that swell and shrink to accommodate the food, sports, recreational and community-focused activities that are housed in them, while the spaces between them capture and house sheltered outdoor space—or gardens—that in themselves become new programmable assets, and micro-climates. 

Masarat captures the adventurous spirit of both the people and the place, creating a dynamic and flexible environment that responds to the needs of the community and the natural beauty of the Western desert.

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