Metro station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
KAFD (Arabic: المرکز المالي) is a rapid transit station that serves the Yellow, Blue and Violet Lines of the Riyadh Metro as well as the under-construction KAFD monorail[1] in the al-Aqeeq neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located in the King Abdullah Financial District.[2]
Description
Covering an area of 8150 square meters, it was designed by UK-based Zaha Hadid Architects.[3] Its inspiration is drawn from mashrabiya screens and patterns generated by desert winds in sand dunes. The station includes six metro tracks.[citation needed]
KAFD succeeds Dr Sulaiman Al Habib and precedes Al Murooj on the Blue Line while preceding Ar Rabi interchange station on Yellow and Violet Lines.[citation needed]
In 2013, Zaha Hadid Architects won the competition held by the Royal Commission for Riyadh City for designing the KAFD metro station, which was then slated to completed by 2017.[4]
The project began in 2014 while the tunneling work on Line 1 started in July 2015.[5] The exterior of the station was in an unclad skeletal state by 2019.[6] In early 2024, it was reported that the station had nearly been completed.[7][8]
The station achieved Gold level LEED Certification in October 2024.
References
24°46′03″N 46°38′35″E / 24.7675°N 46.6431°E / 24.7675; 46.6431