Omrania

[Meet the Team] With more than thirty years of experience across Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia, Dahl, Senior Landscape Architect at Omrania, brings a deep sensitivity to how history and climate shape contemporary landscapes.

In this interview, Simon reflects on lessons from vernacular traditions: from the wind catchers of Iran to the shaded streets of Saudi Arabia, and how such wisdom guides his modern approach to place-making. He discusses how every site offers its own “sweet spot,” where context, constraints, and use converge, and why designing for people, especially the young and the old, remains central to his philosophy.

The conversation highlights Simon’s belief that meaningful landscapes are not about style or imagery, but about endurance, adaptability, and respect for local culture and ecology.

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The Prototype Colleges for Al Ghad University establish a progressive model for higher education, developed to accommodate five specialized colleges within three buildings across eight locations. This design advances a scalable framework for medical, business, and technology learning environments, merging academic functionality with cultural and operational sensitivity.

Omrania’s approach resolves the spatial and social complexity of gender-specific layouts through an intelligent combination of physical and timed separation strategies, ensuring efficient use of shared, high-performance medical facilities. Each site is conceived to balance autonomy and repetition, maintaining a unified architectural identity while adapting to diverse urban contexts.

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