Qasr Al Hokm Metro Station

The Qasr Al Hokm Metro Station is a key hub in the city’s new metro network, designed to ease congestion, improve air quality, and support Riyadh’s urban transformation. A polished stainless-steel canopy connects the plaza with the station below, bringing in natural light and shade, in a competition winning concept by Snøhetta in collaboration with One Works and Crew.

CIG was involved from an early stage, helping define the approach for creating a seamless stainless steel skin, including studies into feasible fabrication and installation methods in close collaboration with local companies in Saudi Arabia. The skin plates were pre-ground, cut, and 3D cold-formed at our factory before being shipped to UAP | Armetal in Riyadh, while CIG also engineered the complete internal support structure to enable accurate local assembly.  

Final polishing was carried out in Saudi Arabia by UAP | Armetal, supported by CIG on site to meet the required surface quality. In total, the project comprised more than 15,000 individual parts for the internal construction and 330 unique, 3D cold-formed, pre-ground skin plates, resulting in a highly refined and continuous architectural envelope.