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Perkins+Will Completes Women’s University in Saudi Arabia
A kingdom notorious for limiting the role of women in the public sphere builds the largest women-only university in the world.
Lamar Anderson
November 5, 2013
If square footage is any indication of power, Saudi Arabia's female students are gaining ground. The new Princess Nora Bint Abdulrahman University (PNU) in Riyadh, which opened its doors in 2011 and completed its final phase earlier this year, is the largest women-only university in the world. With 32 million square feet and capacity for 60,000 students, the school absorbed three existing campuses in Riyadh while more than doubling the number of college slots for women in the city. PNU is so large, in fact, that it has its own K–12 school for the children of faculty, staff, and students.
In a country that sharply limits women's participation in public life, PNU is significant not only as a watershed for women's education, but as an entire micro-economy dedicated to women's advancement because women—about 12,000 of them—also make up the ranks of the faculty, staff, and administrators. "This university is creating a workforce," says Pat Bosch, design principal at Perkins+Will and a member of the project team, which also included David Hansen, Ron Stelmarski, and Allison Williams. "It's about women working for women."
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http://archrecord.construction.com/n...University.asp
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