“Education for Life” is the mission of The World Academy - A GEMS Global Network School - at King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia. The institution offers its students, preschool - 12th grade, the highest educational standards with a rich international curriculum.
The innovative concept consists of three clusters: “market place,” “assembly space,” and “knowledge space.” The market facilitates “meet and greet” and an interactive common area. It includes an open learning and enclosed project room for focused teamwork. The “assembly space” is an open library and a green atrium where students mingle during free time. Moreover, the forum is an auditorium and a vertical connection between the floors. The “knowledge space” has a maximum of six classrooms, each with flexible furnishing and a retreat space that provides many settings for individual teaching, like collaboration or recreation. The main hallway, “the connection,” offers open communication with various layouts. Along the hallway commonly used “we-places” are situated – areas for special education, a design and tech lab with workstations, a preparation room, and robotics. The main library includes study zones and a green atrium. The “life skills & entrepreneurship center” is a multi-area for group teaching, lectures, and individual study. In order to optimize workflow for faculty, furniture for active working is placed throughout the office to give teachers the options to work while sitting, standing or leaning.