The new HQ features five-storey office blocks formed by two curved-in plan parts joined by a canyon-shaped atrium.
Kuwait’s new Criminal Investigation HQ complete
01 March 2022
SSH, a leading master planning, infrastructure, building design and construction supervision company in the Middle East, said it has completed the project work on the headquarters of the Criminal Investigations in Kuwait.
SSH was responsible for the design as well as construction supervision on the project which was completed early this year.
The new headquarters building is located on a 30,000-sq-m plot in the South Surra Ministries area. According to SSH, the facility boasts a dynamic yet clean-formed architectural massing that comprises a main office block, an auditorium with dormitories, and an interrogation building.
With a built-up area of 100,000 sq m, the five-storey office blocks are formed by two curved-in plan parts that are joined by a canyon-shaped atrium which is the focal space, showcasing dramatically changing volumes enriched by glazed elevators, free-standing towers, and bridges connecting both parts of the office block at various levels.
The elevations are declined at both ends to become gradually inclined in the centre, emphasising the main entry to the building. Two levels of underground parking can accommodate 850 cars, it adds.
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