This fall, students enrolled in the Interior Design course ID458 at Prince Sultan University participated in the "Living With" project, an ambitious international collaboration under the theme Living With: Atlas of Risks. Their work will be displayed in the French Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2025.
The Living With project brings together architecture and design schools from around the world, including École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Marseille, École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Paris-La Villette, Kharkiv School of Architecture, SCI-Arc, Ain Shams University, and Prince Sultan University. The initiative examines how contemporary architecture can respond to a state of constant instability—tackling various global and local challenges to reimagine sustainable ways of living on our planet.
PSU’s Interior Design students explored a diverse range of risks impacting the built environment. Their projects addressed global challenges such as heat, humidity, flooding, water scarcity, and pandemics, while some also focused on local issues in our region including sandstorms, drought, and extreme heat.
The inclusion of PSU’s work in the Venice Biennale 2025 highlights the creative and analytical abilities of our students, while also emphasizing the unique environmental challenges faced by our region. Through this opportunity, our students are contributing to a global dialogue, broadening perspectives on resilience and innovative solutions in architecture and design.