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NEOM Sindalah: Rapid Prototyping

Five full-scale electromechanical furniture prototypes for NEOM Sindalah in one month, through Idneo. Air-freighted, integrated, and commissioned on site for the Saudi Crown Prince.

Work through Idneo for NEOM / Sindalah. Role is rapid prototyping / industrial design support, not a claim of sole authorship of the island masterplan.

Role: Led a five-person mechanical, electronics, software, and design team (through Idneo)
Timeframe: 2023 · Idneo · NEOM Conference
Stack: Stone, steel, polyurethane, aluminum · large-format fab · lighting
Status: Presented (conference)

Problem

Conceptual designs for Sindalah island installations had to become physical, full-scale prototypes in stone, steel, polyurethane, and aluminum on a timeline that could show at the NEOM Conference.

What I Built

Industrial design and rapid prototyping through Idneo. I led a five-person mechanical, electronics, software, and design team and delivered five full-scale electromechanical furniture prototypes for NEOM in one month: lighting and diffuser studies, stainless sheet-metal structures, stone-look ribbed pillars with lit charging-socket rings and base up-lighting, a faceted light pole, glowing benches, and a kiosk. We air-freighted the units, integrated them, and commissioned them on site for the Saudi Crown Prince.

Hard Part

One month to go from concept to five working full-scale pieces that survive air freight and look intentional under conference lights. Lighting, structure, and finish had to land together, not as separate demos.

Result

All five units air-freighted, integrated, and commissioned on site. Presented in the NEOM Conference context.

Media

Event hall install: ribbed stone-look pillar with lit charging ring and base light, charger kiosk, faceted light pole, and crew at work

Glowing LED strip threaded through clear acrylic diffuser forms on a red workshop bench — Lighting study: LED strip through clear acrylic ring and square diffuser forms on the bench.

Translucent ribbed cylindrical light prototype with internal LED rings — Ribbed translucent light shell on the bench, diffusion test.

Grey layered 3D-printed pillar prototype next to a WASP 3D printer — Large-format 3D-printed textured pillar beside a WASP delta printer.

Perforated stainless steel pillar frame with wiring at the base on a white table — Perforated stainless sheet-metal frame of a pillar being assembled on the bench.

Two people fitting an orange glowing acrylic panel onto a ribbed pillar with a lit ring and base up-light — Test fit: glowing acrylic panel and lit charging ring on a ribbed stone-look pillar inside a timber frame.

Tall wrapped prototype pillar standing in a concrete stairwell — Full-scale prototype pillar standing in the stairwell, wrapped for protection.

Tall faceted textured pillar standing in a stairwell — Faceted textured pillar unwrapped in the same stairwell.

Open plywood shipping crate with stone-like parts and steel poles in a warehouse — Plywood shipping crate with wrapped parts and poles, ready for air freight.

Event hall with ribbed pillar, glowing segmented stone benches, tall light pole, and installation materials — On-site hall install: ribbed pillar, glowing stone benches, faceted light pole, and kiosk.