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The Building of Innovative Place: The Start-Ups Center in Wadi Makkah
Entrepreneurs typically work in teams, and university entrepreneurs require the involvement of innovators and researchers from different disciplines in a stimulating environment. However, the campus of Umm Al-Qura University lacked any physical spaces to guarantee entrepreneurial synergy. Therefore, Umm Al-Qura University established the Wadi Makkah Company under the Agency for Business and Innovation. Wadi Makkah took the initiative and redesigned one of the shared classrooms, transforming it into start-ups center to represent the company’s vision and reflect its entrepreneurial ecosystem. This paper chronicles the start-ups center’s construction and suggests a framework for creating an innovative environment appropriate for Saudi universities in similar conditions.
The Building of Innovative Place: The Start-Ups Center in Wadi Makkah
Entrepreneurs typically work in teams, and university entrepreneurs require the involvement of innovators and researchers from different disciplines in a stimulating environment. However, the campus of Umm Al-Qura University lacked any physical spaces to guarantee entrepreneurial synergy. Therefore, Umm Al-Qura University established the Wadi Makkah Company under the Agency for Business and Innovation. Wadi Makkah took the initiative and redesigned one of the shared classrooms, transforming it into start-ups center to represent the company’s vision and reflect its entrepreneurial ecosystem. This paper chronicles the start-ups center’s construction and suggests a framework for creating an innovative environment appropriate for Saudi universities in similar conditions.
The Building of Innovative Place: The Start-Ups Center in Wadi Makkah
Ibrahim, Asmaa (editor) / Mohamed, Mady A. A. (editor) / Fekry, Mohamed (editor) / Albarqawi, Wadia (author)
International Architecture and Design Conference ; 2023 ; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Man and Place ; Chapter: 34 ; 633-646
2024-05-11
14 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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