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Ten competition entries. One Hakken Score each. An objective choice.
For an international design competition for a 15 km² masterplan in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Hakken scored the top 10 entries on the same social, environmental, design and financial measures, so the client and the jury could choose the winner on evidence rather than on subjective judgment alone.
- Client
- Masterplan competition owner, KSA
- Location
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Scale
- A 15 km² masterplan
- Entries scored
- Top 10
- Dimensions
- Social · Environmental · Design · Financial
01 · The problem
An international competition, and a choice that rested on judgment.
The client was running an international design competition for a sprawling 15 km² masterplan in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Choosing between the strongest entries followed the conventional route: expert review and largely subjective judgment. Hakken joined the process midway to bring data-driven analysis and insight to the selection.
02 · The approach
Score every entry on the same dimensions.
- 01Join midwayHakken joined the competition while it was under way, without restarting the process.
- 02Set the measuresThe evaluation covered the dimensions that mattered to the client: social, environmental, design and financial.
- 03ScoreHakken’s AI evaluated the top 10 entries across those dimensions, and each entry received a Hakken Score.
- 04DecideThe Hakken Score helped the client and the jury compare the entries and choose the winning entrant.
03 · The impact
A winner chosen on a comprehensive, data-driven evaluation.
- 10competition entries scored
- 4dimensions: social, environmental, design, financial
- 15 km²masterplan under competition
- 1winning entrant, chosen by the client and the jury
The Hakken Score gave the client and the jury an objective, quantitative measure for every entry, and helped them choose the winning entrant on a comprehensive and data-driven evaluation, not on subjective judgment alone.