The Woven Mashrabiya is a 3-dimensional reinterpretation of the traditional Mashrabiya façade elements. It explores possibilities of translating this historical craft into a contemporary modular façade system. The exhibited installation is an assembly of 50 modules made of light stainless steel frames woven with stainless steel wire.
The modular system allows for endless possibilities for assembly as the modules can be arranged to create enclosures, planar facades, interior partitions and shading canopies.
The project aims to hybridize the use of digital design tools with traditional crafts such as weaving; setting an example in how pre-fabricated building product systems can bridge the gap between digital design and artisanal crafts.
Presented at TxA - Emergent Technology in Architecture
In collaboration with: Xiayou Zhu, Hewen Jiang, Jianbo Zhong
Critic: Simon Kim, Andrew Wit
Poly-flex is a woven cloud of carbon and optical fibers designed as an interactive installation for an opera performance. The design uses an intricate mathematical and geometrical system of weaving to produce apparently spontaneous curved surfaces. The final result came from a form finding process using a flexible frame for weaving before the carbon fiber is baked into its final form.
The project involved the renovation of two traditional houses for the Ministry of Culture in Bahrain. The house’s historical significance comes from their use by pearl divers. The spaces of “Al Ghus” House were transformed into a series of exhibition spaces. The focus of the exhibition was to essentially honor the men and families that played an integral role in the development and growth of Bahrain’s long tradition of pearling. It is a commemoration of a community that lived and died enduring difficulties and hardships with a profound sense of duty and pride.
“Liquid Prison” is a proposed art installation in one of the open rooms of “Al Ghus” House “Majlis”. Folded metal sheets are arranged in a free standing maze-like formation. The repetitive rippled reflections of the surrounding walls create an illusion of walking through water. This is a reference to the divers’ long months spent at sea in search of pearls to pay family debt.
Developed for The Children’s Museum in Jordan
Sponsored by Zain Innovation Campus (ZINC)
Fiber Grid is a playful educational installation that illustrates the concept of data transmission via light signals through fiber optics. Fiber optics stretch between the two surfaces carrying the light signals (drawing) to the receiving surface.
