Traditional barahas, open areas on the barren land are predominant public spaces in Muharraq. As unplanned and unprogrammed transient spaces, they have the potential to accommodate all kinds of architectonic structures and activities within the city. The studio seeks to investigate an architecture of contemporary barahas, designing smaller public structures according to their own program, based on the individual research of each student. The new structures could be temporary or not, engaging the structural logic and informal life of the city, in-between the monuments of Pearling Path and on the sea-shore. The aim is to create a series of punctual interventions along the Path, to express its seasonal, transient, and leisurely character and to trigger the new architectural understanding of public spaces in the city.

 

 

 

 

Teachers

Neven Fuchs

Noura Al Sayeh

Aleksandra Ognjanov

Giacomo Pelizzari

Mio Oribe

 

 

 

 

Students

Adrian Moene

Ahmet Çam

Aksel Akselsen Falkanger

Hedda Juel Paulsen

Helene Sellevoll Karlsen

Irina Garnets

Magnus Olav Wickmann

Riham El Moazen

Siren Fjærvoll Saltvik

Thomas Ryan

Viviana Avila Castañeda