I AM AMUQARNAS 2من اصل2
1st phase the basic one as I said « Muqarnas », 2nd phase the new straight
muqarnas , «am Muqarnas », 3rd phase understanding the muqarnas in a
simple new form with a little morphing «understand me 1»,4th phase the
big morphing phase «understand me 2».
After I finalized the 4 designs, I created the technical drawings, and 3d files
for them,
Fabrication stage
We used the 3d printing technology for the fabrication. Using big robots to
carve the huge blocks, cause the pieces were so huge. 3.00 meters by 1.50
meters. The fabrication was in Dubai.
The hall was designed to tell the story that we are referring to, putting the 4
pieces in a sequence, first I was worry about the reaction of the normal
visitors of the museum, if they will be able to get the hidden messages of
the subjects or not, cause the muqarnas as an element is not that popular
like domes or any other famous Islamic architecture elements, but I was
surprised from the re-action, I remember, «we know this form we saw it
before in Sultan Hassan Mosque entrance, is it named Muqarnas? «,but the
common comment I have heard, that «the Islamic architecture could be re-
birthed again in a very contemporary ways». But it was said by a lot of
artists.
I had another fear, to participate with 40 international artists and architects,
Italians, Spanish, English, Japanese, Iraqi, and a lot of countries, in the
same museum, I was worry cause they are international, and I am still
doing experiments, and try. but thanks god I found myself is so close to
them, specially when they