“How can this empty, uninviting, generic space be made more generous; more playful?”

“This project is the arrival of the sacred architecture of Lalibela into Sharjah under a new guise as it mutates from stone to salt, carrying with it its attendant myths from across the Red Sea and through the Arabian Peninsula.”

“The attitude towards design in Africa is still one that centres the privileged perspective. From a grassroots level, however, design, in most instances, is a spontaneous practice.”