“At the core of “Resource Autonomy” is the belief that sustainable resource production and communal collaboration must be in symbiosis. ”

“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 project demonstrates the versatility and infinite potential of embracing material constraints, building a form of design laboratory that questions the intrinsic value of unwanted objects.”