A monumental work built for the Tanweer Festival in the Sharjah desert, sited to be passed beneath.

The geometry follows muqarnas, the stacked honeycomb vaulting of Islamic architecture, which resolves a curved surface into hundreds of small faceted cells set at varying angles. It is one of the few historical ornamental systems built from repeating three-dimensional units, with the ornament carried in the structure of the vault itself.

Powder-coated stainless steel panels with internal LED lighting, assembled into an arched span and engineered for desert conditions.

The work was built for the Tanweer Festival in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates and the work of Sheikha Bodour.

LOCATIONTanweer Festival, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

YEAR2025

PARTNERTanweer Festival, Sharjah

MATERIALSPowder-coated stainless steel, LED

TYPEArtwork