Nexus Opens at the Tanweer Festival in Sharjah

SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — HYBYCOZO has unveiled Nexus, a monumental arch built for the Tanweer Festival and sited in the Sharjah desert 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.

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

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

About HYBYCOZO

Founded in 2014 by Serge Beaulieu and Yelena Filipchuk, HYBYCOZO is a Los Angeles studio working internationally on large-scale outdoor light art for festivals, civic sites and cultural institutions. Its sculptures are perforated stainless steel with internal LED lighting, engineered for permanent installation in conditions from the Sharjah desert to the Pacific Northwest. Permanent works stand in Dubai, Istanbul, Las Vegas and San Francisco.