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DUBAI: The 17th Venice Architecture Biennale is set to feature a large-scale prototype structure by the UAE’s National Pavilion.
The salt-based prototype is created from an environmentally-friendly cement made of recycled industrial waste brine and it will be accompanied by commissioned photography by Emirati photographer Farah Al-Qasimi.
The structure is 2.7 meters tall and seven by five meters wide and features a walkable interior space. It is formed from up to 3,000 modules made of an MgO-based cement designed by the curators Wael Al-Awar and Kenichi Teramoto in a collaborative research process.
Taken in her trademark style, the scenic photographs capture the tension between urbanization and nature in the country’s sabkha. (Supplied)