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Wonder Cabinet / AAU ANASTAS

Miwa Negoro — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000

The Wonder Cabinet's main aim is to serve as a haven for culture and creativity and a bridge between design and production. It is a space for experimental productions between producers, including architects, designers, chefs, artisans, sound, and visual artists. It is also a space that points out the under-represented capacities of production in Palestine. The country is usually studied and analyzed; the Wonder Cabinet stands as a physical space to produce from, not only to look at.

Tiamat Installation / AAU ANASTAS

Hana Abdel — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Building upon Stone Matters, Tiamat is the latest of its experimental iterations for contemporary architecture. Above all, Stone Maters looks with hindsight at the history of stone architecture in order to better expand the possibilities of building with stone today. It relies as much on paradigmatic theories set in the 1960s, in the 17th century, or in prehistory. The understanding of stone architecture is peculiar in the sense that the material calls for an intuitive architecture: its history is not linear, and, in some cases, theories may have followed and/or contradicted already grounded and established practices of architecture.

Dar Al Majous / AAU ANASTAS

Hana Abdel — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Located next to the Nativity square in Bethlehem, the Dar Al Majous project is a restoration of a historical residential building from the 18th century. The suggested architecture highlights the shift between domestic and public use of the building. As such, new passages are created, new perspectives on the old building appear, and a new covered vaulted space is built. The projected stairs link the four levels together by inhabiting the interior patio of the building. The vault completes the unfinished part of the building while revealing some of the richness of the interior vaulted spaces from the street. The structure of the vaulted space is made out of massive stone and leans on supports that are either newly built or in strategic positions with regard to the historical building.

QAMT Installation / AAU ANASTAS

Diego Hernández — Sun, 30 Jun 2019 02:00:00 +0000

Born as a reaction to a systematic misuse of clad stone in Palestine, Stone matters is an experimentation-based research project examining the potential of including structural stone within the language of contemporary architecture and combining traditional craftsmanship with innovative construction techniques.

The Flat Vault / AAU ANASTAS

Diego Hernández — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 02:00:00 +0000

The St Mary of the Resurrection Abbey is one of Jerusalem’s most valuable witness of crusaders’ architecture. The site is one of the ve French domains in Jerusalem including the Tombs of the Kings, the Pater Noster, Sainte Anne, and the French General consulate.

Stone Matters / AAU ANASTAS

Diego Hernández — Wed, 03 May 2017 22:00:00 +0000

Palestine suffers of a misuse of stone as a structural material: while it was an abundant material used for structural purposes in the past, it is now used as a cladding material only and the know-how of stone building is disappearing.

Toulkarem Courthouse / AAU ANASTAS

Karen Valenzuela — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 02:00:00 +0000

Toulkarem is a town in the northern part of Palestine, 15 Km west of Nablus, known to be a trading center for products from the city’s surrounding villages and farms. Its geographical location in the country makes Toulkarem the most fertile city in Palestine.

National Conservatory / AAU ANASTAS

Javier Gaete — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Officially inaugurated on September 14th 2012, The National Conservatory Bethlehem branch creates an opened new cultural exchange platform for young Palestinian musicians.