Transformations: The Emirati National House
Pavilion of the UAE at the 15th Venice Architecture Exhibition. 28 May - 27 November 2016. Commissioner: The Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation. Curator: Yasser Elsheshtawy.
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Rawiya Al Suroor lives alone in her house in Al Maqam. Her eldest daughter, Fatima, has tried to convince her mother to move in with her but with no avail. "I will die in this house", responds Rawiya.
© Photo: Reem Falaknaz. Courtesy National Pavilion UAE la Biennale di Venezia
Pavilion of the UAE at the 15th Venice Architecture Exhibition. 28 May - 27 November 2016. Commissioner: The Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation. Curator: Yasser Elsheshtawy.