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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

Pearling Site in Muharraq, Bahrain by VALERIO OLGIATI

May 12th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: VALERIO OLGIATI

The site contains ruins that form part of the UNESCO Pearling Path. The entire building functions as the entrance to the cultural heritage and the foyer for the medina. It is an urban room for the people of Muharraq with the scale of a public park. Concrete elements are placed along the property boundary to form a new locus in the dense city. A large space is created in which a forest of columns and wind towers hold a horizontal plate 10 meters above ground. A roof, understood as an archaic gesture, donates vital shadows for the people of Muharraq in this very hot climate and produces a new and unique situation through its different scale. Slightly set back in the shadow is an enigmatic house in which the museum of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage is located. As a totality the building creates a universe in itself that is the entrance for the Pearling Path and the city beyond.

Image Courtesy © Archive Olgiati

Architects: VALERIO OLGIATI
Project: Pearling Site
Location: Building 999, Road 10, Block 215, Muharraq, Bahrain
Photography: Archive Olgiati
Client: Bahrain Authority of Culture & Antiquities
Collaborators: Sofia Albrigo (project manager), Anthony Bonnici
Local Architect: Emaar Engineering
General Contractor: Almoayyed Contracting Group
Volume: 49855 m3
Area: 6726 m2
Begin of Planning: August 2016
Start of Construction: May 2018
End of Construction: February 2019

Image Courtesy © Archive Olgiati

: Image Courtesy © Archive Olgiati

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Tags: Bahrain, Muharraq

Categories: Cultural Center, Monument, Park, public spaces

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