House Between a Palm Tree and a Jujube Tree / Civil Architecture

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The form of the roof responds to the process of maintaining the two trees: creating spaces for the clearing of leaves, trimming of branches, and the collection of fruit.Text description provided by the architects.This installation for the Arab Design Now exhibit in the DesignDohaBiennale recreates the roof of a house sited between two trees in a garden compound in Bahrain.As an exploration of the summer and winter life of a building, the project uses the architecture of the guesthouse as a way of exploring a family’s relationship to the garden they maintain.