United Arab Emirates
Al Falaj: Water Systems of the Gulf's Oases
United Arab Emirates
Al Falaj: Water Systems of the Gulf's Oases
Based on studies of the few authentic examples of falaj channels still in use, the exhibition explored how the idea could be adapted for use today. As well as an effective agricultural system, Al Falaj is a utopian idea in nature. Applied over centuries of development, the channels have become places where public and private realms meet, facilitating exchange. It is also a fair way of dividing water, a measured way of allocating resources in a hot and dry climate.
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Photography: Ed Reeve
Cultural Engineering
Cultural Engineering
Case Design
Rashid Bin Shabib
Ahmed Bin Shabib
Samuel Barclay
Anne Geenen
Embassy of the UAE in London, UK