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Bab Al-Thanaya

Type
Recreational
Area
650 m²
Location
Al-Ula, KSA
Year
2022

Within the embrace of earthen walls, Bab Al-Thanaya unfolds as a quiet choreography of light, shadow, and silence. The interior is a journey inward, where sunken spaces breathe with stillness, and every passage recalls the gentle flow of water long gone. Materials drawn from the land soften each surface, while filtered sunlight slips through palm-woven screens, casting fleeting patterns that dance across the clay. It is a space of pause and presence, where the desert whispers and time seems to slow.