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Mais Alazab

http://maisalazab.com

Amman, Jordan
Mais al Azab is a Jordanian architect that is interested in site-specific works. Her first independent commission was to design a harmonious skyline of a ‘Mirage City’ in the desert of Jordan propelling her to invest in architectural installations as a form of a creative pursuit and an early practice. She holds a Bachelor degree in Architecture with first-class honors from Jordan University and a Master of Architecture from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.

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BorderLine


BorderLine


BorderLine is a statement of social inclusion in the public domain and a design reflection against blunt border walls.
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  • Site-specific cases

Borders and barriers are human constructs that separate and divide. From a line in the sand, or on the map, borders across the World are increasingly getting demarcated as thick boundaries against human infiltration, turning little by little into blunt walls of separation.
BorderLine installation offered an outdoor intervention that's concerned with this notion of a free standing wall and its role in marking an ambiguous inside-out condition. By creating an antithesis to a physical form of isolation and separation, the work imagined an alternative reality for an element charged with such negative notions. Formed around a wall that breaks down into its modular segments; the installation aimed at turning the wall into an equitable meeting edge and a zone for free movement in the public domain. The permeable wall allowed for interaction between different circles of the community in the hope that these moments of random encounters could punch holes in people’s social and cultural walls.


BorderLine


BorderLine


BorderLine is a statement of social inclusion in the public domain and a design reflection against blunt border walls.
File under
Type of project
  • Site-specific cases

Borders and barriers are human constructs that separate and divide. From a line in the sand, or on the map, borders across the World are increasingly getting demarcated as thick boundaries against human infiltration, turning little by little into blunt walls of separation.
BorderLine installation offered an outdoor intervention that's concerned with this notion of a free standing wall and its role in marking an ambiguous inside-out condition. By creating an antithesis to a physical form of isolation and separation, the work imagined an alternative reality for an element charged with such negative notions. Formed around a wall that breaks down into its modular segments; the installation aimed at turning the wall into an equitable meeting edge and a zone for free movement in the public domain. The permeable wall allowed for interaction between different circles of the community in the hope that these moments of random encounters could punch holes in people’s social and cultural walls.



Idea by

Mais Alazab
Amman
Jordan
Mais al Azab is a Jordanian architect that is interested in site-specific works. Her first independent commission was to design a harmonious skyline of a ‘Mirage City’ in the desert of Jordan propelling her to invest in architectural installations as a form of a creative pursuit and an early practice. She holds a Bachelor degree in Architecture with first-class honors from Jordan University and a Master of Architecture from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.