17Editor's ChoiceDesert RoseDesert Rose Cultural Centre is designed to be a specific and sustainable response to the building’s unique context. Deriving out of the idea of Marrakech culture, tradition and art and craft, the design and expanded program exemplifies the concept of nature and technology made visible and working in harmony.
7People's Choice AwardWOVEN WORK Based on traditional patterns woven by Indian women, the project recalls a tradition based on manual labor as well as creative work. Because the patterns are made up of solids and voids, the project transfers them to a set of courtyards determined by the directional relationship of the weave formed by the modules and the courtyard.