Dubai Design Week: Pakistan Pavilion creates traditional courtyard using local rosewood and henna dye

Abwab, which means doors in Arabic, was one of the most successful Dubai Design Week initiatives. A series of six architectural pavilions showcased the work of the most exciting designers, studios and curators from six different countries in the region including UAE, Kuwait, Pakistan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia.

Curator Salman Jawed, co-founder of Coalesce Design Studio in Karachi, shares his design team’s poetic narrative behind Abwab’s Pakistan pavilion named ‘Daalaan’.

Jawed said: “When we started researching, we discovered that all of our games are really simple. They don’t depend on objects and things but on people. In our typical courtyard, games are played by the number of people that are present, so no one is left out. We wanted to show the simplicity of our culture. We tried to create a typical Daalaan where you can see all these games in action. The idea of our games is just to have fun. At the end of the day, the winners and the losers go home happy.”

Original article by Marina Petrovic

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Dubai Design Week: Pakistan Pavilion creates traditional courtyard using local rosewood and henna dye