Architecture

Ithra Idea Lab partners with Goethe-Institut Saudi Arabia, the German architecture, art and design practice umschichten and Gulf carton factory Carton lab for the Cardbord Pavilion Challenge.

In the seven decades following the discovery of oil, human settlements across the kingdom have changed dramatically. Roughly over only two generations, Saudi society has trodden hastily towards modernity and witnessed a wholesale overhaul of traditional notions of civic/rural development.

Bricklab and Goethe-Institut Saudi-Arabia corrdailly invites you

to the opening of *Saudi Modern*, a research based exhibition that frames Architectural Modernity in Jeddah between 1938-1963. Bricklab has thoughtfully curated this exhibition along with 8 prominent artists and architects from the Arab region taking place in Tamer House within AlSharafiyah district.

As a part of the symposium Designing Modernity: Architecture of the Arab World 1945-1973 (Goethe-Institut Ramallah), co-founders of the Bricklab studio, Abdulrahman and. Turki Gazzaz participate in the panel discussion “Knowledge Production for modern heritage - Research” and present the project “Saudi Modern: Jeddah between 1938-1963”. Abdulrahman and Turki Gazzaz will be joined on the panel by Mercedes Volait (France), Amin Alsaden (Iraq), Mazen Haidar (Lebanon) und Susanne Bosch (Germany).

In the wake of the 2030 vision, Saudi Arabia plans to transform its capital, Riyadh, doubling its current population to a 15 million metropolis - a national and regional hub for business, entertainment and tourism. The development of Riyadh is embedded in the context of other high-scale urban development projects in Saudi Arabia, following examples such as the planned cities NEOM and The Line.