Ethar ? Honoring Generosity in Dubai, UAE Monument Images, Architecture Installation
Ethar ? Honoring Generosity in Dubai
Contemporary Architecture Monument in UAE – design by OMA and Inside Outside
4 Mar 2019
Ethar ? Honoring Generosity
Design: OMA and Inside Outside
Location: Dubai, UAE
OMA and Inside Outside have collaborated on a design for Ethar ? Honoring Generosity, a field of columns engraved with stories from Arabic scholars, scientists and thinkers, unified in a monumental landscape embodying generosity and knowledge. The installation celebrates the unique culture of charitable giving in the United Arab Emirates with a physical installation that is part of the urban landscape of Dubai.

1,680 triangular shaped aluminum columns, arrayed like a magnetic field, point towards a rectangular Plaza in the heart of the installation. Walking through, visitors first encounter a field of small pillars at the boundary of the site, which further inwards turns into a street with dramatic perspective effects as the columns grow taller, opening up in a public square in the center. The density of columns creates a pleasant micro-climate further enhanced by shading devices through which the installation will become a playful social space. The ambition is to make these columns out of recycled aluminum, a building material that is 100 % recyclable.
At night, a spectacle of illumination enhances the dynamics of the column landscape with lights gradually shifting from wide t...