Aau Anastas

Tiamat Installation

Tiamat Installation
© Edmund Sumner

Tiamat Installation

AAU ANASTAS

ARCHITECTS
AAU ANASTAS

PHOTOGRAPHS
Edmund Sumner

AREA
6 m²

YEAR
2024

LOCATION
Doha, Qatar

CATEGORY
Temporary Installations

Building upon Stone Matters, Tiamat is the latest of its experimental iterations for contemporary architecture.

Tiamat Installation
© Edmund Sumner
Tiamat Installation
© Edmund Sumner

Above all, Stone Maters looks with hindsight at the history of stone architecture in order to better expand the possibilities of building with stone today. It relies as much on paradigmatic theories set in the 1960s, in the 17th century, or in prehistory.

The understanding of stone architecture is peculiar in the sense that the material calls for an intuitive architecture: its history is not linear, and, in some cases, theories may have followed and/or contradicted already grounded and established practices of architecture.

Tiamat Installation
© Edmund Sumner
Tiamat Installation
© Edmund Sumner

It is within that vast context, linking techniques, history, and know-how, that Stone Matters presents Tiamat, its latest iteration.

The structure brings together intrinsic geometrical properties of surfaces inspired by ridges of sand dunes, ribbed structures, and vaulted systems.

It attempts to position itself at the intersection of different realms with the aim of opening up new families of possible structures made out of stone.

Tiamat Installation
© Edmund Sumner
Tiamat Installation
© Edmund Sumner
Tiamat Installation
© Edmund Sumner

The structure presented is a unique architectural space with specific proportions that relate to a cavity where architectural atmospheres are proper to stone construction in terms of light, sound reverberations, climate control, and textures.

However, the system presented looks more widely at combining techniques, forms, and theoretical and/or natural principles to suggest new ways of using stone in contemporary architecture.

It leans on the historical background it stems from to better anchor and desacralize its contemporary formalization.

Tiamat Installation
© Edmund Sumner
Tiamat Installation
© Edmund Sumner
Tiamat Installation
© Edmund Sumner

Tiamat is a creature in the making that morphs Gothic architecture, the desert sand formations, and stereotomy to transform into a powerful organism setting new standards for contemporary architecture.


Tiamat Installation
© Edmund Sumner
Tiamat Installation
© Edmund Sumner
Tiamat Installation
© Edmund Sumner
Tiamat Installation
© Edmund Sumner
Tiamat Installation
© Edmund Sumner


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Stereotomic Grid with Ribs
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Stereotomic Grid


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Axonometric
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Aau Anastas
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