Palm leaf architecture
PR dla Zagranicy
John Beauchamp
03.03.2015 14:30
As one of the few forms of vegetation available in a desert climate, palm leaves have been a building material for thousands of years.
Photo courtesy: thenational.ae
London-based architect Sandra Piesik has been studying the technique of building with palm leaves – also known as Arish – for the past three years, intending to “find out what is the authentic Emirati architecture and how this architecture responded to the region al climate and culture”.
20 years ago Sandra has started her career as a young architect working for the Sultan of Brunei. Our Poznań correspondent Kalina Olejniczak met her after many years...