Bait Al Nur / بيت النور

Public Artwork, Art in Architecture

Abu Dhabi, UAE
2023

The idea behind the project Bait Al Nur is to build a stage for the medium that makes the world visible without being seen: light. It travels the universe, hits the Earth, and connects our eyes. No matter people’s origins or destination, rays of light stream their lives, shape visual forms, and advance the creation of cultural patterns and signatures. Although geography doesn’t matter to light, it does matter to the shadows. As much as we share the same light, we experience differences between its forms, which change according to time and geography. The question was how to manifest, embody, and express these thoughts in a physical ode to light, and the answer was Bait Al Nur.

 

As the sun rises in the East and sets in the West, Bait Al Nur proposes a little journey through architectural forms. It reflects the historical migration of shapes and designs and hints at cross-cultural influences of ideas. Gothic is a signature of Occidental buildings; Islamic geometry is the ratio of Oriental architecture. People relate one to the West and one to the East. However, the light that wanders the globe remains still the same, and Bait Al Nur / بيت النور is the place that shows how ideas—and even differences—connect through this universal power.

3-Dimensional

Media
Corian™, cement, aluminum, LED lights

Dimension
Dimensions variable

Commissioned and co-produced by
DCT, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Exhibition
Manar Abu Dhabi, UAE

Location
Public Artwork Corniche Abu Dhabi

Links
Manar Abu Dhabi 2023
Street Insider.com
Corniche Review, TimeOut Mag

Installation view from Manar, Abu Dhabi, Bait Al Nur, 2023, explores light's universal journey, connecting cultures through architecture, shadows, and the shared experience of light

Installation
Bait Al Nur, 2023

Exhibition
Manar Abu Dhabi, UAE

@
Abu Dhabi, Corniche

Courtesy
DCT Abu Dhabi and the artist

© Photo: Lance Gerber, Manar, Abu Dhabi, 2023