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Teaser
Wadi Life begins with the memory of water in the desert.
The project explores the wadi as a living trace: a seasonal line carved by time, terrain and rare moments of rain. Within an arid landscape, this hidden geography becomes the structure for shade, movement, vegetation and gathering.
The masterplan imagines a way of inhabiting the desert through its most fragile signs of life. Paths, retreats, planted edges and moments of pause follow the logic of the land, allowing architecture to emerge from the rhythm of erosion, silence and water.
At this scale, the wadi becomes more than a natural corridor. It becomes a territorial spine: a place where landscape, community and climate meet around the possibility of life.
Hand sketches: Karla Montauti
Location: Middle East
Area: 120 ha
Year: 2024