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Zenah Fadhil

Zenah Fadhil

Dubai, AE

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BArch Thesis Project

A thesis project that interrogates the relationship between architecture, the environment, and colonial legacies. Located on the dry river banks of Oeud Issil, Marrakesh, that floods intermittently and near a historic site (Medina). The intervention is infrastructural in nature with an emphasis on cultivating suffering agriculture practices (Olive orchards) and replenishing natural resources (water mainly). This is to be achieved in parallel to a touristic hotspot - thus attainting a radical agro-tourism project on a volatile site that promotes local growth.

 
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Status: School Project