{"id":10649,"date":"2025-11-27T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T10:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rutha.org\/?p=10649"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:27:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:27:55","slug":"new-south-unveils-muqarna-informed-ceramic-pavilion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rutha.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/27\/new-south-unveils-muqarna-informed-ceramic-pavilion\/","title":{"rendered":"New South unveils muqarna-informed ceramic pavilion"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Muqarnas<\/div>\n

Architecture studio New South has created the Muqarnas Pavilion in Saint-\u00c9tienne, France<\/a>, which is informed by sacred Islamic architecture.<\/span><\/p>\n

Built within the grounds of the Explora Park on the outskirts of Saint-\u00c9tienne, the semi-dome structure was created from interlocking ceramic and concrete pieces.<\/p>\n

\"Muqarnas
New South created the Muqarnas Pavilion in Saint-\u00c9tienne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“We wanted the pavilion to feel like a precious stone revealed from the earth \u2013 something playful and magical, like a pomegranate split open to expose its hidden world,”\u00a0New South<\/a> co-founder Meriem Chabani told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“I hope it rekindles a childlike sense of wonder,” she continued. “It’s an invitation to reflect on co-existence between the profane and the sacred, ornament and structure, human and non-human life.”<\/p>\n

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It is located in the Explora Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New South designed the pavilion to directly reference muqarnas \u2013 an ornamental motif that is often applied to vaults within Islamic religious architecture.<\/p>\n

It was designed as a research project that combined digital modelling with traditional ceramics.<\/p>\n