The triennial has returned to Al Qasimiyah School, a building that typifies modernist architecture in Sharjah, with transformations in line with the platform’s ethos. All Photos: Razmig Bedirian / The National
Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi is the president of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial
The Sharjah Architecture Triennial runs across several locations in Sharjah until March 10
The Power of the 'Invisibles' by Yara Sharif and Nasser Golzari highlights how Gazans use reclaimed materials to rebuild from rubble
From left, Golzari and Sharif
The elements that make up the exhibition include durable benches made of carboard to tiles made of rammed clay and chairs fashioned from recycled timber
Tashkent: Appropriating Modernism focuses on three modernist buildings in Uzbekistan’s capital
These include The State Museum of Arts, Chalkhana [teahouse] Samarkand and Restaurant Zarafshan
Tashkent: Appropriating Modernism highlights the tension between the structures original forms and their ensuing alterations
Sumaya Dabbagh's Earth to Earth
The interior of Sumaya Dabbagh's Earth to Earth, an installation constructed from mud plaster, mud bricks, and reconstituted palm frond boards
The stage area is decked with cinderblocks and stacked panels that serve as seating areas. The materials will be resold to suppliers after the triennial concludes in March
Natura Futura's La Balsanera - Floating Productive House looks at the floating structures along Ecuador's Babahoyo River
Sandra Poulson and curator Tosin Oshinowo in Poulson's exhibition Dust As An Accidental Gift
The exhibition by Sandra Poulson transforms what used to be a classroom into a marketplace decked with goods and produce all created from recycled cardboard
Al Borde's Raw Threshold, an installation that utilises recycled wooden utility poles and palm tree mats